PIE Network

The Policy Innovators in Education Network is an independent nonprofit that connects, accelerates, and amplifies the work of 49 state-based advocacy organizations. The Network would assist its members in understanding current proposed changes in state assessments and their policy implications by identifying and distributing resources; providing related training; and developing and deepening connections among advocates. Better informed and prepared reform advocates can help ensure that a majority of students are assessed on deeper learning knowledge and skills and that their test results are actionable for improving state testing, strengthening accountability for meaningful learning, and supporting school reform.

With this grant support, the PIE Network would help states build their capacity to engage the public in promoting the implementation of the Common Core standards and deeper learning. Activities will include supporting message campaigns in select states, providing peer-to-peer training to PIE member organizations, and launching an "innovation fund" to help additional states begin their own campaigns.

This planning grant would allow the nation’s leading association of educational advocacy organizations to identify those state-based advocates most interested in deeper learning and to plan for enlisting its members in advocacy for policies that improve tests.