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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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Engaging Educators: A Reform Support Network Guide for States and Districts
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Student Learning Objective (SLO) Library
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Implementation of the Common Core State Standards: A Transition Guide for School-level Leaders
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Educator Evaluation Communications Toolkit
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Making High-Quality Teacher Evaluation Manageable
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Promoting Evaluation Rating Accuracy: Strategic Options for States
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Moving Forward: A National Perspective on States’ Progress In Common Core State Standards Implementation Planning
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Common Core State Standards Tool for Legislators
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Preparing for Change: A National Perspective on Common Core State Standards Implementation Planning
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The Path to Scale: Ideas for Navigating NonProfit Growth
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Making Oregon a Great Place to Teach: Recommendations from Oregon’s Distinguished Educators
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Engaging Higher Education in College Readiness Reforms: A Practical Guide for States
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Common Core State Standards Implementation Rubric and Self-Assessment Tool
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Transition to TEAM: First-Year Reflections on Implementing a New Teacher Evaluation System in Tennessee
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Year 1 Race to the Top in Massachusetts: An Education Progress Report
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Embracing Change: How Outside Support Can Set Low Performing Schools on the Path to Success
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Organizational Growth and Change Management: Emerging Challenges and Lessons Learned
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Building to Scale: Best Practices for Using Evaluation to Improve Programs and Increase Impact