Executive Summary: Current to Future State-Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
In January 2018, iNACOL published Current to Future State: Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to…
Innovation Zones: How State Leaders Generate Space for Transformation
For states beginning their journeys to student-centered learning, a powerful strategy that policymakers can start with…
Innovation Zones: Creating Policy Flexibility for Competency-Based Personalized Learning (updated August 2018)
This issue brief describes what innovation zones are, why they are important and highlights how the following…
Action Steps for State Policymakers to Support Competency-Based Systems
State leaders can support policy for K-12 competency-based education to help all students succeed. Fully-developed, student-centered systems…
Districts Could Allocate More Funds to Disadvantaged Students Under New USED Weighted Student Funding Pilot
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has issued a notice inviting districts to apply for Flexibility for…
Current to Future State: Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
Readiness for college, career and life should be a core purpose of K-12 education. As we shift…
Current to Future State: Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
This report provides a roadmap and action steps for state policymakers to catalyze transformational change in K-12…
U.S. Department of Education Invites State Applications for a New Pilot on Innovative Systems of Assessments
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) created an Innovative Assessment Pilot and the much anticipated application was…
Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education
This paper explores and reflects on the issues state policy needs to address in the long-term to…
Recommendations for State Policymakers to Build Competency-Based Systems
Fully-developed, student-centered systems require significant shifts in policy and practice. They require the right balance of policies…