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How Cognitive Neuroscience Informs Competency-Based Education: A Practical Guide
April 22, 2025
Issue(s): Create Meaningful Qualifications, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency
Deeper Student-Centeredness: Where Cultural Heritage and Mastery-Based Learning Meet
March 4, 2025
Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
Equitable Grading: A Competency-Based Education Entry Point and Core Practice
December 10, 2024
Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Redefine Student Success, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Design for Educational Equity
Education Domain Blog
Beyond the Traditional Transcript: State Policy Recommendations for Next Gen Credentials
June 26, 2023
Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
Rethinking the High School Transcript for the Future of Learning
June 13, 2023
Issue(s): Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
The Quiet Revolution in Education: Building a More Effective, Personalized, Future-Focused Education System in Kentucky
November 28, 2022
Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field
CBE Starter Pack 4: Progress Based on Mastery
November 17, 2022
Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
Education Domain Blog
A Year in Review: 2021 State Legislative Snapshot of Student-Centered Learning Policy Advancements
December 22, 2021
Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
States Can Use Innovation Zones as K-12 Reimagines Its Future after COVID
June 3, 2021
Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments
Education Domain Blog
Center for Policy and Advocacy April 2021 Updates
May 6, 2021
Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
Center for Policy and Advocacy February 2021 Updates
February 25, 2021
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
Ensure Anytime, Anyplace Learning and Enable Competency-Based Learning in Distance Learning
January 28, 2021
Issue(s): Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
January 27, 2021
Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency
Education Domain Blog
Taking Time to Assess What Students Know, Think, and Feel
January 11, 2021
Issue(s): Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments
Education Domain Blog
What Does Attendance Mean in the COVID-19 Era? New Issue Brief Offers Analysis and Recommendations
November 13, 2020
Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
Education Domain Blog
Grading Policies Need to Be Re-Examined to Support the Shift to Competency-Based Education
October 23, 2020
Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
Education Domain Blog
The Learner Promise: A Paradigm Shift Whose Time Has Come
October 22, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency
Education Domain Blog
Move Away from Seat Time Credits to Awarding Credit Based on Demonstrated Mastery
October 22, 2020
Issue(s): Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?
September 30, 2020
Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, 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, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency
Education Domain Blog
Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era
August 25, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Increase Access to Broadband, State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
Strategies and Tools for Remote Learning from the Aurora Institute Member Survey
August 12, 2020
Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community, Redefine Student Success, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time
Education Domain Blog
From Seat Time to Credit Flexibility in Personalized, Competency-Based Education
July 6, 2020
Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
Task Forces and Pilot Programs: Two Strategies to Enable Future-Focused, Student-Centered K-12 Education
June 12, 2020
Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
New Innovation Spotlight Podcast Episode - 2020 Federal and State Policy Priorities
June 5, 2020
Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA, Increase Access to Broadband, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education
Education Domain Blog
Continuity of Learning Is an Urgent State Education Policy Priority
April 21, 2020
Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education