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iNACOL Blended Learning Teacher Competency Framework
This report includes the key competencies and effective practices of teachers in successful blended learning environments? This research identifies 12 key competencies, organized into 4 larger domains: mindsets, qualities, adaptive skills, and...
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Laying the Foundation for Competency Education: A Policy Guide for the Next Generation Educator Workforce
This report provides an overview of how competency-based learning can provide the skills and training necessary to develop a next generation workforce. The paper discusses the new skills that educators will need, policy shifts that will need to...
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Access and Equity for All Learners in Blended and Online Education
Equity in education has been a basic tenet of public education in the United States, made explicit by civil rights legislation throughout the years. Unfortunately, legislation alone does not guarantee that all students will be provided with the...
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The iNACOL State Policy Frameworks: 5 Critical Issues to Transform K-12 Education
Over the last decade, the American education system has seen unprecedented transformation of teaching and learning as educators have grasped the power of new learning models to close achievement gaps and extend access to high-quality learning...
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Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts
This report includes information on implementing blended, competency-based education. It discusses the implications of personalized learning as a main pillar of school design, structured around ensuring equity and quality. To assist school and...
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Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders
This paper describes effective district implementation strategies to convert traditional, one-size-fits-all models of education into more personalized, competency-based learning environments to meet students’ needs. This paper highlights strategies...
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Using Online Learning for Credit Recovery: Getting Back on Track to Graduation
This research paper illustrates how schools and programs are using online learning to provide credit recovery for students with a wide spectrum of academic needs. The report investigates credit recovery and its impact on today’s students, state and...
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The iNACOL State Policy Frameworks 2015: 5 Critical Issues to Transform K-12 Education
This policy brief highlights opportunities for states to close achievement gaps and enable highly personalized pathways, and provides concrete, actionable recommendations for state policymakers around five key issues: Create Competency-Based...
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Student-Centered Learning: Functional Requirements for Integrated Systems to Optimize Learning
Learn more about this research in our archived webinar on this report. This paper illustrates the technical requirements and functionalities that learning management systems need to shift toward student-centered instructional models. This...
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State Strategies to Develop Teacher Capacity for Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
This issue brief shares state policy recommendations and action steps for policymakers who are supporting the redesign of educator workforce systems to enable educators to build the skills, competencies and knowledge needed to thrive in modern,...
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Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England
This paper explores K-12 competency-based education policy and practice across six New England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. This paper explores the core concepts of competency education,...
