Topic: State and Federal Policy

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Supporting Students, Advancing Our Future

KnowledgeWorks recommended short- and long-term actions for the new administration in four key areas

KnowledgeWorks

Four Key Insights into Competency-based Graduation Requirements

Four Key Insights into Competency-based Graduation Requirements

To adequately prepare students for what’s next, states are grounding graduation requirements in competency-based practices. We found consistency in four key areas.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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Innovating Assessment Through Federal and State Partnerships

Research tells us assessments in traditional education systems aren’t working. Explore how states can work with the federal government to innovate assessments.

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

Funding Structures to Support Personalized Learning

Funding strategies to address state needs while scaling innovative teaching and learning.

KnowledgeWorks

A Spectrum of Governance and Funding Structures

Insights into governance/finance structures supporting personalized, competency-based learning.

KnowledgeWorks

Alfuth, Spaulding and Airola at a table in an event space at the 2024 ECS National Forum

Implementing Student-centered Learning Policies

Learn how Washington and Arkansas are implementing student-centered learning policies, structures and supports.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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Clearing the Path for Assessment Innovation

The status quo is failing kids; federal policy must evolve to allow schools to give them what they deserve. Here's how.

KnowledgeWorks

Improvements to the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority give states a chance to design improved student-centered assessment systems.

Turning Point on Assessment Innovation?

Improvements to the IADA give states a chance to design improved student-centered assessment systems.

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

KnowledgeWorks works alongside teachers, school district leaders and communities to provide competency-based education implementation support and to assist in the scaling of a personalized, competency-based learning system tailored to each learning community.

Supporting Education Transformation with State Policy

Some of the most innovative schools and districts are making the shift to a learning environment.

KnowledgeWorks

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Redesigning High School Around Competency-based Education and Pathways at Kettle Moraine

This charter school avoided restrictive state policies to implement competency-based learning.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

Twenty-seven state Teachers of the Year & one National Teacher of the Year share some positive & negative forces affecting the personalized learning journey.

The Personalized Learning Journey: Positive and Negative Forces at Work

Educators across the country share some positive and negative forces affecting the personalized learning journey.

Abbie Forbus Everett
Senior Director of Teaching and Learning

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Empowering College and Career Pathways with Competency-aligned Policy Changes

Policy changes in North Dakota allowed this program to offer new, transformative learning experiences for students. What can other states do?

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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