{"id":1361,"date":"2018-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/new-report-on-action-steps-for-state-policy-to-support-personalized-competency-based-learning\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:52:09","slug":"new-report-on-action-steps-for-state-policy-to-support-personalized-competency-based-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/new-report-on-action-steps-for-state-policy-to-support-personalized-competency-based-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report on Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Transforming K-12 education systems to be truly student-centered requires a shift in expectations and assumptions about what schools, teaching and learning can and should look like. <\/span><\/p>\n

Policymakers are seeking action steps toward innovative education systems. Today, schools need to prepare students to tackle the challenges and uncertainties of the future. With rapid economic and social changes ahead, including preparing our youth for jobs that do not yet exist and developing leadership skills to solve social problems of deep complexity, educational success is no longer about regurgitating content. We are aiming to provide policymakers with a roadmap of moving from the current to future state of K-12 education and taking action steps to transform what is possible in personalized learning and competency-based education. <\/span><\/p>\n

Continuously improving the education system, including the role of teachers and students, the use of time, the purpose and nature of assessments, the allocation of resources, learning model designs and the role of schools within the broader context of the community, is necessary to achieve lasting change.<\/span><\/p>\n

iNACOL\u2019s new report, <\/span>Current to Future State: Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span>articulates a vision for the future of K-12 education and offers steps state policymakers can take to create the conditions for personalized, competency-based learning to scale. This paper is designed for state policymakers, including governors, state legislators, state boards of education, state school chiefs and state policy staff, with a vision to catalyze transformational change in K-12 education toward a long-range vision for systems that help all students succeed. <\/span><\/p>\n

This report explores five issues to transform to personalized, competency-based education and identifies the action steps policymakers can take to address each issue:<\/span><\/p>\n