Publications
Our Contributions to the Field
Our founders, James Mattiace and Vickie Swann, are active contributors to the global conversation on assessment reform through their writing, research, and presentations. Below is a selection of their work.
Competencies In Action Keynote Address & Workshop
Teaching and Learning Innovation Summit
Mexico City 2026
Looking Beyond Accreditation To Include Assessment Reform
The International Educator (TIE)
February 2026
Why Learning is Rising as Schooling Fades
EduVerse 25
Competency Based Education & Storytelling
Guest Lecture, Valparaiso University, 2025
Standards Based-Grading & University Admissions
Independent Education Consultants Association (IECA) Professional Members Roundtable, 2025
United Call for Education Systems Reform
Co-author, Coalition to Honour All Learning, May 2024
Why the Average
is Mean
The Talent Lab, April 2024
What is Well-being and How to Measure it
Nurturing wellbeing in schools: the pursuit of sustainable happiness, International Schools Network Journal, November 2023
The Global Credentialing Landscape: Messy, Massive, and Meaningful
Getting Smart, October 2023
The End of the Carnegie Unit
Co-author with Ken O’Connor, Medium, August 2023
Adopting & Adapting Standards Based Grading
Exploring the Core Podcast with Greg Mullen, 2022
There is no F in Incomplete
Presentation, PAIS Conference, 2017
Using a Standards Based Gradebook in a Traditional School Setting
Presentation/Workshop, PAIS Conference, 2013
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