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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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 | High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the specific calculation for graduation rates to be included within the Academic Performance Index. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide a report on the graduation and dropout rates in the state and to make the report available to the public. Prohibits graduation rates from dropout recovery high schools from being included in the API.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2151-2200/ab_2167_bill_20060828_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 2167
Source: California Legislature
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| LA | Adopted 08/2006 | P-12 | Designed to address the impact of natural disasters on schools/districts ability to meet the objectives of the accountability system. Creates one-year waiver from accountability for "severe impact" schools and districts, as defined in rule. Also establishes provisions for severe impact schools following a one-year disaster waiver; directs the department of education to provide specific entry and exit codes for students displaced by natural disaster; establishes assessment and graduation rate indices for displaced students in limited impact schools; and offers schools and districts impacted by a natural disaster a one year exclusion from the subgroup component in accountability. Pages 1-3 of 55: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0608/0608RUL.pdf
Title: LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapter 45
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Directs school districts and nonpublic accredited schools to report graduation rates using the definition of graduation rate specified by the National Governors Association (NGA). Also directs districts and accredited nonpublic schools to report the following:
(1) the number of students who drop out of school;
(2) the number of students pursuing a high school equivalency diploma; (3) the number of students who were enrolled in the district within the past five years and who received a high school equivalency diploma;
(4) the percentage of students who receive a high school diploma and who were not proficient in reading, mathematics, and science in grade eleven; and
(5) the number of students in the prior year who were enrolled as high school juniors who are within four units of meeting the district's graduation requirements.
Rewrites section 256.7 related to the recommended core high school curriculum. Requires each school district to annually report, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, the percentage of students graduating from high school who complete the core curriculum. Also requires districts to report, in the comprehensive school improvement plan, how the district plans to increase the number of students completing the recommended core curriculum.
Establishes statewide graduation requirements, beginning with the Class of 2010-2011, of 4 years English, 3 years math, 3 years science and 3 years social studies. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2272
Title: S.B. 2272 - Section 1-4
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12
Community College | Requires board of directors of each community college to request that a student pursuing or receiving a high school equivalency diploma provide to the community college the student's school district of residence and the last year the student was enrolled in the school district of residence. Requires the community college to annually report the information to the school district of residence. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2272
Title: S.B. 2272 - Section 8
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| LA | Adopted 06/2006 | P-12 | Full text of language on pages 8-20 of 62: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0606/0606RUL.pdf
Changes define/outline/clarify the following:
--school performance score goals (page 8-10 of 62);
--calculating the SPS (School Performance Scores) component (pp 11-12 of 62);
--incentive points for a school in which a repeating 4th or 8th grade student scores at a higher achievement level on a LEAP test of math, English language arts, science or social studies than the previous spring (p of 62);
--calculating a K-8 assessment index (pp 12-13 of 62);
--calculating a 9-12 assessment index (p 13 of 62);
--the state assessments in which students in grades 3-11 will participate in annually (p 13 of 62);
--inclusion of schools (pp 13-14 of 62);
--pairing/sharing of schools with insufficient test data (p 14 of 62);
--growth targets (pp 14-15 of 62);
--defining, determining a cohort for, documenting and calculating a graduation index (pp 15-16 of 62);
--calculating a graduation rate (p 17 of 62);
--subgroup component indicators and failing the subgroup component (pp 16-17 of 62);
--safe harbor (pp 16-17 of 62);
--levels of academic assistance (p 17 of 62);
--levels of school improvement, entry into and exit from school improvement, school improvement requirements and state support at each level (pp 17-18 of 62);
--recovery school district (p 19 of 62);
--inclusion of alternative education students and option considerations (p 19 of 62);
--valid data considerations and NRT/CRT data (pp 19-20 of 62);
--attendance and dropout/exit data (p 20 of 62);
--and subgroup component adequate yearly progress (p 20 of 62).
