Thank you for joining us in Austin for the National Forum on Education Policy. We will continue to update this section with PowerPoints and other resources from select sessions.

Tuesday, July 1

Session 242: Postsecondary Challenge - Increasing Success, Ensuring Affordability and Maintaining Costs.

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PowerPoint presentations:

• The Postsecondary Challenge: More Degrees for the Dollars We Spend
  Travis Reindl
  Program Director, Jobs For The Future
  
  
• The Colorado Paradox: Colorado's Postsecondary Production Dilemma and Policy Strategies to Address It.
  Matt Gianneschi
  Senior Policy Analyst, Office of the Governor, Colorado
  
  
• Making Opportunity Affordable Opportunity Grant Academy
  William E. Kirwan
  Chancellor, University System of Maryland
  

Session 243: Policy Levers You Can Promote on Monday (to reduce the achievement gap)

PowerPoint presentations:

• A New Day For Schools
  Paul Reville
  Secretary Designate of Education, Massachusetts
  

258, "You Want Fries with That? Improving High School Graduation rages in the States

PowerPoint presentations:

• The Freshman On-Track Rate: A Leading Indicator of High School Graduation
  John Q. Easton
  Executive Director, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago
  
  
• Somersworth High School
  Karen Soule
  Superintendent, Somersworth SAU Office, New Hampshire
  
  
• Achievement in Dropout Prevention and Excellence I and II (APEX II): A Comprehensive Approach to Dropout Prevention and Recovery
  Robert Wells
  Project Director, New Hampshire Department of Education
  
  
• Berlin H.S. Roll Out Data
  Robert Wells
  Project Director, New Hampshire Department of Education
  
  
• Follow The Child & Visioning High School Redesign
  Robert Wells
  Project Director, New Hampshire Department of Education

Wednesday, July 2

Session 341: Learning What Works

Vicki Phillips, director of the Education Division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares the Foundation's lessons learned from eight years working to improve graduation rates and college readiness, and the implications for their strategy moving forward.

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Session 348: 21st Century Community College

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PowerPoint presentations:

• Achieving the Dream: Supporting Community College Student Success
  Richard Kazis
  Senior Vice President, Jobs For The Future
  
  
• Creating the 21st Century Community College: Aligning Policy and Practice to Increase Student Success and Meet Workforce Needs
  John B. Lee
  President, JBL Associates, Inc.
  
  
• Career Pathways
  Julian L. Alssid
  Executive Director, Workforce Strategy Center
  
  

Session 349: Using Growth Models to Measure Student Performance

PowerPoint presentations:

• "Adequate Growth Models for NCLB Proficiency and College and Career Readiness"
  Chrys Dougherty
  Director of Research, National Center for Educational Accountability
  
  
• "Measuring Academic Gains in Arkansas"
  Charity Smith
  Assistant Director of Accountability, Arkansas Department of Education
  
  
• "Delaware’s Growth Model and Results from Year One"
  Robin R. Taylor
  Associate Secretary of Education, Assessment and Accountability, Delaware Department of Education
  
  

Session 355: Benchmarking Internationally: The Need Confronts the Reality

Dr. Andreas Schleicher, head, Indicators and Analysis Division, OECD Directorate for Education, utilized this PowerPoint to inform National Forum participants on the current realities of high-performing countries and strategies the United States can employ to increase student achievement and success. Download the PowerPoint (5 MB).

From Competing to Leading: An International Benchmarking Blueprint

International Benchmarking is the alignment of standards, instruction, professional development and assessment to those of the highest-performing countries. This Blueprint presents the rationale why states should consider benchmarking to international standards as well as describing policy recommendations for policymakers and education leaders. This is the first action guide of its kind to enable states, districts and schools to craft new policies and adjust existing policies proven to demonstrate world-class performance.

Session 370: In It to Win It: High Leverage (Yet Often Overlooked) Elements of P-20 Reform

PowerPoint presentation:

• State of the Union for K-16
  Michael Kirst
  Emeritus Professor for Education and Business Administration, Stanford University
  
  
• The 20 in P-20
  Sarah E. Redfield
  Professor of Law, Education Law Institute, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Maine
  ECS Commissioner and member of ECS Steering Committee