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Press Release

NASBE Membership Elects New Leaders to Its Board of Directors

For Immediate Release: November 20, 2018 Contact: Renée Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 NASBE Membership Elects New Leaders to Its Board of Directors Rachel Wise of Nebraska Serves as Chair of NASBE’s Board of Directors, Brooke Axiotis of Iowa Chosen as Chair-Elect. Alexandria, Va. — The National Association of State Boards of Education is pleased to […]


Press Release

NASBE Unveils New Strategic Plan: Our Members, Our Mission

For Immediate Release: November 16, 2018 Contact: Renee Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 NASBE Unveils New Strategic Plan: Our Members, Our Mission NASBE’s strategic plan will empower state boards as citizen leaders and ensure a strong, thriving membership organization for years to come. Alexandria, Va. – The National Association of State Boards of Education is pleased […]


Press Release

State-Level Midterm Election Results Will Have Long Lasting Impact on Education Policy

For Immediate Release: November 9, 2018 Contact: Renee Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 State-Level Midterm Election Results Will Have Long Lasting Impact on Education Policy Alexandria, VA—Although federal election results have attracted the most post-election commentary, state-level changes will have the longest lasting impact on education policy, according to a new NASBE analysis of the 2018 […]


Press Release

Mississippi and Wyoming Focus on Growth of Lowest Performing Students

For Immediate Release: October 29, 2018 Contact: Renee Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 Mississippi and Wyoming Focus on Growth of Lowest Performing Students Alexandria, VA — When the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress was released earlier this year, most states learned that their average scores in grades 4 and 8 reading and mathematics remained relatively […]


Policy Update

States Set Sights on Growth of Low-Performing Students

With the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states can include a student growth indicator as a measure of school quality in their accountability systems. Most of them do. Nine states also saw this as an opportunity and added a separate growth measure for the bottom quartile and quintile of students.


Press Release

Residencies and Induction Are Key to a Diverse, Effective Workforce

For Immediate Release: October 11, 2018 Contact: Renee Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 Residencies and Induction Are Key to a Diverse, Effective Workforce Alexandria, VA — State and district leaders should leverage policies for teacher residencies and induction to increase the diversity and effectiveness of their teaching workforce, as states like Hawaii and Louisiana are doing, […]