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USED Awards $30 Million to States for Assessment Innovation

September 9, 2024

Virgel Hammonds, Jennifer Cohen Kabaker

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

Education Domain Blog

Letter to USED: Improving the Competitive Grants for State Assessments Program

February 22, 2024

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

New USED Educational Technology Report Shares Strategies for Using Edtech to Advance Student-Centered Learning

February 5, 2024

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy

Education Domain Blog

WIOA Reauthorization: Federal Policy to Support Work-Based Learning

January 25, 2024

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Education Domain Blog

New Resource for Guiding Assessment Innovation

December 15, 2023

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Acknowledging the Indigenous Connections in CBE and Student-Centered Learning

December 14, 2023

Briana Medina, Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

A Step Forward in ESRA Reauthorization

December 12, 2023

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Education Domain Blog

Promising Steps Towards Innovative Assessment Through IADA Guidance

November 30, 2023

Aurora Institute

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

CBE's Equity Principle: Culturally Responsive Teaching as the Foundation

November 15, 2023

Briana Medina, Khamiah Alderman

Issue(s): Commit to Equity, Design for Educational Equity, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

The Evolution of a Competency-Based Academic Model at Chelsea Opportunity Academy

October 5, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Design for Educational Equity

Healing and Building Community in the Classroom: Restorative Justice in Competency-Based Education

September 8, 2023

Khamiah Alderman

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

Increasing Access to Work-Based Learning: Federal Policy Recommendations

July 26, 2023

Khamiah Alderman, Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Fund Innovation

Best Practices for High-Quality Work-Based Learning

July 20, 2023

Khamiah Alderman

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Leverage Career and Technical Education

The Power of Work-Based Learning in Competency-Based Education

July 18, 2023

Khamiah Alderman

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Leverage Career and Technical Education

Reflections from the 2023 Competency-Based Education Field Coordination Call

June 7, 2023

Laurie Gagnon, Briana Medina, Alyssa Weaver

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

Innovating Towards Next Generation Accountability

May 8, 2023

Susan Patrick

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

Education Domain Blog

US Department of Education Seeking Public Comments on Approaches to Innovative Assessment Pilot

April 18, 2023

Susan Patrick

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

CBE Starter Pack 6: Equity Strategies Drive Culture, Structures, and Pedagogy

January 31, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Using Competency Performance Levels as Predictors of College Persistence in Competency-Based Schools

June 22, 2022

Sandra Moumoutjis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Federal Government Makes Historic Investments for FY 2022 for the Competitive Grants for State Assessments Program: Legislative Update

March 29, 2022

Susan Patrick

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

Education Domain Blog

U.S. Department of Education Invites New Applications for Competitive Grants for State Assessments Program

February 24, 2022

Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

December 2, 2021

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Aurora Institute Issues Call to Action for Federal Policymakers in New Report - Federal Policy Priorities: Charting a New Path for America’s Learners

October 19, 2021

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Modernize HEA, Increase Access to Broadband, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Fred Jones Appointed to the Linked Learning Alliance's Board of Directors

September 29, 2021

Aurora Institute Communications

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Federal Policy, State Policy