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The State of the Field, 2019

December 6, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Has Become the Aurora Institute

October 29, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

iNACOL Is Now the Aurora Institute

October 28, 2019

Susan Patrick

Education Domain Blog

Five State Policy Recommendations for Governors: Supporting Innovation in Education for the Future Workforce

October 18, 2019

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

What Leading Education Systems Around the Globe are Doing to Transform Learning

June 21, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Releases Two Issue Briefs on 2019 Federal and State Policy Priorities

January 30, 2019

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Modernize HEA, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity

Education Domain Blog

The Journey Toward Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

January 21, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

Celebrating a Champion of Competency-Based Education

January 8, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Charting the Course: Recommendations to Support A Long-Term Plan For K-12 Education Transformation to Competency-Based Education Systems

November 8, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Domain Blog

Creating Long-Term Strategy for State Policymakers to Support a Fully Developed, Competency-Based Education System

October 30, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Policies that Support Building Capacity to Lead Change to Advance Personalized, Competency-Based Education

October 19, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Understanding How U.S. K-12 Accountability and Assessments are Too Often Conflated: What Policymakers Need to Know to Advance Student-Centered Learning Policies

October 12, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Creating Multiple, High-Quality Pathways to Educator Credentials and Development to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Education

October 5, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity

Education Domain Blog

Educator and School Leader Competencies Can Promote Systems Coherence in Competency Education

September 28, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL’s 2019 State and Federal Policy Priorities ‒ Equity-Driven and Future-Focused

September 27, 2018

Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Domain Blog

Building Teacher Professional Judgment in Policy to Support Competency Education

September 21, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity

Education Domain Blog

Tackling Accountability as Continuous Improvement in Policy: Next Generation Accountability Models

September 18, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement

Education Domain Blog

Accountability Models Designed for Continuous Improvement in Student-Centered Learning Systems

September 7, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement

Education Domain Blog

Threshold Concept: Developing a Long-Term Strategy to Support Systems Change for Meeting Students Where They Are

August 31, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Threshold Concept: Synchronizing K-12 Education Policy with the Learning Sciences

August 24, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Threshold Concept: Building Capacity for Assessment Literacy in Personalized, Competency-Based Education

August 10, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Issue to Tackle for Certifying Learning: Redefining Student Success

July 27, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

Education Domain Blog

Issue to Tackle for Certifying Learning: Meaningful Qualifications

July 13, 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications

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