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Report, CompetencyWorks

Necessary for Success: A State Policymaker’s Guide to Competency Education

February 2013

Susan Patrick, Chris Sturgis

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

Report

Keeping Pace with K-12 Online and Blended Learning, 11th Edition

November 2012

Amy Murin, Butch Gemin, John Watson, Larry Pape, Lauren Vashaw

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

Measuring Quality from Inputs to Outcomes: Creating Student Learning Performance Metrics and Quality Assurance for Online Schools

October 2012

Susan Patrick, David Edwards, John Watson, Matthew Wicks

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Report

State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada (2012)

October 2012

Michael K. Barbour

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Issues in Practice

Book

Lessons Learned from Blended Programs: Experiences and Recommendations from the Field

October 2012

Cathy Cavanaugh, Joseph R. Freidhoff, Richard E. Ferdig

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Book

Lessons Learned in Teacher Mentoring: Supporting Educators in K-12 Online Learning Environments

October 2012

Kathryn Kennedy, Leanna Archambault

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

Blended Learning in Practice: Introduction to Case Studies from Leading Schools

September 2012

Brad Bernatek, Jeffrey Cohen, John Hanlon, Matthew Wilka

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Issue Brief

Statement of Principles for Model Legislation in States

July 2012

iNACOL

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

Report, CompetencyWorks

The Art and Science of Designing Competencies

July 2012

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Report

Classifying K-12 Blended Learning

May 2012

Heather Staker, Michael B. Horn

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

Online Learning: Top 5 Federal Policy Issues

March 2012

iNACOL

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Report

Keeping Pace with K-12 Online and Blended Learning, 9th Edition

January 2012

Amy Murin, Butch Gemin, Chris Rapp, John Watson, Lauren Vashaw

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity

January 2012

Austin Lasseter, Linda Shear, Marianne Bakia, Yukie Toyama

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice

Report

State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada (2011)

November 2011

Michael K. Barbour

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Report

Online and Blended Learning: A Survey of Policy and Practice from K-12 Schools Around the World

November 2011

Allison Powell, Chantal Ounsworth, Jeffrey Hunt, Kathryn Kennedy, Lisa Hasler Waters, Michael K. Barbour, Rebecca Hoey, Regina Brown, Trina Trimm

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2009-10

November 2011

Barbara Queen, Jared Coopersmith, Laurie Lewis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Book

Online and Blended Learning: Case Studies from K-12 Schools around the World

November 2011

Jeffrey Hunt, Lisa Hasler Waters, Michael K. Barbour, November 2011

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Report

The Online Learning Definitions Project

October 2011

iNACOL

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Report

iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses (v2)

October 2011

iNACOL

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Report

iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Teaching (v2)

October 2011

iNACOL

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Support Professional Learning

Report

NACSA Viewpoint: Authorizing Online Learning

August 2011

Susan Patrick, Tom Vander Ark

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

Report

It’s Not a Matter of Time: Highlights from the 2011 Competency-Based Summit

July 2011

Susan Patrick, Chris Sturgis, Linda Pittenger

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation

Report

Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-Based Learning

July 2011

Susan Patrick, Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Issue Brief

K-12 Online Learning: A Smart Investment NOW More than Ever

June 2011

iNACOL

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Report

The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning

January 2011

Heather Staker, Michael B. Horn

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Rethink Instruction

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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.