The authors recommend that the state allow schools to use «well - designed» portfolios, comprised
of work from each
of five different subject
areas to include
research essays, art work and
other sophisticated projects that can't be
captured on a test in place
of traditional exit exams.
In the near term, federal policy could: i) level the playing field between air
captured CO2 and fossil - fuel derived CO2 by providing subsidies or credits for superior carbon lifecycle emissions that account for recovering carbon from the atmosphere; ii) provide additional
research funding into air
capture R&D initiatives, along with
other areas of carbon removal, which have historically been unable to secure grants; and iii) ensure air
capture is deployed in a manner that leads to sustainable net - negative emissions pathways in the future, within the framework
of near - term national emissions reductions, and securing 2 °C - avoiding emissions trajectories.