ECS State Notes



ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. You can use the links below to view a list of all StateNotes and Policy Briefs from a specific year, or you can download the PDF that includes all the files in one document.

2009 StateNotes and Policy Briefs Collection
(Dowload the PDF, 3.5 MB)

2008 StateNotes and Policy Briefs Collection
(download the PDF, 2.55 MB)

2007 StateNotes and Policy Briefs Collection
(download the PDF, 8.2 MB)

2006 Policy Briefs Collection
(download the PDF, 10.8 MB)

2006 StateNotes Collection
(download the PDF, 7.8 MB)

2005 Policy Briefs Collections
(download the PDF, 13.7 MB)

2005 StateNotes Collection
(download the PDF, 15.6 MB)

2004 Policy Briefs Collection
(download the PDF, 6.2 MB)

2004 StateNotes Collection
(download the PDF, 5.1 MB)

2002-03 StateNotes Collection

Roll over each database for a description.













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Paraprofessionals: Explore our findings for Title I Instructional Paraprofessional qualifications and certification requirements, paraprofessional professional development programs and state assessments for paraprofessionals.
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Dual/Concurrent Enrollment: Presents current, useable information on each state’s dual/concurrent enrollment program in the following areas: Descriptions of state policies and rationale; party responsible for payment of tuition/fees; source of credit received; advantages, disadvantages and unique characteristics of each program.


 

 ECS StateNote Topics:

(Note: Not all topics have a StateNote associated with them. If you are looking for information on a specific topic, you can use our search function.)


Accountability

Accountability (Postsec.)

Accountability--Next-Generation Models

Accountability--Sanctions

Administration

Adult Learning/Continuing Education

Affirmative Action

Affordability

Alternative Education

American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian

Arts in Education

Assessment

At-Risk

Attendance

Bilingual/ESL

Career/Technical Education

Charter Districts

Charter Schools

Choice

Citizenship Education

Class Size

Community Colleges

Counseling/Guidance

Curriculum

Demographics

Distance Learning/Virtual University

Dual/Concurrent Enrollment

Early Learning

Economic/Workforce Development

Facilities

Finance

Finance (Postsec.)

Gifted and Talented

Governance

Governance (Postsec.)

Health

High School

International Comparisons

International Education

Kindergarten

Language Arts

Leadership

Mathematics

Middle School

Minority/Diversity Issues

No Child Left Behind

Open Enrollment

P-16

Parent/Family

Politics

Postsecondary

Pre-Kindergarten

Preparation

Private Schools

Promotion/Retention

Reading/Literacy

Religion

Remediation

Safety/Student Discipline

Scheduling/School Calendar

School Boards

School Districts

Science

Service-Learning/Community Service

Site-Based Management

Special Education

Standards

State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies

State Comparisons/Statistics

State Data Systems

State Policymaking

Student Achievement

Summer School

Teaching Quality

Technology

Textbooks

Transfer/Articulation

Tuition/Fees

Uniforms/Dress Codes

Unions/Collective Bargaining

Vouchers

If you'd like to order a print copy, contact the ECS Distribution Center at 303.299.3692 or jivey@ecs.org.

 



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