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Clearing the Path for Assessment Innovation: The Role of Federal Policy

December 2023

Aurora Institute, The Center for Assessment, Center for Innovation in Education, Envision Learning Partners, The Great Schools Partnership, KnowledgeWorks

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy

Report

Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report, Year 2

September 2023

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Report

Expanding Student Access to Work-Based Learning: Federal Policy Recommendations

July 2023

Susan Patrick, Khamiah Alderman, Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction

Issue Brief

Next Generation Accountability: Creating Performance Frameworks for Student Success

January 2023

Susan Patrick

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

Issue Brief

Aurora Institute’s 2022 Federal Policy Priorities

July 2022

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy

Report

Aurora Institute’s Federal Policy Priorities: Charting a New Path for America’s Learners

October 2021

Susan Patrick, Fred Jones, Alexis Chambers

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

Issue Brief

Innovation Zones: Policy Flexibility to Reimagine and Modernize K-12 Education Post-COVID-19

June 2021

Fred Jones, Alexis Chambers

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

Issue Brief

Mere Engagement: Reflections about the Connections Between Online Learning, Student Agency, and Student Engagement

January 2021

Laureen Avery, Marsha Jones, Sara Marr, Derek Wenmoth,

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Design for Educational Equity

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A Promise for Equitable Futures: Enabling Systems Change to Scale Educational and Economic Mobility Pathways

October 2020

Susan Patrick, Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, 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, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

Report

Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions and Responses to Leverage the Moment for Future Readiness

August 2020

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, 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, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Issue Brief

Federal Policy Priorities to Accelerate Education Innovation

April 2020

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Natalie Truong

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

Report

How Systems of Assessments Aligned with Competency-Based Education Can Support Equity

January 2020

Carla Evans, Maria Worthen, Scott Marion

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity

Issue Brief

Transforming Teaching: What University Presidents and Deans of Colleges of Education Need to Know about Modernizing the K-12 Educator Workforce

December 2019

Katherine Casey

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

Report

Aligning Education Policy with the Science of Learning and Development

October 2019

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Issue Brief

Developing a Modern Teacher Workforce: Federal Policy Recommendations for Professional Learning and Supporting Future-Focused, Competency-Based Education Systems

March 2019

Katherine Casey, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

Issue Brief

iNACOL 2019 Federal Policy Priorities

January 2019

Susan Patrick, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

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

Issue Brief

2019 State and Federal Policy Priorities

September 2018

Susan Patrick, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Modernize HEA, Increase Access to Broadband, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

CompetencyWorks, Report

Levers and Logic Models: A Framework to Guide Research and Design of High-Quality Competency-Based Education Systems

May 2018

Chris Sturgis, Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

CompetencyWorks, Report

Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency-Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed

April 2018

Chris Sturgis, Katherine Casey

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

Issue Brief

Redesigning Systems of Assessments for Student-Centered Learning

November 2017

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen

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

CompetencyWorks, Report

Quality and Equity by Design: Charting the Course for the Next Phase of Competency-Based Education

October 2017

Susan Patrick, Chris Sturgis, Nina Lopez

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality

CompetencyWorks, Report

In Pursuit of Equality: A Framework for Equity Strategies in Personalized, Competency-Based Education

June 2017

Chris Sturgis

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

Report

Meeting The Every Student Succeeds Act’s Promise: State Policy to Support Personalized Learning

October 2016

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Susan Gentz, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Report

Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning

May 2016

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Susan Gentz, Maria Worthen

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

Report

The iNACOL Federal Policy Frameworks 2015

November 2015

Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

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Over the last two decades, the Aurora Institute has driven the transformation toward student-centered, next-generation learning for K-12 education. During that time, the Aurora Institute published more than 200 reports and webinars in support of these efforts.