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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

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Aurora Institute’s 2022 Federal Policy Priorities

July 2022

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy

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Aurora Institute’s 2022 State Policy Priorities

March 2022

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): 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, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Issue Brief, CompetencyWorks

A Mastery-Based Math Teacher’s Journey

September 2021

Ashley Ferrara

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

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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

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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, Design for Educational Equity, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Issue Brief

Determining Attendance and Alternatives to Seat-Time

November 2020

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers

Issue Brief, CompetencyWorks

Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Education: Strategies and Tools for Professional Learning

October 2020

Pat Fitzsimmons

Issue(s): State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

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Future Focused State Policy Actions to Transform K-12 Education

April 2020

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): 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

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

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

Issue Brief

Modernizing the Teaching Workforce for Learner-Centered, Competency-Based, Equity-Oriented Education: State Policy Recommendations

July 2019

Katherine Casey, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

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

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 State Policy Priorities

January 2019

Susan Patrick, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement

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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

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Innovation Zones: Creating Policy Flexibility for Competency-Based Personalized Learning (updated August 2018)

August 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

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

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State Funding Strategies to Support Education Innovation

June 2018

Susan Patrick, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Issue Brief

State Strategies to Develop Teacher Capacity for Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

February 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity

Issue Brief

Rethinking State Accountability to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in K-12 Education

December 2017

Susan Patrick, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

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Redefining Student Success: Profile of a Graduate

November 2017

Susan Patrick, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success

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

Issue Brief

State Policy & K-12 Competency-Based Education

August 2017

Dale Frost, Maria Worthen

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

Issue Brief

Promising State Policies to Advance Personalized Learning

September 2016

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Susan Gentz, Maria Worthen

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

Issue Brief

Innovation Zones: Creating Policy Flexibility for Personalized Learning

March 2016

Susan Patrick, Susan Gentz

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

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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.