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Education Commission of the States to Build Blueprint for Underprepared High School Students

Moving the Needle on Degree Completion: The Legislative Role

Did you know that 25 states plus DC require the administration of a kindergarten readiness assessment? Get the details (and others) on ECS’ newly-updated comprehensive 50-state kindergarten database.

Educators’ Perceptions of How Schools Can Foster Successful Service-Learning

2012 Compilation of all ECS Policy Analysis, Databases, and Publications - full text (click here for shorter version)

Education-related proposals from the 2013 state of the state addresses

Resources for State Leaders Seeking to Improve School Safety

ECS is hiring an Institute Director for Postsecondary Education and Workforce Development. Click here for more details.

Core Principles for Transforming Remedial Education: A Joint Statement (also read the press release)

Education-Related Ballot Measures: 2012

2012 Gubernatorial Elections:
Outcomes and Education Priorities

2012 compilation


The Progress of Education Reform: Career/Technical Education

This issue of the Progress of Education Reform identifies new approaches states are adopting to support career readiness for students. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, ECS, February 2013)

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ELLs/Common Core
Push Is On for Common Ways to Identify ELLs
The Common Core standards and assessments could bring a more uniform process for identifying which students are English-learners and when they reach proficiency in the language. Policy officials and ELL experts say that such an agreement will allow true comparability among states for how well they are teaching English-learners and more confidence that ELLs are served equitably. (Education Week, premium article access compliments of edweek.org, 02/27/13)

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