Center for Policy and Advocacy February 2021 Updates
Federal Updates U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance to States on Assessing Student Learning During the Pandemic…
Ensure Anytime, Anyplace Learning and Enable Competency-Based Learning in Distance Learning
This is the third in a series of blog posts presenting our latest issue brief, Mere Engagement:…
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
Competency-Based Education A Systematic Review of Competency-Based Education Implementation and Outcomes Research – Twenty years of research…
Taking Time to Assess What Students Know, Think, and Feel
This blog first appeared on the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation website. What if testing could be…
Mere Engagement: Reflections about the Connections Between Online Learning, Student Agency, and Student Engagement
School leaders mustn’t lose sight of the need for student agency and student engagement as they contend…
A Promise for Equitable Futures: Enabling Systems Change to Scale Educational and Economic Mobility Pathways
Fewer than one in five American students follow a clear and uninterrupted path from high school through…
What Does Attendance Mean in the COVID-19 Era? New Issue Brief Offers Analysis and Recommendations
Attendance looks dramatically different in the COVID-19 era of remote and online learning, and states are grappling…
Grading Policies Need to Be Re-Examined to Support the Shift to Competency-Based Education
The third blog in our new blog series explores how to redesign grading systems to best help…
The Learner Promise: A Paradigm Shift Whose Time Has Come
The Aurora Institute today released A Promise for Equitable Futures: Enabling Systems Change to Scale Educational and…
Move Away from Seat Time Credits to Awarding Credit Based on Demonstrated Mastery
The second blog in our new blog series highlighting the recently released Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19…