Student Learning

Students across the country have opportunities to learn through different modalities. States look to provide innovative options for varying student needs, including competency-based education, remote learning and services to alleviate interrupted instruction. With multiple learning modalities and possibilities of long-term school closures, states also look to flexible assessment and accountability systems.

This page catalogues policies affecting learning, assessment and interruptions to student learning.

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Policy Levers to Advance Credential Transparency

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State Policies to Advance Student-Centered Pathways

Student-centered pathways are designed to meet each student’s individual needs. These pathways require high school learning environments that are personalized, competency-based, student-driven and connected to real-world experiences. Student-centered pathways support […]

State Policy Ecosystem for Student-Centered Pathways

Student-centered pathways give students learning opportunities that are personalized and connected to practical experiences that prepare them for postsecondary, career and civic life. In the past, policy levers to create […]

Governors’ Top Education Priorities in 2024 State of the State Addresses

Every year, State of the State addresses offer time for new and incumbent governors to outline policy priorities and celebrate state accomplishments. Since 2005, we’ve tracked, analyzed and identified education […]

Ed Note Blog Posts

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K-12

Innovative Ways States Are Using ESSER Funds

More than one year since the passage of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, plans have been approved in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico for […]

Early Education (P-3)

How Children’s Cabinets Can Meet the Needs of Families and Youth

The pandemic laid bare the lack of social safety nets in states, necessitating innovative solutions but also illuminating systemic problems. For example, when regular service-delivery routines for youth and families […]

K-12

A State Policy Vision for Arts Literacies Integration

The importance of meaning making in childhood was one of the foundational learnings from the Arts Education Partnership’s work on The Arts and Literacies resource. Specifically, meaning making supports students […]

Postsecondary

Rural Perspectives: Enhancing Education and Training Support for Rural Residents

Rural communities are not a monolith; their diversity creates unique assets and opportunities that require unique policy solutions. One of the best ways to understand the diversity of those challenges — […]

K-12

How Nevada Is Keeping Students and Teachers Digitally Connected

The dramatic shift to digital learning at the start of the pandemic called for bold, innovative state policies to ensure that all students were being served regardless of where they […]

Postsecondary

Lessons Learned From National Transfer Reform Efforts

Through decades of higher education evolution, credit transfer has been top of mind for policy makers, institutional leaders and students. From common course numbering to reverse transfer to broader pathways work, policy efforts and national initiatives […]

K-12

Innovations in Distance Education When Broadband Is Not an Option

State leaders are at a pivotal moment: Let’s reimagine learning while addressing inequitable access to broadband internet — not just now, this summer or next year, but for the long term. According to Common Sense media, about 1 in 4 students do not […]

K-12

States Address Special Education During COVID-19

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, approximately 14% of students in the United States receive special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Students who receive special education […]

K-12

What’s Next for School Accountability?

Little did we know, the final year of ESSA implementation would be intertwined with a wave of unprecedented challenges to the education system. On Monday, February 22, the U.S. Department […]

K-12

The Other Branch: Exploring Gary B. v. Snyder

If you’re looking for more up-to-date information, please see our most recent post on this topic, "The Other Branch: Outcomes of Gary B. v Snyder" published July 2020. This post […]

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