Innovation Lab Network

The Innovation Lab Network (ILN) is a group of states brought together by CCSSO taking action to identify, test and implement student-centered approaches to learning that will transform our public education system. With a constant focus on student outcomes, the goal of the ILN is to spur system-level change, scaling from locally-led innovation to wider implementation, both within and across states.

These innovations are grounded in agreed upon principles that emphasize attainment of w...

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Innovation Lab Network Programs

 

Identifying College- and Career-Ready Outcomes

Innovation Lab Network states are completing a shared understanding of college- and career-readiness (CCR) that focuses on the knowledge, skills and dispositions that have the most impact on student achievement and deeper learning outcomes.They are also working to identify and integrate evidence of how students acquire these essential CCR knowledge and skills.

 

Advancing Worthy Learning Environments

Innovation Lab Network states are developing new models of teaching and learning to support college- and career-readiness, and are engaging students in this development process. They are also focusing on individual student learning pathways and adapting technology to provide anytime/anywhere learning opportunities.

 

Incorporating Meaningful Measures of Progress

Innovation Lab Network states are working to identify gaps in existing assessment approaches and design and test new performance-oriented and formative assessments aligned to outcomes-based accountability models.

 

Driving Continuous Evaluation and Improvement

Innovation Lab Network states utilize a knowledge management strategy that seeks to monitor, categorize and reflect upon innovations occurring across the network.