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Aligning Education Policy with the Science of Learning and Development
This report analyzes recent learning sciences research and provides nine recommendations to address a critical need: how can education policy support and align with the science of learning and development? Research on how students learn and develop...
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Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning
The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December 2015, which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), ushered in a historic opportunity to rethink K-12 education across the country.3 The new law allows...
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Quality and Equity by Design: Charting the Course for the Next Phase of Competency-Based Education
This publication seeks to advance K-12 competency education along four key issues: quality, equity, meeting students where they are, and policy. K-12 education in the United States and across the world is at a critical point in its evolution, and...
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Redesigning Systems of Assessments for Student-Centered Learning
This issue brief explores opportunities for states under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to rethink systems of assessments, and provides recommendations for state policymakers who are ready to support student-centered teaching and learning....
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How Systems of Assessments Aligned with Competency-Based Education Can Support Equity
Competency-based education systems hold promise for maximizing high-quality teaching and learning for the growth of all students. Such systems, if well designed and implemented, can serve critical equity aims by ensuring that all students are...
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Supporting Student Nutrition in Virtual and Hybrid Settings: Lessons from Addressing the Digital Divide
Virtual learners often can't access the same level of nutritional support as their in-person peers. This insight helps virtual and hybrid school and system leaders tackle this challenge.
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Steps to Conduct a Policy Context Evaluation
This resource for education leaders aims to provide step-by-step guidance toward addressing policy in order to establish sustainable K-12 programs and transformation.
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Child Nutrition Policy Review
The Learning Accelerator (TLA) reviewed federal, Massachusetts Commonwealth, and district ESSER and ARP guidelines to examine the availability of funding for child nutrition programs for the 2023-24 school year. This policy review highlights the...
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Rethinking State Accountability to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in K-12 Education
This issue brief shares state policy recommendations and resources for policymakers who are ready to rethink state accountability systems to support student-centered learning. With the passage of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA),...
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Measuring Forward: Emerging Trends in K-12 Assessment Innovation
A significant movement is underway across the nation to design K-12 assessment systems that better equip stakeholders to provide an equitable and excellent education to each child. While some of these innovations emerged before the pandemic, the...
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Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions and Responses to Leverage the Moment for Future Readiness
As school districts deliberate over reopening schools with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, we’ve developed this report with strategic guidance on how to harness our current opportunity to transform K-12 education. Education Policy Issues for...
