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Demonstrating Skills of Value
State education leaders are focused on ensuring students graduate ready for life after high school—but how do students know they’re building valuable, transferable skills, and how will employers and colleges recognize them?With New Diploma, Indiana Takes Step toward Remaking High School
As part of Indiana's high school transformation efforts, the state has adopted a new diploma framework with seals tied to college, career, or military pathways, offering students more flexibility and clearer outcomes.Ensuring Students with Disabilities Leave School Ready to Succeed
State boards can watch policies for red flags that hold students back.Washington State Board Seeks Shift to Mastery-Based Learning
Washington’s new Profile of Graduate anchors its push for mastery-based learning and new graduation requirements, driving more meaningful high school experiences.Telltale Signs of Rigor and Career Readiness in High School
State boards can take a lesson from schools that already dish up rigorous assignments in college- and career-ready courses alike and ensure more schools do it.Expanding Access to K-12 High School Work-Based Learning
Several state boards are leveraging graduation requirements, diploma seals, specialized high schools, accountability systems, and aligning with business needs to expand work-based learning opportunities for more students.NASBE Standard Examines How States Can Better Evaluate and Communicate Career-Relevant Skills
Authors explore ways states can ensure the durable skills”students gain in high school are valued beyond high school.
read moreThe Role of State Boards in Making Credentials' Value Transparent
Not all credentials are created equal, so how will students and families choose?
read moreTurning Graduate Portraits into Pathways
North Carolina and Indiana are leading in the push toward teaching and assessing durable skills.
read moreRemaking Transcripts to Better Reflect Students’ Competencies
State boards wanting to capture student mastery in new ways have many considerations to take into account.
read moreGetting Postsecondary Outcomes Data to K-12 Leaders
Many education systems are not set up to give leaders and staff the information they need to ensure they are preparing students for their next steps.
read moreDemonstrating Skills of Value
State education leaders are focused on ensuring students graduate ready for life after high school—but how do students know they’re building valuable, transferable skills, and how will employers and colleges recognize them?
read moreAdvancing High Schoolers’ Financial Literacy
Forty-one states now require personal finance education for graduation. This analysis examines state financial literacy approaches and key drivers for success.
read moreWith New Diploma, Indiana Takes Step toward Remaking High School
As part of Indiana's high school transformation efforts, the state has adopted a new diploma framework with seals tied to college, career, or military pathways, offering students more flexibility and clearer outcomes.
read moreKentucky’s Homegrown Approach to Rethinking High Schools
Kentucky is using community-driven portraits of a learner to guide high school redesign, focusing on local flexibility, more relevant assessments, and vibrant learning.
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