Tracking Student Time from a Distance—What is your state allowing during the COVID-19 crisis?

Last week, the EdTech Center @ World Education hosted its second weekly "Distance Learning Strategy Session." One of the presenters was Tiffany Brand from New Hampshire, who shared a variety of techniques being used in her state to allow students to self-report their learning within NH's guidelines for logging proxy hours via the "Teacher Verification Model." I encourage folks to check out the video (on the linked page above) where she shares how students track their time using apps and document their learning using templated forms, as well as how instructors provide guided online lessons ("hyperdocs"....which will be the one of the topics of this upcoming Friday's strategy session) that learners can complete independently and for which instructors have determined a standardized number of minutes/hours for completion. 

I'm intrigued by this model because we hear so many states shy away from high-quality free and open education resources that otherwise might be incredibly effective, but remain unused because of rigid guidelines set by states around what is allowable for distance learning. With models such as what Tiffany shared, or what instructors such as Kate Redmon is doing in Arizona to creatively leverage assessment tools to give learners a way to document independent learning, I'm hopeful states—particularly in a time where "whatever works!" is a completely appropriate approach—are loosening up what's acceptable for tracking learner time, therefore opening up opportunities for learners and instructors to use a wider range of engaging, effective online resources. 

I myself have been experimenting with using a Google Form template within a set of PD sessions I've been running through Google Classroom. The notion actually blends aspects of what Kate and Tiffany are doing, where an instructor could assign any online resource and then ask students to complete the Form documenting the URL, the amount of time it took to complete the resource, their rating of the resource, and even the ability to document (including photographic/screen captured) evidence of their performance on any assessment they completed (or even score on a learning game.) Since Google Forms allows you to view results within a Google Sheet, you can highlight a column of data and see the averages within that column. In the demo Math activity I created in Google Classroom, 22 students completed the form. The average time for completion was 9.9 minutes and the average rating of the resource was 4.8 out of 5. Here is a video that walks through what this looks like from both the student and the teacher perspective. 

So—I'm interesting if folks could please share—what is your state currently allowing for documenting student time spent in learning given we all are now teaching from a distance? What guidance, if any, has been provided?