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Aurora Institute Announces Federal and State Policy Agenda

April 9, 2020

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Modernize HEA, Increase Access to Broadband, 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

Reinventing Crediting and Transcripts (Part 2): Considerations for Making Change

January 2, 2020

Jonathan Martin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Reinventing Crediting and Transcripts (Part 1): Learning from Experience

December 30, 2019

Jonathan Martin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Education Domain Blog

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

Bringing Education Policy and the Learning Sciences into Alignment

October 24, 2019

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

It Takes a Village to Personalize Learning to Every Student

August 12, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Evaluate Quality, Learn Lessons from the Field, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Education Domain Blog

Funding Challenges and Action Steps for Policymakers to Support Education Transformation

April 18, 2019

Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Nevada Enacts Significant New Legislation to Advance Competency-Based Education

June 20, 2017

Dale Frost, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

A Better Way Forward for Competency-Based Learning

October 26, 2016

Joe DiMartino

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Moving from Seat-Time to Competency-Based Credits in State Policy: Ensuring All Students Develop Mastery

May 14, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Blast Off with the Assessment for Learning Grantees

April 19, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Moving from Seat-Time to Competency-Based Credits in State Policy: Ensuring All Students Develop Mastery

April 12, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Competency-Based Education Task Forces: A State Policy Mechanism to Foster Personalized Learning by Creating Dialog, Surfacing Barriers and Providing Solutions

April 4, 2016

Susan Gentz

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Moving Away from Seat-time: State Policies to Support Competency Education through Credit Flexibility and Enrollment (ADM) Funding

March 10, 2016

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Idaho Agrees: Flexible Pace > Seat Time

June 4, 2015

Karla Esparza-Phillips

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

It’s Not Just About Time

March 23, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Don’t Capitulate to the Credit Hour, Recreate It

February 24, 2015

Julia Freeland

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Beyond the Carnegie Unit

February 11, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

What Would Andrew Do?

January 29, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

What Can We Learn From Our Foreign Language Teachers?

December 23, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Education Domain Blog

Accountability 3.0

December 3, 2013

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Updating the Carnegie Legacy

October 8, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Only Ten States Require Districts to Use Time-based Credit

August 6, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Lingering Questions #1: Pacing and Supports

July 17, 2013

Andrew Valent

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Unleashing Innovation in Connecticut Schools

July 8, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time