Deeper Learning: A Primer For State Legislators

This primer is created for state policymakers seeking to modify instruction and assessment policies to better engage today’s students. The primer defines deeper learning, explains how it overlaps with other active learning strategies and describes how it can be, and is being, accomplished at the state policy level. Strategies include the use of performance-based assessments, individualized learning plans, and competency-based learning. Resources that examine deeper learning in further detail are also available.