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Building the Capacity to Improve Education

How can schools and school systems build the capacity to improve?

School and school systems must address the calls by community and business leaders for students who are better prepared for college and skilled careers. As school and school system develop plans to

address this concern, it is important that special attention be paid to whether or not these schools and school systems have the organizational capacity needed to implement these plans. This section provides information and resources on efforts to increase the ability of communities, schools, and school systems to help students reach high academic standards.

Building Capacity: NCEA Initiatives

Review these resources related to Building Capacity:

The NCEA Core Practice Framework: An Organizing Guide to Sustained School Improvement

This paper discusses how educational leaders and policymakers can use research on higher performing schools and districts to address these five questions and promote a coherent, big-picture approach to educational improvement. Read More...

Information Won't Be Used If No One Can See It

Why states should publish statistics based on longitudinal student data… Read More...

Measuring What Matters

Does your state collect the data you need to answer these questions?... Read More...

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ACT's College and Career Readiness System: Meeting the Challenge of a Changing World

“Nearly half of ACT-tested 2005 high school graduates who earned a grade of A or B in high school Algebra II did not meet the ACT College Readiness Benchmark for Mathematics, and more than half of the graduates who earned a grade of A or B in high school Physics did not meet the ACT College Readiness Benchmark for Science (ACT, 2007c). How can 43 percent of the students who received an A or B in Algebra II not be ready for College Algebra? Whether as a result of grade inflation or a lack of challenging course content, it is clear that course grades are not accurately reflecting what is needed to meet the challenges of a college education. It is time to define essential course outcomes so that teachers can teach to these outcomes and student grades can more accurately reflect how well students are learning the knowledge and skills that are necessary for college readiness.” Read More…

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