{"id":1313,"date":"2016-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/how-states-build-local-capacity-to-implement-personalized-learning\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T21:40:07","slug":"how-states-build-local-capacity-to-implement-personalized-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/how-states-build-local-capacity-to-implement-personalized-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"How States Build Local Capacity to Implement Personalized Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States are much more likely to be successful in their support of innovation and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/what-is-personalized-learning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">personalized learning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if they are intentional about building the capacity of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/implementing-competency-education-in-k-12-systems-insights-from-local-leaders\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">school leaders and educators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/mean-what-you-say-defining-and-integrating-personalized-blended-and-competency-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personalized, competency-based learning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a fundamental transformation of education from the one-size-fits-all factory-based model, to an approach customized to the needs and interests of each individual student. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In these learning environments, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edweek.org\/edweek\/DigitalEducation\/2015\/07\/personalization_tailored_instruction_vital_to_blended_learning_new_report_says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">students tailor their education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on their own learning goals, interests and passions. Students work with their teachers to decide on learning objectives based on personalized learning plans, engage in meaningful learning to accomplish rigorous goals and take ownership of their education. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In student-driven, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/what-is-blended-learning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blended learning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> environments, educators take on new roles <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/laying-the-foundation-for-competency-education-a-policy-guide-for-the-next-generation-educator-workforce\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not often emphasized in traditional, teacher preparation programs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition, personalized learning generally requires districts to redesign and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/iNACOL_CW_IssueBrief_ReEngineeringCompEd_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">update certain system structures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and procedures. For these transformations to be successful, states and districts need to increase school leader and educator capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>State Strategies to Build Capacity in Local School Districts<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State departments of education can support personalized learning by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing relevant, actionable information for school districts to use to transform learning environments;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offering technical assistance; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating specialized training and professional development programs; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facilitating peer learning networks; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leveraging partnerships to increase local or state capacity to support personalized learning; and \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enabling and scaling the use of micro-credentials.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following provides specific state examples of each of these support strategies. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Providing Relevant, Actionable Information<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Some state educational agencies \u00a0are providing actionable information to support school leaders who are ready to innovate through their websites.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/education.ky.gov\/school\/innov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kentucky Department of Education\u2019s website for innovation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contains a wealth of useful, curated information to help Kentucky move to personalized learning. The website includes <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/education.ky.gov\/school\/innov\/Pages\/Exemplars-of-Design-Principles-of-Innovation.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exemplars of Design Principles of Innovation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help school leaders understand the most important elements of a next-generation learning system. It also outlines the state\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/education.ky.gov\/school\/innov\/Pages\/Districts-of-Innovation.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Districts of Innovation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program. In addition, the department supplies a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/education.ky.gov\/school\/innov\/Documents\/Innovation%20Readiness%20Survey2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">survey tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for school districts to self-assess their readiness for innovation. Lastly, it highlights <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/education.ky.gov\/school\/innov\/Pages\/Innovative-School-Models.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innovative School Models<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for school leaders to learn about specific examples of highly-personalized schools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These resources allow school leaders throughout Kentucky to easily find <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/the-edleader-reading-list-for-the-shift-to-competency-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">high-quality information<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on personalized learning and how to begin to transform learning environments. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Offering Technical Assistance<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some state departments provide direct technical assistance to schools ready to move toward personalized learning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.innovativeed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arkansas Office of Innovation for Education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides research and technical assistance for schools to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/building-district-capacity-for-student-centered-learning-and-scaling-innovation-in-arkansas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">create transformational, student-centered learning environments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Office employs specialists to work with schools to match personalized learning approaches with each school\u2019s specific needs and contexts. The Office also takes groups of school leaders to schools and conferences around the country to learn about and see leading personalized learning models in action. