{"id":12670,"date":"2020-05-04T09:02:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?p=12670"},"modified":"2023-02-03T16:17:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T21:17:37","slug":"profile-of-a-graduate-to-redefine-student-success-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/profile-of-a-graduate-to-redefine-student-success-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile of a Graduate to Redefine Student Success for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the second installment of the Aurora Institute\u2019s blog series: <\/span><\/i>Future-Focused State Policy Actions to Transform K-12 Education<\/span><\/i><\/a>. In this blog, we introduce our first state policy priority for 2020: Profile of a Graduate to <\/span><\/i>redefine student success<\/span><\/i><\/a> around the knowledge and skills necessary for success.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"Across the country, states are creating a Profile of a Graduate to set forth a modernized vision for student learning and achievement. These graduate profiles articulate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions students should have upon graduating from K-12 education to be prepared for college, careers, and civic life.\u00a0 Enabled by the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (2015), states and districts are establishing graduate profiles by partnering with communities and engaging with diverse stakeholders to determine what is essential for their students to thrive after K-12. The profiles, therefore, represent an important strategy states are using to set a vision of future-ready graduates and to align K-12 education systems to a more holistic vision of success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally with clear, comprehensive definitions of success, states can begin to transform their education systems in a coherent way, allowing invested and engaged stakeholders from the PreK-workforce pipeline to work together to help students succeed at every level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

State Highlight<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"Virginia is taking a comprehensive and coherent approach to transforming education, using the Profile of a Virginia Graduate as a powerful driver. In 2016, <\/span>HB 895<\/span><\/a> required the state to create the <\/span>Profile of a Virginia Graduate<\/span><\/a>. The bill requires each graduate to complete an AP, Honors or IB course, or industry certification, effective for the Class of 2022. In 2017, the Virginia State Board of Education approved revised <\/span>Standards of Accreditation<\/span><\/a> that updated graduation requirements for the Class of 2022. These board regulations (8VAC20-131-51) go beyond the requirements of HB 895 and require all graduates to \u201cacquire and demonstrate foundational skills in critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and citizenship in accordance with<\/span><\/p>\n

the Profile of a Virginia Graduate.\u201d Local divisions are connecting into the Virginia Is for Learners Innovation Network, a statewide initiative building educator capacity for innovation, aligned with the new vision of success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommendations\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

We offer the following recommendations for states looking to get started with modernizing their education system with a new, coherent definition of success:<\/span><\/p>\n