{"id":1477,"date":"2015-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/eight-ways-federal-policymakers-can-support-student-centered-learning\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T11:57:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:57:52","slug":"eight-ways-federal-policymakers-can-support-student-centered-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/eight-ways-federal-policymakers-can-support-student-centered-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Ways Federal Policymakers Can Support Student-Centered Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is the first of eight blog posts in a series on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/inacol-federal-policy-frameworks-2015\/\"><em>The iNACOL Federal Policy Frameworks 2015<\/em><\/a><em> to transform K-12 public education. Taken as a whole, they present a framework for sustainable, systemic change that will dramatically increase personalized learning opportunities for all students. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Across the country, innovative educators and leaders are embracing a shift to student-centered learning and rejecting an outdated, one-size-fits-all K-12 education model. This shift holds the potential to close persistent learning gaps, improve equity and dramatically improve student achievement. Forty-two states have adopted policies to enable next generation learning models. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Waiving seat time requirements,<\/li>\n<li>Creating innovation zones and pilots;<\/li>\n<li>Providing credit flexibility,<\/li>\n<li>Rethinking state accountability and assessment systems, and<\/li>\n<li>Developing proficiency-based diplomas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite state progress, outdated federal K-12 education policies still present considerable barriers to widespread adoption of student-centered learning models. However, recent activity in Congress provides the potential for federal progress that mirrors the shift in state policy environments.<\/p>\n<p>The US Congress has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/inacol-applauds-u-s-congress-esea-conference-committee-vote-to-reauthorize-federal-k-12-education-law\/\">made significant progress towards reauthorizing the expired Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)<\/a> and is also beginning to examine priorities for a rewrite of the Higher Education Act (HEA). These efforts present an important opportunity to align federal K-12 education policy with local and state efforts to develop personalized, competency-based learning models. These efforts also have the potential to address persistent barriers, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Single, summative year-end tests and punitive accountability frameworks that may act as a disincentive for serving struggling students;<\/li>\n<li>Outdated human capital systems that do not adequately prepare teachers and leaders for personalized, competency-based learning environments;<\/li>\n<li>Federal grant programs that do not prioritize innovative, personalized learning models, and concerns around the use and security of student data privacy;<\/li>\n<li>Lack of federal investment in research on the prevalence and effectiveness of new learning models and on student learning progressions;<\/li>\n<li>Lack of anytime, everywhere access to broadband connectivity by students in low-income and rural communities; and<\/li>\n<li>Inadequate availability of free, high-quality, customizable open educational resources (OER).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These barriers show that despite incremental progress, work still remains. We\u2019re driven by a mission to transform K-12 education policy and practice to design powerful, personalized, learner-centered experiences through competency-based, blended and online learning. This is why\u00a0we created a set of frameworks to move the needle in overcoming these barriers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/inacol-federal-policy-frameworks-2015\/\"><em>The iNACOL Federal Policy Frameworks 2015<\/em><\/a> provide recommendations for federal policymakers along eight key issues that will be explored in more detail in the blog series:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Redesign assessment around student-centered learning.<\/li>\n<li>Rethink accountability for continuous improvement of next generation learning models.<\/li>\n<li>Modernize educator and leadership development.<\/li>\n<li>Make personalized learning a cross-cutting grant priority.<\/li>\n<li>Protect student data privacy and security.<\/li>\n<li>Invest in new learning models research and development.<\/li>\n<li>Build robust technology infrastructure and improve broadband.<\/li>\n<li>Support the development and use of open educational resources (OER).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What recommendations would you provide federal policymakers? Please comment or Tweet us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nacol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@nacol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/iNACOL-Federal-Policy-Frameworks-2015.pdf\"><em>The iNACOL Federal Policy Frameworks 2015<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/a-k-12-federal-policy-framework.pdf\"><em>A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/laying-foundation-competency-education-policy-guide.pdf\"><em>Laying the Foundation for Competency Education: A Policy Guide for the Next Generation Education Workforce<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of eight blog posts in a series on The iNACOL Federal Policy Frameworks&#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":[61,384],"location":[],"class_list":["post-1477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-federal-policy","issue-harness-opportunities-in-essa-federal-policy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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