Achievement Network

Achievement Network is a nonprofit that helps school leaders support teaching that is grounded in standards, data, and educator best practices. Achievement Network will undertake a one-year project to explore growing its program in California and Ohio. This work advances the Hewlett Foundation’s strategic goal of helping build the assessment literacy of educators and of developing the next generation of assessments that meet the level of rigor demanded by the Common Core and deeper learning.

Achievement Network helps schools provide teaching that is grounded in standards, informed by data, and built on successful practices. The network will launch an organization to support improved instruction at the classroom, school, and district levels through curating and publishing free, high-quality open educational content; providing in-depth professional development on standards and effective use of content for teachers and school leaders; and collaborating with a network of nonprofit partners to ensure that implementation support is provided in schools and classrooms. A strong supply of deeper learning instructional materials and the development of teacher capability will encourage more widespread teaching of deeper learning.