We collaborated with a group of award-winning Oregon teachers and The Chalkboard Project to identify steps for supporting and strengthening teaching in the state. We found that high-impact strategies include new leadership pathways and compensation plans, better evaluations of teacher...
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As more and more states adopt college and career ready standards, K-12 and higher education collaboration will no longer be a choice, it will be a necessity. In this document we provide a practical, six-step guide for states seeking to...
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We partnered with Achieve to develop this self-assessment tool for state leaders to gauge the strength of their plans to implement Common Core State Standards. The tool includes a list of 16 elements that should be addressed in strong state...
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In 2011, Tennessee became one of the first states to implement a comprehensive teacher evaluation system: The Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM). In this brief we summarize some of the key lessons Tennessee officials learned during their first year of...
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This report details the progress many states made during the first year of Common Core State Standards implementation. Drawing on survey data we collected from 47 state education agency representatives in 2011, we found that a majority of states had...
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States and districts are under increased pressure to turn low-performing schools around. In this paper, we review research on how experienced external partners and experts can help move schools through their reform process and leave them on a path to...
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In 2011, we worked with the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation to organize a day-long session to help education grantees probe the specific challenges and possible paths forward that education organizations face as they grow, expand their reach...
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Federal stimulus spending for both economic recovery and education reform has not matched its ambitious intent. In this paper, we explore how the unprecedented flow of funding from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) into education impacted the field,...
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