[box class=”grey_box”]Presented for the National Education Association’s 2007 Fall conference, Circe Stumbo gave this presentation with the assistance of Policy Analysts Deanna Hill and Ernestine Key. The symposium’s theme was “What Challenges Must Education Goals Address and Have We Been Successful in Meeting Them?”[/box]

Library image (cc) Michael Krigsman

[box class=”grey_box”]Case briefs prepared for small-group work at CCSSO’s 2005 Summer Institute. The cases are built around nationwide challenges and individual states that have met those challenges with success. Included in this sampling are the following:[/box]

• