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Recent Changes to Postsecondary Governance in States: 2011-13

State Textbook Adoption

Key Findings and Recommendations of Recent Reports on Assisting Children of Military Personnel

Civic Education: Legislative Updates

Competency-Based Education: Who’s Doing What

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State Education Governance Models

Iowa Harvests the Wind for Economic Development, Education, and Innovation

The Progress of Education Reform: Who Pays the Tab for K-12 Education?

Open Enrollment is on the Menu—But Can You Order It?

Stories of Sustainability for Service-Learning Implementation

Read the 2012 ECS Annual Report

Stories of Sustainability for Service-Learning Implementation

The Progress of Education Reform: Reimagining Business Involvement

Read the four NextDev Challenge briefs: Assessment and Placement; Student Supports; Instructional Delivery; and Statewide Remedial Education Redesign

Linking Education and Economic Development: A Very Local, Very Rural Vignette

High-Quality Service-Learning Opens the Door for Students’ Entry into STEM Fields

Linking Service-Learning and the Common Core State Standards: Alignment, Progress, and Obstacles

School Attendance Age Limits

Compulsory School Age Requirements

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  • This issue of The Progress of Education Reform examines why measuring
    a district’s wealth by property values alone
    can be a problem.
  • The latest Schools of Success issue brief contains "stories of sustainability" in an effort to provide examples of what sustainability looks like through a variety of mechanisms and in a variety of school settings.
  • This issue of The Progress of Education Reform explores new models of business involvement that could substantially decrease private sector training costs and presents ways that policymakers can integrate these approaches into a coherent statewide engagement strategy.

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State Chiefs Set Criteria for 'High-Quality' Assessment
State superintendents are demanding that testmakers, including the two consortia building tests for the common standards, adhere to four principles to create "high-quality assessment." A Council of Chief State School Officers report describes how assessment practice should ensure test accessibility and security, and create user-friendly reports that chart students' progress and provide data that can help guide instruction. (Education Week, premium article access compliments of edweek.org, 10/01/13)

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