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Creating Specialized Training and Professional Development Programs<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the fall of 2015, the New Hampshire Department of Education released its <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/education.nh.gov\/documents\/nh-vision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vision 2.0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it explains how, over the next five years, the Department will provide training and professional development for school districts to transform learning environments by expanding the trainings related to its <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.nh.gov\/assessment-systems\/pace.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They plan to implement a system of supports to interested school districts \u201cbased on tiers of readiness from building awareness\/literacy to whole district transformation.\u201d For Tier 3 and tier 2 districts, not yet ready to move to full transformation, the department plans to provide access to professional development from state and national experts on performance assessment, and technical assistance on performance task development, instructional design considerations, and creating local structures, such as professional learning communities, to support the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Tier 1 districts, ready to move with transformation and able to \u201cboth gain and share expertise in competency-based learning and performance assessment,\u201d the state plans to provide \u201cworkshops facilitated by experts, consultants and coaches allowing cross-school learning of performance assessments within specific content areas and across grade-spans.\u201d These districts will have the opportunity to participate in the development and implementation of common performance assessment tasks for accountability purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Facilitating Peer Learning Networks<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2012, Iowa passed legislation to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educateiowa.gov\/competency-based-education-task-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">create a competency-based education task force<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The task force recommended the legislature direct the Iowa Department of Education to \u201cidentify up to 10 districts that would serve as models across the state.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Iowa Department of Education created the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educateiowa.gov\/pk-12\/standards-and-curriculum\/competency-based-pathways\/iowa-cbe-collaborative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa CBE Collaborative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to regularly convene leadership teams from each of the 10 participating school districts. Some of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educateiowa.gov\/sites\/files\/ed\/documents\/Goal%20Objectives%20and%20Responsibilities_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaborative\u2019s objectives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are to establish demonstration sites in the participating school districts, to develop model competencies and performance assessments and to create tools and processes to document and share results, challenges and lessons learned from implementing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/what-is-competency-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competency-based learning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Idaho Legislature passed Laws 2015, Chapter 68 (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/legislation\/2015\/H0110.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HB 110)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to advance mastery-based education in the state. The legislation directs the Idaho Department of Education to identify an initial cohort of 20 school districts to serve as mastery-based learning incubators in 2017. The Idaho Department of Education recently created the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sde.idaho.gov\/mastery-ed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Idaho Mastery Education Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to support these incubator schools and to create a professional learning community amongst these schools whereby the can learn from one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Leveraging Partnerships to Improve Local or State Capacity<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the states and regions to have most successfully advanced personalized learning have leveraged partnerships with other organizations to increase local or state capacity to support personalized learning. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, the state departments of education in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont have partnered and worked extensively with the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatschoolspartnership.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great Schools Partnership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandssc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New England Secondary School Consortium<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to advance student-centered learning in their states. Other examples include Colorado partnering with the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradoedinitiative.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colorado Education Initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Kentucky partnering with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ccsso.org\/What_We_Do\/Innovation_Lab_Network.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CCSSO\u2019s Innovation Lab Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.education.uky.edu\/ncie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Center for Innovation in Education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Enabling and Scaling the Use of Micro-Credentials<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One strategy which holds potential to significantly enhance educator capacity, is the use of micro-credentials and digital badges. These are competency-based, portable, and shareable approaches to professional development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalpromise.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Promise<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose mission is to \u201caccelerate innovation in education to improve opportunities to learn,\u201d has developed a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalpromise.org\/initiative\/educator-micro-credentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">framework<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ensure <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingquality.org\/microcredentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">micro-credentials<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus on a single competency;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a key method backed by research;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Require the submission of evidence; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include a rubric or scoring guide.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February, iNACOL hosted a webinar with Digital Promise and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.relay.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relay Graduate School of Education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> titled, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/event\/micro-credentials-personalizing-professional-development-for-educators\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Micro-Credentials: Personalizing Professional Development for Educators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/programs\/digital-badges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MacArthur Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> defines digital badges as \u201can assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online. Badges are designed to make visible and validate learning in both formal and informal settings, and hold the potential to help transform where and how learning is valued.