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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?Civic-Ready Students
More and better civics will inspire students to become better citizens who will be equipped to participate, preserve, and defend America’s democracy and engage in reasoned, respectful discourse.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.Merging High School and College: The Early College High School Model
Six elements in statewide law and policy pave the way for effective programs that help more students thrive in college courses while they are still in high school.Six Questions to Advance Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship
Adolescents consume a lot of screen media, which exposes them to potentially harmful media messages that impacts their physical, mental, and social well-being. Read how some states are equipping students with skills to navigate a complex media landscape.A New Architecture for High School Learning
State leaders should retire the Carnegie unit and open the door for high school designs that ensure learning is engaging, relevant, experiential, and competency based.NASBE Standard Examines School Improvement and State Accountability
Authors share what it takes to move the needle on student learning and direct resources toward what matters most.
read moreTime to Rethink the Test Pile
State and district assessment systems have grown larger and more complex over the last decade, yet districts that test the most do not see better results.
read moreHow Tennessee Is Holding Its Lowest-Performing Schools Accountable
Public conversation, key metrics, and a clear focus on students strengthen Tennessee's work to turnaround low-performing schools.
read moreMeasuring Academic Growth for School Accountability
More states should adopt a growth metric that compares students’ progress toward proficiency, not against other students.
read moreHow State Board Leaders Can Build Next-Generation Accountability
Coherence in state policies plus aligned supports to districts pave the way forward.
read moreData for Improvement and Data for Accountability: Considerations for State Boards
Carefully designed accountability systems can spur schools to improve; others can undermine improvement and equity.
read moreMaking Room for What Matters: How State Boards Can Support Innovation in Accountability
The voices of school leaders who are most actively pushing the school improvement envelope can help shape the accountability conversation.
read moreHow State Leaders Can Support Local Innovation and Improvement
By backing educational improvement networks, they can foster collaborative inquiry and experimentation.
read moreThe NASBE Interview: Byron Ernest
New school leaders miss that it is okay to be vulnerable. Vulnerability might be one of the least-used leadership traits.
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