This issue brief is the first in a series produced by the Center on Innovations in Learning's League of Innovators. The series will describe, discuss, and analyze policies and practices that enable personalization in education. Topics should be of particular interest to state education agencies and district and school personnel. This first issue…

The assignment of physical education credits is too often arbitrarily determined. A formula was developed for determining the appropriate credit for various levels of instruction. The criteria are: (1) whether an activity should be offered; (2) number of instruction levels needed; and (3) ways of establishing consistency in assigning course…