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The State Board of Education has convened a mastery-based learning work group. This group identifies barriers to mastery-based learning and explores ways to increase student access to relevant and robust mastery-based academic pathways aligned to personal career and postsecondary goals.

This page will host all materials and agendas for the meetings of the mastery-based learning work group established in HB 1599. You can also review further background information, work group membership, or the statutory charge of the work group. 

• Download a copy of the recently submitted 2020 Mastery-based Learning Report (full version)
  • Download a summarized, graphic version of this report

Resources

• Mastery-Based Learning One Pager (Also available in español)
• Profile of a Graduate Presentation
• Examples of MBL in Washington
• MBL FAQ page
• 2019 Mastery-based Learning Interim Report
• Mastery-based Crediting Rule (Procedure for awarding students mastery-based credit) and Model Policies
• Competency/Mastery Crediting Guidance
• Washington Student Achievement Council MBL webinar
• Western Governors University MBL webinar
• Competency-Based Crediting Handbook: Summary of current Washington state laws that may influence mastery-based learning.
• Aurora Institute: Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) is a nonprofit organization that originated as advocate for online learning, that now has a broader mission to support transformative personalized and student-centered learning.
• CompetencyWorks Resources: CompetencyWorks is a collaborative initiative lead by iNACOL to support competency-based education.

Work Group Meeting Dates*

Date	Meeting Place	Room Location
June 20, 2019	John A. Cherberg Building, State Capitol	Conference Room ABC
September 23, 2019	John L. O'Brien Building, State Capitol	House Hearing Room A
November 14, 2019	Avanti High School, Olympia	Multipurpose Room
February 27, 2020	South Puget Sound Community College - Lacey Campus	Room 188
April 16, 2020	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
June 23, 2020	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
July 15-16, 2020	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
September 29, 2020	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
October 22, 2020	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
November 19, 2020	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
April 29, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
May 27, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
June 24, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
July 22, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
August 26, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
September 8, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
September 23, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
October 28, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A
November 30, 2021	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A

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November 30, 2021

• Agenda 

October 28, 2021

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

September 23, 2021

• Agenda

September 8, 2021

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August 26, 2021

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

July 22, 2021

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

June 24, 2021

• Agenda
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May 27, 2021

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

April 29, 2021

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes
• Presentation

November 19, 2020 Meeting Materials

• Agenda

October 22, 2020 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

September 29, 2020 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

July 15-16, 2020 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes
• Presentation

June 23, 2020 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes
• Presentation

April 16, 2020 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

February 27, 2020 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

November 14, 2019 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes

September 23, 2019 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Presentation
• OSPI High School and Beyond Plan Presentation
• Meeting Notes

June 20, 2019 Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Presentation
• Meeting Notes

Background Information, Membership, and Statutory Charge of the Mastery-based Learning Work Group

State Board of Education's Convening Role for the Mastery-based Learning Work Group

The State Board of Education shall:

• Provide staff support to the work group;
• Coordinate work group membership to ensure member diversity, including racial, ethnic, gender, geographic, community size, and expertise diversity; and
• Submit an interim report outlining preliminary findings and potential recommendations to the governor and the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate by December 1, 2019, and a final report, provided to the same recipients, detailing all findings and recommendations related to the work group’s purpose and tasks by December 1, 2020.

Workgroup Membership

Member	Selected By	Name of Member
Democratic Senator	Senate President	Lisa Wellman
Republican Senator	Senate President	Ann Rivers
Democratic Representative	Speaker of the House	Sharon Tomiko Santos
Republican Representative	Speaker of the House	Alex Ybarra
Student	Association of Washington Student Leaders	Ashley Lin, Union High School, Camas
Student	Association of Washington Student Leaders	Samiksha Matis
EOGOAC Representative	Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee (EOGOAC)	Frieda Takamura
High School Principal	Association of Washington State Principals	Dr. Kory Kalahar, Principal of WestSide High School, Wenatchee
High School Certificated Teacher	Washington Education Association	Miguel A. Saldaña, Teacher, Pasco
High School Counselor	Washington Education Association	Jenny Morgan, Counselor, Olympia
District Board Member or Superintendent	Washington State School Directors' Association  Washington Association of School Adminstrators	Aurora Flores, Manson School Board, WSSDA President Krestin Bahr, Superintendent of Peninsula, WASA President
OSPI Representative	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Rhett Nelson
SBE Representative	Chair of the State Board of Education	Dr. Paul Pitre
PESB Representative	Professional Educator Standards Board	Alexandra Manuel
WSAC Representative	Washington Student Achievement Council	Amelia Moore
WACTE Representative	Washington Association of Colleges for Teacher Education	Dr. Donita Torres, Assistant Professor, Eastern Washington University
Online Learning Community Representative	Online Learning Advisory Committee of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction	Ron Mayberry, Director of Career & College Readiness, Bethel School District

Statutory Charge of the Work Group

The State Board of Education shall convene a work group to inform the governor, the legislature, and the public about barriers to mastery-based learning in Washington state whereby:

• (a) Students advance upon demonstrated mastery of content;
• (b) Competencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives that empower students;
• (c) Assessments are meaningful and a positive learning experience for students;
• (d) Students receive rapid, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs; and
• (e) Learning outcomes emphasize competencies that include application and creation of knowledge along with the development of important skills and dispositions.

The work group shall examine opportunities to increase student access to relevant and robust mastery-based academic pathways aligned to personal career goals and postsecondary education. The work group shall also review the role of the high school and beyond plan in supporting mastery-based learning. The work group shall consider:

• (a) Improvements in the high school and beyond plan as an essential tool for mastery-based learning;
• (b) Development of mastery-based pathways to the earning of a high school diploma;
• (c) The results of the competency-based pathways previously approved by the state board of education under RCW 28A.230.090 as a learning resource; and
• (d) Expansion of mastery-based credits to meet graduation requirements.