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K-12 Funding Toolkit: A Strategic Guide for States

The distribution of state funding to school districts has a tremendous impact on student learning opportunities. State leaders juggle different priorities, tradeoffs and incentives when designing funding formulas with the goal of ensuring every student has the learning opportunities to succeed.

March 11, 2025

K-12

Policy Report

AK, CA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MS, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OR, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WY

Funding

50-State Comparison: Developmental Education Policies

This 50-State Comparison examines state and systemwide developmental education policies. Developmental education, sometimes referred to as remedial education, is designed to develop foundational knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics for […]

Feb. 24, 2025

High School, Postsecondary

50-State Comparison

Nationwide

Assessment, Student Learning, Transitions

Developmental Education Policies: State Profiles

View individual state profiles on developmental education policies by selecting a state below or view 50-State Comparisons on each data point.

Feb. 24, 2025

K-12, Postsecondary

Individual State Profile

Nationwide

Transitions

A Policymaker’s Guide to State Summative Assessment Systems

In the years following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, states are considering how they approach the design of their existing assessment and accountability systems. Assessment data gathered from these […]

Dec. 19, 2024

K-12

Policy Report

CT, GA, HI, IN, KY, MA, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, OH, VT

Data Systems

2024 Election Results: Getting to Know Your Governors

This year, voters in eleven states took to the ballot box to elect their governors. Three incumbents — Govs. Greg Gianforte in Montana, Spencer Cox in Utah and Phil Scott […]

Nov. 8, 2024

Early Education (P-3), High School, K-12, Postsecondary, Workforce

Blog Post

DE, IN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NH, UT, VT, WA, WV

Governance

50-State Comparison: Early Care and Education Governance

This 50-State Comparison and its accompanying Policy Outline provide data on states’ early care and education governance systems, with a focus on the agencies that oversee these programs, the level of alignment of these programs and the advisory entities for early care and education in the state.

Oct. 6, 2024

Early Education (P-3)

50-State Comparison

Nationwide

Early Care and Education, Governance

Early Care and Education Governance: State Profiles

View individual state profiles by selecting a state below, or view 50-State Comparisons on each data point.

Oct. 6, 2024

Early Education (P-3)

Individual State Profile

Nationwide

Early Care and Education, Governance

50-State Comparison: School Accountability Systems

School accountability systems serve many purposes, including sharing information, measuring progress toward state and local goals, highlighting gaps in performance between student groups, and identifying schools for support and additional […]

Sept. 29, 2024