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New Hampshire

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2017 RFI released from Department of Ed: effort to disrupt the system and unlock age/cohort-based pacing; not clear how it strengthens or complements PACE.

2015 The US Department of Ed approaves four New Hampshire school districts to proceed with the PACE pilot project, allowing locally designed assessments to replace some statewide standardized testing.See article by Julia Freeland. (March 2015). See EdWeek article also describes this in detail.

2014 Administrative Rules Updated to be Aligned with CBE:Minimum Standards for Public School Approval and Other administrative rules

2014 innovation zones for accountability (Sanborn, Epping, Rochester, Southegan, Pittsfield, Monroe)

2005 Competency-based credits policy

1997 Competency-Based Transcript Pilot in 20 high schools

Policy Background

Reaching the Tipping Point and the Snapshot of New Hampshire (2016)
Necessary for Success
Strengthening High School Teaching and Learning in New Hampshire’s Competency-Based System by Alliance for Excellent Education.
From Policy to Practice Christensen Institute (2014).
Blending toward competency: Early patterns of blended learning and competency-based education in New Hampshire Christensen Institute (2014).
New Hampshire's Story of Transformation.
Change of gubernatorial leadership in 2017 may change direction of CBE?

Article Dec 2016

Video from CCSSO

New Hampshire Department of Education High School Redesign
Extended Learning Opportunities policies
Validation rubric for course-level competencies
Common Core Standards
Concept paper for accountability
New Hampshire Rocks Competency Education Policy - CW blog on new minimal standards
Report on NH Expanded Learning Opportunities Evaluation
Credits must be based on students’ mastery of course level competencies. The term “Carnegie Unit” was removed from the state’s Minimum Standards for Approval in 2005. (CFAT 50State Scan of Course Credit Policies 2013)

Evidence of Improved Achievement: No information at this time (March 2014)

Networks and Resources

Member, ACHIEVE Competency-based Pathways State Partnership network, 2014
Member, NGA Competency-Based Education Network 2016
Innovation Lab Network
New Hampshire made a great, easy-to-watch 20 minute video to capture the key ideas (2010)
Paul Leather’s presentation to the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (2012) can be found at Necessary for Success wiki page
AYPF webinar Offering High School Credits Through Expanded Learning Opportunities - Paul Leather and Janet Hastings
NH Coalition for Business and Education

How Can You Help Meet NH's Higher Education Challenge? (November 2015)

New England Network for Personalization and Performance (i3 Grant ), managed by The Center for Secondary School Redesign and includes the schools below.
Southern New Hampshire University is designing master’s degree in competency-based education with support from 2Revs (2016 - from 2 Revs newsletter)
Educators from New Hampshire participating in 2Revs Work Study Practices/Essential Skills & Disposition Network (with CO as well). (2016 from 2Revs newsletter)

NETWORK Schools:

- Plymouth North High School, Plymouth, MA
- Plymouth South High School, Plymouth, MA
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle High School, Bristol, VT
- Nashua North High School, Nashua, NH
- Nashua South High School, Nashua, NH
- Pittsfield Middle High School, Pittsfield, NH

- Nute Middle High School, Nute, NH
- Laconia High School, Laconia, NH
- Manchester West High School, Manchester, NH
- Raymond High School, Raymond, NH
- Newfound High School, Bristol, NH
- Kearsarge High School, New London, NH
- Noble High School, North Berwick, ME

Districts and Schools

Please note: All districts are converting to CBE in New Hampshire. The following represents some of the early innovators.

Concord School District (PACE District)

Manchester School District

Parker Varney (2Revs has been working with them)
Parker Varney CBE Teaching Competencies
Transforming Student Learning Summer Institute

Nashua

Issues related to grading (Jan 2016)

Newport School District

Blog by Patrice Glancey on meeting students where they are -- one of the best CompetencyWorks posts on this topic

Pittsfield Schools

NPR show (2017)
CompetencyWorks Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4
Case Study
Values and Mission
Logic Model
CCSR Best Practice Continuaa
In New Hampshire, Kids Add to Their Education by Leaving School, YouthToday
Video on transformation to SCL and CBE (2017)

Rochester School District (PACE)

Rochester, New Hampshire just kicked off their own personalized learning initiative with Ed Elements starting with their middle school. June has been a busy month already with school readiness assessments completed just before the end of the year and workshops conducted to align teachers and leaders on their goals for personalized learning. (July 2016)
Contributions by Erica Stofanak, Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Coach for the Rochester School Department

Sanborn Regional School District