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 from the Education Commission of the States To subscribe, send your name, title, organization and e-mail address to e-Connection@ecs.org with the words "subscribe e-Connection" in the subject line. To unsubscribe, reply to e-Connection@ecs.org with the words "unsubscribe e-Connection" in the subject line. Submit ideas for future e-Connections to Stephanie Rose. View the e-Connection Archives. ______________________________________________________________________ February 7, 2012 WHAT STATES ARE DOING CHILD CARE – The MARYLAND State Department of Education's Division of Early Childhood Development has launched an online collection of child care licensing inspection results, designed to help consumers make informed choices. The site offers detailed compliance findings from child care licensing inspections as well as links to a wide range of information about early care and education in Maryland. DATA – New reports available on the VIRGINIA Department of Education Web site provide information on postsecondary enrollment and achievement of Virginia high school graduates. The reports connect student-level data from K-12 and postsecondary information systems. DIGITAL LEARNING – OKLAHOMA State Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi announced a digital pilot program that will provide supplemental online math instruction and tutoring services to 10,000 8th- through 10th-grade Algebra I students. STATE OF THE STATES – Read ECS summaries of the 2012 State of the State addresses by topic, or by state. GOOD READS SCIENCE STANDARDS – A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute provides analyses for the K-12 science standards in place in all 50 States and the District of Columbia. The average grade across all states is a C, and in 27 jurisdictions the standards earn a D or below. The authors provide suggestions for improving science standards. TEACHER EVALUATIONS – This report from the Center for American Progress considers how teacher evaluations should be used in order to increase teacher effectiveness. The author suggests that a professional development program that will help current teachers improve should be in place alongside any strategies to remove ineffective teachers from the classroom. DATA – The 2012 Public Education Primer from the Center on Education Policy pulls together recent data about students, teachers, funding, achievement, management and non-academic services. The report highlights important facts concerning the U.S. education system, how things have changed over time and how they may change in the future. ANNOUNCEMENTS ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY – The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) will develop a new Technology Readiness Tool to support states as they transition to next-generation assessments. This new open source tool will support state education agencies as they work with local education agencies to evaluate and determine needed technology and infrastructure upgrades for new online assessments to be launched in the 2014-15 school year. ED FACT High School Dropout Rate – "Between 1990 and 2009, the percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school status dropouts (i.e., those who are not enrolled in high school and who lack a high school credential) decreased from 12 to 8%." Source: Aud, S., KewalRamani, A., and Frohlich, L. (2011). America’s Youth: Transitions to Adulthood (NCES 2012-026). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. ______________________________________________________________________
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