Research Studies provide concise, bulleted Findings, Policy Implications, and Recommendations on key issues, such as:
- High school rigor and exit exams
- Better serving English language learners
- Boosting reading and math achievement
- College entry and completion
- Reducing dropout rates and increasing graduation rates
- And many more! (Go to the database.)
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 The Progress of Education Reform addresses the hottest
education issue and provides information in a concise and easy-to-read
format based on the most recent studies and reports.
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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. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.
Please use the links below to download PDFs that include all the documents for a given year.
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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Jargon
 Jargon Watch XII  MS Word - The twelfth in a series of lists that expose jargon used in education policy. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, November 2004)...
Jargon Watch XI MS Word - The eleventh in a series of lists that expose jargon used in education policy. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, May 2004)...
Jargon Watch IX MS Word  PDF - Read the ninth in a series of lists that expose jargon used in education policy. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, August 2003)...
Jargon Watch VIII MS Word PDF - This is the eighth list in a series that exposes jargon used in education policy. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, May 2003)...
Jargon Watch VII MS Word PDF - This is the seventh list in a series that exposes jargon used in education policy. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, April 2003)...
Jargon Watch VI MS Word PDF - This is the sixth list in a series that exposes jargon used in education policy. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, March 2003)...
Jargon Watch V MS Word - This is the fifth list in a series that exposes jargon used in education policy. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, January 2003)...
Jargon Watch X MS Word - The tenth in a series of lists that expose jargon used in education policy. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, December 2003)...
Jargon Watch IV MS Word - Follow this series of education jargon exposed. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, March 2000)...
Jargon Watch III MS Word - More education jargon exposed. (Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, September 1999)...
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