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Deeper Learning: Policies for a 21st Century Education
Provides foundational principles that underlie deeper learning, explores issues, provides state examples, and includes worksheets that boards can use to facilitate discussions and come to solutions that make sense given the unique needs of each state.
read moreSummer Learning: Engaging All Students
Schools and teachers work hard all year to ensure that every child gets a chance to achieve. Yet the evidence now shows us that if students do not have meaningful summer learning opportunities, they are likely to lose a significant amount of the content they have mastered. That’s why this issue of the Standard focuses on the critical importance of extending […]
read morePerformance Assessments: How State Policy Can Advance Assessments for 21st Century Learning
Performance assessments help policymakers address thorny issues such as policy alignment, accountability, and equity while promoting students' meaningfully learning of high-level skills.
read moreLeading a Standards-Based System: Aligning Policy to Standards
In a standards-based system, learning standards cannot be adopted or implemented in isolation. They must be the hub of all other education system components, permeating all other system functions and serving as the lens through which state board members view all policy design and development.
read moreEarly Childhood Education State Network
Learn about NASBE's early childhood education state network and workgroup, two professional learning opportunities for state boards of education.
read moreRight from the Start
The National Early Childhood Education Task Force provided this policy agenda in 1988 to promote the development of all young children.
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