Chapter 45, Disaster Consideration for School and District Accountability, is a proposed amendment designed to address the impacts of Hurricane Katrina and Rita and other disasters that may occur.
Title: LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 35, 41,43, and 45
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | School districts and boards must provide information regarding performance of students and educational programs as required pursuant to ss. 1008.22 and 1008.385 and implement a system of school reports as required by statute and State Board of Education rule.This legislation requires school reports to add a school's grade, high school graduation rate calculated without GED tests, disaggregated by student ethnicity, category and performance data as specified in state board rule.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7087er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7087&Session=2006
Title: H.B. 7087 (Section 11)
Source: Florida Legislature
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Requires county boards of education to collect, maintain, and analyze certain graduation rates using certain formulas by certain dates; requires county boards to report certain information to the public and to the State Department of Education in a certain format; requires the Department to compile certain information, calculate certain graduation rates, and post certain graduation rates on its website.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb0071t.pdf
Title: H.B. 71; S.B. 59
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Requires each school corporation (district) to conduct an informational count on May 1, 2007, May 1, 2008, and May 1, 2009 -- in the same manner and with the same standards as eligible pupils are counted to determine current ADM. The department must report the information obtained in the informational count to the:
(1) governor; (2) members of the education roundtable; and (3) executive director of the legislative services agency not later than thirty (30) days after the department receives the informational count reports for the year from all school corporations and transferee corporations. From the fiscal note: The bill specifies that the informational counts should include the following information:
1. A comparison between the number of eligible pupils on the informational count date and the number of eligible pupils in the current ADM.
2. Using a coding system developed by the Department of Education, the number (to the extent known by the school corporation or transferee corporation) of eligible pupils dropping out or otherwise withdrawing from the school corporation or transferee corporation after the date of the current ADM count, grouped by the reason or reasons for withdrawal from school.
3. Using a coding system developed by the Department: a. the number of suspensions and expulsions occurring after the date of the current ADM count, grouped by the reason or reasons for each suspension and expulsion; and b. the number and types of alternative educational placements that were provided or offered to suspended and expelled eligible pupils in each group.
4. The number of tuition transfer students accepted by a transferee corporation after the date of the current ADM count.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/PDF/SE/SE0173.1.pdf
Title: S.B. 173
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.in.gov/legislative/bills
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 6 creates the office of dropout prevention within the state department of education. Requires each district to implement a dropout prevention program by the 2008-09 school year. Section 13 establishes the Lifelong Learning Commission and defines membership. Duties include: (2) assessing the dropout crisis in the state and recommending action steps to address it; (2) creating a set of common definitions for graduation and dropout rates which can be used to compare the commission's progress relative to other states; (3) facilitating agreements that will make the state's high school experience more meaningful; (4) encouraging more rigor and relevance in the high school experience; (5) facilitating the transferability of education from secondary to postsecondary institutions; (6) raising awareness on the need for improving the state's high schools; (7) developing a series of best practices policy actions that state policymakers and legislators can implement to achieve system-wide high school reform; and (8) convening town hall meetings around the state where students, teachers, administrators and parents can discuss high school, the senior year and impediments to greater success.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2602SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2602
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Directs the Board of Education to collect, analyze, and report high school graduation and drop out data using a formula prescribed by the Board. The measure contains a delayed enactment clause providing that the amendments to § 22.1-253.13:4 will take effect October 1, 2008. A second enactment clause, which will take effect on July 1, 2006, requires the Board of Education to report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2006, on the formula to be used for the uniform assessment of high school graduation rates. In developing the formula, the Board is also required to consider the 2005 Report of the National Governors Association Task Force on State High School Graduation Data.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0584
Title: H.B. 19
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Parent/Family--Research |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
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| School/District Structure/Operations |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Foster Care |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Standards |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Politics |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| STEM |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student Achievement--State Trends |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| Students |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Computer Skills |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Internet Safety |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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