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This survey is now closed.

�鶹��Ƶ is soliciting feedback on the design of the PLAN Pilot school application process via the survey linked below.�� We invite you to complete the survey to share your thoughts on:

1. Key features of a supportive application process;
2. Considerations that should be taken into account when selecting Pilot Schools;
3. Main topics/sections that should be covered in the application;
4. Types of questions the application should ask; and
5. Top questions you have about the application process.

Click here to share your thoughts!�� This survey will close at midnight on Friday, May 19, 2023.

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Background

In the 2022 Competitive Grants for State Assessment (CGSA) , �鶹��Ƶ committed to supporting interested schools through the PLAN Pilot application process, stating:

Our goal is to remove any barriers to entry for schools with fewer local resources.�� Moreover, the application will be designed to ensure that core services intended in the design of this pilot—including accessibility, transparency, equity and inclusion, student voice, parent/community engagement, deepening student learning, and improving school culture—are carried through in local implementation (p. 38).

When selecting pilot schools, �鶹��Ƶ will need to consider:��

1. Requirements for participating schools, as described in �鶹��Ƶ’s 2022 CGSA grant proposal. See excerpts of these requirements at this link: Excerpts from �鶹��Ƶ's Funded CGSA Proposal.

2. Research considerations. The PLAN Pilot will look at how performance-based learning and assessment (PBLA) can be implemented in a diverse range of schools—urban and rural, large and small, with different student demographics—and how to support schools in making that transition.�� In pursuit of these aims, �鶹��Ƶ will need to purposefully select a sample of schools with:

• diverse features (e.g., student population, N/RC, geographic location, size, etc.);��
• diverse interests in PBLA (e.g., work-based learning, internships, CTE, learner profiles, PBATs, etc.); and��
• diverse stages of readiness for PBLA implementation (i.e., from schools starting with only the essential pre-implementation conditions to schools already implementing some PBLA practices).��

3. Features of successful PBLA implementation, according to current research and practice.�� For this consideration, PLAN Pilot Advisors have been reviewing these resources:��

4. Essential pre-implementation conditions, according to current research and practice.�� For this consideration, PLAN Pilot Advisors have been reviewing these resources:

• “Lessons Learned and Recommendations” (p. 45-50) in the Learning Policy Institute’s 2020 report:
• for the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme.
• School Success Study template from Big Picture Learning, including sample staff focus questions that are developed to inform the Success Study report.

Watch a 16-minute presentation by project staff entitled "�鶹��Ƶ PLAN Pilot School Application Process Background and Considerations" below.