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The Third Horizon

Mason Pashia

Mar 19, 2025

Explore the third horizon in education and its transformative potential. Discover how to redesign learning for equity and success.

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Leadership

What’s the Status of Credentials? Digital Credentials Summit 2025

Mason Pashia

Mar 13, 2025

Explore the future of credentials at the Digital Credentials Summit 2025, focusing on skills, interoperability, and workforce adaptability.

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Career & Technical Ed

5 Most Versatile Certifications for High School Students

Guest Author

Feb 28, 2025

Certifications provide high school students with practical skills, enhancing resumes and opening diverse career opportunities in various fields.

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Competency-Based Education

A New Infrastructure for Learning Credentials

Guest Author

Dec 6, 2024

Full implementation and acceptance of new education models requires an explicit and collective rewrite of our learning infrastructure.

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Ed Policy

To Fully Realize Horizon Three, We Need New Accountability Systems

Guest Author

Nov 26, 2024

Redesigning education requires new accountability systems that promote equity, innovation, and local involvement, emphasizing reciprocal accountability.

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Recommendations & Acknowledgements

Mason Pashia

Nov 17, 2024

Recommendations Acknowledgements Real value for learners and employers requires secondary, postsecondary and workforce development institutions to adopt aligned frameworks, standards and tools. Below we provide recommendations for each of these stakeholder groups with examples of progress. K-12 Higher Education States Employers Acknowledgements K-12 Recommendations and…

A Full LER Ecosystem

Mason Pashia

Nov 14, 2024

A Full LER Ecosystem Stage 4 Learning and Employment Records (LERs) will become the primary means for documenting and signaling capabilities, particularly for talent transactions (i.e., enrolling, enlisting, employing). A Taxonomy for Experience Credentialing Experience Quality Indicators Scenario: Entrepreneurial Experience Learning and Employment Records…

Extending the Transcript

Mason Pashia

Nov 14, 2024

Extending the Transcript Stage 3 Shifting from Stage 1 and Stage 2 to Stage 3 requires a commitment to access and high-quality learning experiences. Stage 3 is described as extended transcript lite (e.g., endorsements, awards, credentials, experiences mentioned on the second…

Existing Trends in Credentialing

Mason Pashia

Nov 14, 2024

Existing Trends in Credentialing Stages 1 and 2 The current credentialing ecosystem primarily consists of Stage 1 signals, the transcript consisting only of grades and courses, and Stage 2 signals, the opportunity to earn beyond transcript but not on transcript (CNA, CTE certs). Workforce and…

Expanding Access, Value and Experiences Through Credentials

Mason Pashia

Nov 6, 2024

Authors & Gratitude This paper was primarily authored by Nate McClennen, Tom Vander Ark and Mason Pashia and couldn’t have been done without the support of numerous partners in the field. The production of this publication was made possible with generous support by Britebound. Executive Summary This report…

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing