Re-Envisioning Professional Learning in Competency-Based Education
Educators are vital to developing and expanding competency-based education. Where competency-based education is most successful, it has been shaped and
November 8, 2018
Category: Policy
Creating Long-Term Strategy for State Policymakers to Support a Fully Developed, Competency-Based Education System
Creating an education system that prepares every student to succeed requires systemic transformation to high-quality, personalized, competency-based education. Today, the
October 30, 2018
Policies that Support Building Capacity to Lead Change to Advance Personalized, Competency-Based Education
In this blog series we are exploring what it would take to move toward a future state of education that
October 19, 2018
Understanding How U.S. K-12 Accountability and Assessments are Too Often Conflated: What Policymakers Need to Know to Advance Student-Centered Learning Policies
Assessment is integral to the process of teaching and learning. Teachers should be constantly checking for their students’ understanding in
October 12, 2018
Educator Workforce Development
Creating Multiple, High-Quality Pathways to Educator Credentials and Development to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Education
In a competency-based system, students need multiple, high-quality pathways to high school graduation, higher education and the workforce. In
October 5, 2018
iNACOL’s 2019 State and Federal Policy Priorities ‒ Equity-Driven and Future-Focused
Today, iNACOL (@nacol) published its iNACOL 2019 State and Federal Policy Priorities, an equity-driven, future-focused set of recommendations to drive
September 27, 2018
Educator Workforce Development
Building Teacher Professional Judgment in Policy to Support Competency Education
Educators across the K-12 education workforce are the most important drivers for success in the shift to powerful, personalized, competency-based
September 21, 2018
U.S. Department of Education Invites New Applications for the Innovative Assessment Pilot
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it is inviting new applications for the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA),
September 19, 2018
Accountability
Tackling Accountability as Continuous Improvement in Policy: Next Generation Accountability Models
To present, the idea of accountability in American education has been synonymous with end-of-year, statewide, summative tests that are tied
September 18, 2018
iNACOL Publishes Executive Summary on Groundbreaking iNACOL Report Regarding State Policies For Long-Term Transformational Change in K-12 Education
State policymakers know our current K-12 education systems do not prepare all students for success after high school. Unfortunately, to
September 12, 2018