College, Career, and Civic Readiness

The Standard - Article

Supporting Youth with the Most Need

For many, the pandemic has been just one of a host of barriers to a high-quality education.

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State Innovations

Michigan Adds Certificate for Birth to Kindergarten Teachers

A detail of how the Michigan State Board of Education, working closely with the state education agency, is expanding opportunities to improve early educators’ preparation.

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Press Release

Michigan’s Birth to Kindergarten Certificate Professionalizes Early Learning Workforce

A new NASBE analysis details how the Michigan State Board of Education, working closely with the state education agency, is expanding opportunities to improve early educators’ preparation.

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Early Childhood Education Summit

Join us as national experts discuss the challenges facing ECE and the strategies and resources states can tap to meet them. Participants will learn from other state board colleagues about barriers to effective ECE policymaking and potential solutions.

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Press Release

Analysis Highlights State Assessment Strategies for Gauging Student Outcomes and Opportunities in Challenging Year

A new NASBE Policy Update explores the strategies states employed to administer assessments in the 2020-21 school year.

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Policy Update

State Strategies on Assessments in 2021

This analysis explores the strategies states employed to administer assessments in the 2020-21 school year. It also highlights the opportunities for state boards to learn from and make the best use of data collected from the pandemic school year.

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A Conversation on Reimagining School, Post-Pandemic

The spring issue of NASBE’s State Education Standard takes the lessons learned during pandemic-induced school closures and challenges state policymakers to reexamine and reform their education systems. Join us for a discussion drawing on key themes from the issue, including the role of community and student agency in school reform and redesign, state policy levers […]

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Press Release

NASBE Report Examines State Board Role in Advancing Accelerated Learning

New analysis offers five questions for state boards of education to ask as they advance accelerated learning in their state.

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Power of the Question

Five Questions State Boards Should Ask about Accelerated Learning

As states leverage American Rescue Plan funding to safely reopen schools and expand opportunities for summer learning, accelerating learning has risen to the top of their priorities. Here are five questions state boards of education can ask.

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