Topic: State and Federal 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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Lessons for Sustainable Policy Change

New book offers strategies relevant to today’s political landscape.

Matt Williams
Interim CEO, Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Personalizing Learning for Students with Disabilities by Increasing Access to College in High School Courses

A joint report considers issues Colorado must address to improve concurrent enrollment access and success for students with disabilities.

KnowledgeWorks

Transforming for Tomorrow: A State Policymaker's Guide for Supporting Student-Centered Education Systems

Transforming for Tomorrow: A State Policymaker’s Guide for Supporting Student-Centered Education Systems

This guide is designed to help a range of state policymakers identify initial steps to support schools and districts wanting to implement a personalized, competency-based approach.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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State Policies to Support Student-Centered Learning

A 50-state student-centered policy scan

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Capturing and Communicating Learning Requires More Than Time-Based Measures

Learn how a mastery-based transcript meets the needs of future-focused teaching and learning and how we can implement it.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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Building Toward ESEA Reauthorization

Now is the time for change. Here is a learning agenda for federal assessment and accountability reform.

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

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Accelerating Assessment and Accountability Innovation

Assessment and accountability recommendations for states leading the future of student-centered school quality systems

Julianna Charles Brown
Senior Director of Systems Transformation

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Students Want Meaningful, Personalized Learning – and Pennsylvania Educators Do, Too

How listening to students – and acting on what they hear – is shaping teaching and learning in Pennsylvania

KnowledgeWorks

Measuring Forward: Emerging Trends in K-12 Assessment Innovation

A report on insights and innovations emerging in K-12 assessment systems.

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Assessments of and for Learning: How States Are Rethinking Accountability and Assessment Policies in the COVID-19 Era

How states are rethinking system accountability and k-12 assessment systems in the COVID-19 era

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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