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Education First’s publication library offers curated documents, toolkits, policy memos and templates that have served our clients around the country and are now available to support you. Use these resources to guide your strategic planning, to stay fresh on hot-topic reform areas, to improve your planning and implementation at the state or local levels and to inform grantmaking strategies and investments in areas that will improve student outcomes.

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Student Learning Objectives: Measuring Student Growth and Supporting Great Teaching
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Professional Learning and Support: Linking Evaluation Data to Teacher Support and Improvement
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Communications and Engagement: Building Educators’ Support for New Evaluations
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Putting it All Together: Using Multiple Measures to Improve Teaching
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Implementing Differentiated Compensation Systems for Educators
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Promoting More Equitable Access to Effective Teachers: Problems and Root Causes
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Promoting More Equitable Access to Effective Teachers: Strategic Options for States to Improve Placement and Movement
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A Complicated Conversation: A Framework for Guiding Assessment Conversation and Decision-Making
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State Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators: Guidance and Examples for States
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What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Testing Time—and What States Can Do
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State Facilitator’s Guide for the Reform Support Network Communications and Engagement Assessment Rubric
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Communications and Engagement Assessment Rubric
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Common Core State Standards & the Transformation of Professional Development Series Overview
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The New Essential Elements of Professional Learning
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Three Vignettes that Showcase the Professional Learning that Teachers Need
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What Policymakers Can Do to Advance High-Quality Professional Development at Scale
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A Toolkit for Implementing High-Quality Student Learning Objectives 2.0
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Educators Rising Overview