\u201d The Foundation supports <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/openbadges.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mozilla Open Badges<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which allows any organization to create, issue and verify digital badges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wisconsin\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalpromise.org\/2016\/03\/16\/transforming-the-classroom-with-micro-credentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kettle Moraine School District<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has successfully utilized micro-credentials to improve staff capacity to implement innovative learning models. The district incorporated micro-credentials in its professional development and compensation systems. Educators can choose from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/next.bloomboard.com\/microcredential\/provider\/ac2f23c8-274d-449d-ac3f-6ad29e399737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">micro-credentials offered through Digital Promise<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, others offered by the district, or suggest ones of their own making. Over 50 percent of Kettle Moraine\u2019s teachers have earned at least one micro-credential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few leading states are exploring ways to effectively utilize micro-credentials. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Hampshire Department of Education, in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/education.nh.gov\/documents\/nh-vision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vision 2.0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, plans to develop a system of micro-credentials \u201cto promote personalized, on-demand professional learning across the state.\u201d Their goal is to achieve 10% growth per year in attainment of micro-credentials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/colorado-commissioner-rich-crandall-on-bringing-personalized-learning-mainstream\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colorado Commissioner of Education Rich Crandall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recently indicated that his agency is looking for partnerships in this area to develop and roll out a system of targeted micro-credentials so that teachers can develop specific skills to succeed in innovative learning models.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Recommendations for States<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve understanding of personalized learning, iNACOL recommends states: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make relevant, actionable information easily available and accessible on the state department of education\u2019s website so school districts can use it to transform learning environments; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop communication tools for local school leaders to effectively engage their communities to understand the reasons and goals for moving to personalized learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To build educator capacity to implement innovative, student-centered learning models, iNACOL recommends states:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set aside resources to provide direct technical assistance to school districts ready to transform education to personalized learning; \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upgrade professional development policies and programming to respond to the specific needs of educators within personalized, competency-based systems; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enable and scale the use of micro-credentials to recognize skills and educator competencies to support personalized, student-centered learning;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicate funds for peer-learning networks to support rapid exchange of knowledge, leadership development and technical assistance; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leverage partnerships with other organizations to support local educators and state leaders in the transformation of learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In personalized learning environments, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/laying-the-foundation-for-competency-education-a-policy-guide-for-the-next-generation-educator-workforce\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">educators take on new roles and duties<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not often emphasized in traditional, teacher preparation programs. In addition, districts often redesign many systems and procedures. For these transformations to be successful, states and districts need to increase school leader and educator capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States are more likely to see personalized learning at scale, if they are intentional in providing the necessary support to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/implementing-competency-education-in-k-12-systems-insights-from-local-leaders\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">school leaders and educators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested in other promising policies for personalized learning? See our other resources and blogs in this series:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/new-blog-series-promising-policies-for-personalized-learning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Blog Series: Promising Policies for Personalized Learning<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/systems-of-assessments-that-support-student-centered-learning-and-continuous-improvement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Systems of Assessment the Support Student Learning and Continuous Improvement<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/increase-opportunity-for-student-success-through-multiple-pathways-to-graduation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase Opportunity for Student Success through Multiple Pathways to Graduation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/how-new-hampshire-transformed-to-a-competency-based-system\/\">How New Hampshire Transformed to a Competency-Based System<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CompetencyWorks Report <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/iNACOL_CrackingCode_full_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-Based Learning<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/building-district-capacity-for-student-centered-learning-and-scaling-innovation-in-arkansas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building District Capacity for Student-Centered Learning and Scaling Innovation in Arkansas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/modernizing-educator-and-leader-development-for-student-centered-learning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modernizing Educator and Leader Development for Student-Centered Learning<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/laying-the-foundation-for-competency-education-a-policy-guide-for-the-next-generation-educator-workforce\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laying the Foundation for Competency Education: A Policy Guide for the Next Generation Educator Workforce<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>States are much more likely to be successful in their support of innovation and personalized learning if&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"issue":[377],"location":[],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-state-policy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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