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Competency Framework
A unified model for building critical thinking, reading, and communication—step by step.
Why an Integrated Competency Framework?
Reading, writing, and thinking are often taught as separate skills—broken into parts, practiced in isolation.
THINKING PRO takes a different path.
Our framework connects these abilities into one integrated process, modeled after how people solve complex problems in the real world. In fields like nursing, law, science, and civic leadership, problem solving depends on the ability to understand information, evaluate it carefully, and communicate ideas clearly — often in collaboration with others. Students learn to approach problems the same way — by connecting ideas, evaluating information, and expressing solutions with clarity and purpose.
The Three Domains of Performance

Domain 1: Gathering and Organizing Information 
Skills and knowledge pertaining to the extraction, categorization, and analysis of information from a body of text.

Domain 2: Interpreting and Evaluating Information
Skills and knowledge pertaining to the continued analysis, processing, and interpretation of an informational text, as well as a subsequent evaluation of its internal consistency and trustworthiness.

Domain 3: Integrating and Communicating Information
Skills and knowledge pertaining to the student’s generation, formation, and communication of a position or personal statement, as well as the development of an original work product crafted to have impact with an intended audience.
How It Works in the Classroom
The THINKING PRO Competency Framework was designed with real classrooms in mind. It reflects how students learn best—through guided modeling, repeated application, and meaningful feedback.
Adapted from professional competency systems, the framework supports the development of higher-order thinking skills — analyzing, evaluating, and creating — as outlined in Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy*. Each domain is clearly defined, observable in student work, and revisited throughout the curriculum unit to build mastery over time.
*Anderson, L.W., & Krathwohl, D.R., (Eds.). (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. New York: Longman.

Who Built It
The framework was developed and validated by 12 experts across:
Civic Education
English Language Arts
Literacy & Reading
Social Studies
Psychology
Philosophy of Education
Measurement & Assessment
Their combined expertise ensures that this framework is both rigorous and usable across diverse classrooms and learning needs.
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Competency FrameworkA unified model for building critical thinking, reading, and communication—step by step.

Domain 1: Gathering and Organizing Information ​

Skills and knowledge pertaining to the extraction, categorization, and analysis of information from a body of text.

Domain 2: Interpreting and Evaluating Information

Skills and knowledge pertaining to the continued analysis, processing, and interpretation of an informational text, as well as a subsequent evaluation of its internal consistency and trustworthiness.

Domain 3: Integrating and Communicating Information

Skills and knowledge pertaining to the student’s generation, formation, and communication of a position or personal statement, as well as the development of an original work product crafted to have impact with an intended audience.

Request the THINKING PRO Framework

Competency Framework
A unified model for building critical thinking, reading, and communication—step by step.

Domain 1: Gathering and Organizing Information