TWELVE NEW YORK STATE REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTERS
NY INSPIRES | A STATEWIDE INSTRUCTIONAL INITIATIVE

NY INSPIRES A STATEWIDE INSTRUCTIONAL INITIATIVE

Screenshot of a RIC One handout titled “NY Inspires Technology and Data.” The page explains NY Inspires as a statewide instructional initiative and describes how changes in learning standards, student experiences, assessment, competency tracking, and graduation requirements may affect student information systems, data management, and transcripts. A large central diagram, titled “How Instructional Change Shapes Student Information and Transcripts,” presents five areas: Learning Expectations, Student Experience, Demonstrating Learning, Progress Monitoring, and Recognition of Learning. Each area includes examples such as learning standards and competencies, learning experiences and pathways, evidence of learning, readiness indicators and learning records, and diplomas and standardized transcripts. The handout notes that requirements and terminology are still evolving and that the diagram is intended as a high level planning resource for regional and district data and technology leaders and vendors.

NY Inspires is a statewide instructional initiative focused on ensuring that all students are prepared for college, careers, and civic life. As regulations are refined and districts and BOCES evolve instructional practices, the initiative emphasizes the development and demonstration of competencies grounded in prioritized learning standards and aligned to New York State's Portrait of a Graduate attributes. Students will engage in meaningful learning experiences, demonstrate learning in multiple ways, and progress toward graduation readiness through flexible pathways. These shifts intentionally center the student experience, including how learning, competencies, and readiness are represented and communicated to students and families. This includes the implementation of new student-centered tools, still being defined, that are grounded in consistent data standards to support equity, rigor, and student mobility. The information districts maintain and verify for instructional, reporting, and graduation purposes will continue to evolve, requiring thoughtful adaptation of information systems, data management practices, and state and regional reporting structures.

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NY Inspires Data Readiness Overview (PDF)

NY INSPIRES STUDENT LEARNING DATA

The diagram below illustrates how changes in instruction, assessment, grading, and graduation requirements create new expectations for student information, learning records, and transcripts. As regulations are amended and guidance is finalized, NYSED and the RICs will continue to provide clarity on specific requirements and implementation timelines. In the interim, RICs and vendors can begin identifying ways to support districts by exploring approaches to tracking competencies grounded in learning standards and aligned to the Portrait of a Graduate, capturing and displaying evidence of learning such as capstone projects, industry credentials, and work-based learning experiences, and improving student- and family-facing views of progress toward graduation readiness. Early innovation in these areas should be approached with an understanding that requirements will continue to evolve and that solutions should be adaptable, standards-aware, and scalable as statewide expectations are refined and finalized.

HOW INSTRUCTIONAL CHANGE SHAPES STUDENT INFORMATION AND TRANSCRIPTS

Infographic illustrating five components of a learning system: Learning Expectations, Student Experience, Demonstrating Learning, Progress Monitoring, and Recognition of Learning. Each section connects key concepts including learning standards and competencies, learning experiences and pathways, evidence of learning, readiness indicators and learning records, and statewide diplomas and standardized transcripts.

This diagram is intended to help regional and district data and technology leaders, along with vendors, understand how NYSED’s NY Inspires instructional changes are expected to impact technology systems, software, and data management processes. It is intended to help readers begin planning and adapting as NYSED advances its multi-year rollout of regulations, guidance, and resources. The diagram reflects direction known at this point in time, but it is not exhaustive or final. In some cases, terminology and representations are simplified, and due to space constraints, certain aspects of the work are shown at a high level rather than with full accuracy or detail.

TWELVE NEW YORK STATE REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTERSNY INSPIRES | A STATEWIDE INSTRUCTIONAL INITIATIVE

TWELVE NEW YORK STATE REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTERS
NY INSPIRES | A STATEWIDE INSTRUCTIONAL INITIATIVE