January 2020
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Volume 20, No. 1
The Role of Arts Integration and Education in Improving Student Outcomes
If research is to inform state policy, important gaps in research should be filled.
read moreThe Art of Early Childhood Education
Arts integration shows promise for school readiness, emotion regulation, and stress reduction in the youngest, most vulnerable students.
read moreCivic Engagement Champions Award
Middle school teachers play a particularly strong role in boosting civic knowledge and engagement, helping students become active, responsible citizens. NASBE’s Civic Engagement Champions (CEC) award program honors middle school teachers who promote their students’ active citizenship. The program highlights the work of four outstanding middle school teachers from four states—Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Washington, […]
read moreHarnessing Service Learning to Build Social, Emotional and Academic Skills
Service learning opportunities help develop students' social, emotional, and academic skills.
read moreGetting Students Career Ready
Every student needs academic and technical skills to prepare them for life and every student needs to plant their feet on a career pathway during their K-12 journey.
read moreLeveraging Federal Legislation and Data to Build an Education-to-Workforce Pipeline
The places where individuals live and learn dramatically affect their opportunities and life outcomes, including access to a high-quality education, workforce training, and employment. Researchers Susan Bowles Therriault and Trent Sharp of the American Institutes for Research argue that state leaders must pay attention to the effects of geography as they develop policies to build […]
read moreHow State Boards of Education Can Cultivate a Skilled, Stable Workforce in Early Education
This webinar examines early childhood workforce policies and the economic status of the workforce across the country.
read moreUsing Innovative Assessments to Promote Education Equity and Testing Efficiency
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provided new opportunities for creating innovative assessments that fulfill accountability requirements while contributing to learning and teaching. In this webinar, Abby Javurek, senior director of large-scale solutions at not-for-profit NWEA, discusses how the organization has worked with states such as Georgia and Louisiana to develop assessment solutions that increase […]
read moreUnderstanding Balanced Assessment Systems
In a balanced assessment system, different types of assessment are used to gather information about students’ learning for different purposes. For example, formative assessments gather information to inform teachers and students’ decisions about ongoing classroom learning. In contrast, summative assessments provide snapshots on students’ performance at the end of a unit or school year to […]
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