Additional resources can be found at this site sponsored by Lord Fairfax Community College and the KnowledgeToWork.com

2018

• A Leader's Guide to Competency-Based Education by Laurie Dodge, Deborah J. Bushway and Charla S. Long
• On-Ramps and Off-Ramps: Alternative Credentials and Emerging Pathways Between Education and Work by Inside Higher Education
• Competency-based Education: Driving the Skills-measurement Agenda by Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
• The future(s) of public higher education by Deloitte
• National Survey of Postsecondary Competency-Based Education by AIR
• Educational Adequacy in the Twenty-First Century by Center for Education and the Workforce at Georgetown   
• Competency-Based Education: Graduate Outcomes Study by Texas Public Policy Foundation
• February AASA School Administrator has articles on college admissions and competency education
• State Policy Considerations for Aligning State Competency-Based Education Efforts Across Education Levels in Arizona by Lumina Foundation
• A Snapshot of Postsecondary Competency-Based Education Students by AIR
• Educational Adequacy in the Twenty-First Century Center by Education and the Workforce at Georgetown 

2017

• Policy Snapshot on Competency-Based Education in Higher Education by Education Commission of the States (ECS)
  
• Quality Framework for Competency-Based Education by CBEN
• Quality Framework for Competency-Based Education Programs: A User's Guide by CBEN
• The CBE Story: A Strategic Storytelling Toolkit by CBEN
• 50-State Comparison: Academic Credit for Military Experience by ECS
• 50-State Comparison: Prior Learning Assessment Policies by ECS
•  Global Competency-based Education Spending Market 2017-2021 by Technavio (Ocotber 2017)

2016

• The Emerging Learning System by Lumina Foundation (2016)
• Giving CBE a Jumpstart: Stories of Institutional Progress on CBE from the Jumpstart Initiative by CAEL
• Innovate and Educate: Expanding the Research Base for Competency-Based Education (AIR, 2016)
• Making the Case for Competency-Based Education: Early Lessons from the Field (AIR 2016)
• Questions Financial Aid Professionals Should Ask About Competency-Based Education Programs (2016)Institutional leaders have many questions about financial aid when they are designing and implementing a competency-based program. This resource helps financial aid professionals address these questions and best support competency-based innovation on their campuses. 
• Understanding the Academic Calendar (2016) This resource helps higher education professionals better understand definitions and terms related to the academic calendar. 
• Questions Information Technology Professionals Should Ask About Competency-Based Education Programs  (April 2016) This resource helps information technology professionals support competency-based innovation on their campuses. The questions raised in this document will ensure institutions have the technological systems needed to launch and scale sustainable CBE programs on their campuses.
• Expanding Competency-Based Education for All Learners (Jobs for the Future 2016) 
• FAQ on Comprehensive Student Records:
• Focus Magazine from Fall 2015: Tomorrow’s Transcript
• Beyond the Transcript 
• #beyondtranscript

2015

• Survey of the Shared Design Elements and Emerging Practices of CBE Programs (2015)
• A Research Brief on the Survey of the Shared Design Elements & Emerging Practices of Competency-Based Education Programs (Public Agenda 2015) 
• Faculty and Staff Roles and Responsibilities in the Design and Delivery of Competency-Based Programs: A C-BEN Snapshot (2015)
• PLA and CBE on the Competency Continuum by CAEL
• Measuring mastery: Best practices for assessment in competency-based education by AEI
• Strengthening Curriculum Relationships: Assessment of Student Competence By Karen Bobak, DC, EdD, Dean of Chiropractic Education at New York Chiropractic College in Education Dive May 2015

2014 and before

• Meeting Students Where They Are: Profiles of Students in Competency-Based Degree Programs by CAP
• All Hands on Deck: Ten Lessons from Early Adopters of Competency-based Education - published by WCET and WICHE (2014)
• Scaling Stackable Credentials: Implications for Implementation and Policy - CLASP (2014)
• What America Needs to Know About Higher Education Redesign - Lumina/Gallup study, 2014
• On Competence: A Critical Analysis of Competence-Based Reforms in Higher Education. Gerald Grant, Peter Elbow, Thomas Ewens, Zelda Gamson, Wendy Kohli, William Neumann, Virginia Olesen, and David Riesman. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1979.  This is a fairly balanced review of the original FIPSE funded CBE programs from the 1970s, although dated.
• Sharpening Our Focus: The Rise of Competency-Based Approaches to Degree Completion - CAEL, Nov. 2013
• Customized, Outcome-based, Relevant Evaluation (CORE) at Lipscomb University: A competency-based education case study - CAEL
• What is Competency Education - Robert Mendenhall, Huffington Post
• A 'Disruptive' Look at Competency Education - Center for American Progress
• Competency-Based Models: A Necessary Future - Richard Voorhees
• New England Secondary Schools Consortium is partnering with states and higher education to create policy alignment.
• A Compendium of Competency-Based Education Resources in the PS and K-12 Landscapes - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Colleges commit to accepting proficiency-based diploma - CompetencyWorks
• Call for a National Conversation on Creating a Competency-based Credentialing Ecosystem - CLASP
• A Path to Alignment: Connecting K-12 and higher education via the Common Core and the Degree Qualifications Profile - Lumina
• See It's Not a Matter of Time: Highlights from the 2011 Competency-Based Learning Summit for discussion on intersection between higher ed and K12. 

Recommened from the Field: We've asked several leaders in the field for their recommendations for the most important things to read. Here they are:

• Cracking the Code by New America Foundation (and presentation Cracking the Credit Hour)
• An Introduction To The Basics Of Competency-based Education by Robert McGuire, Editor of SkilledUp’s B2B blog. 
• Sharpening Our Focus on Learning:The Rise of Competency-Based Approaches to Degree Completion published by National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (November 2013)
• All Hands on Deck:Ten Lessons from Early Adopters of Competency-based Education published by WCET and WICHE (2014)
• Competency-Based Degree Programs in the U.S. Postsecondary Credentials for Measurable Student Learning and Performance published by CAEL (2012)
• Maximizing Resources for Student Success: Competency-Based Education as a Potential Strategy to Increase Learning and Lower Costs by Stephen R. Porter, Professor of Higher Education, North Carolina State University and Kevin Reilly, President Emeritus and Regent Professor, University of Wisconsin System and Presidential Advisor for Leadership, American Council on Education
• Competency-Based Education and Federal Financial Student Aid by Stephen R. Porter 
• Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution published by Christensen Institute

Case Studies

• Customized, Outcome-based, Relevant Evaluation (CORE) at Lipscomb University published by CAEL (2014)
• The engine behind WGU: Configuration of a competency-based information system  by Christensen Institute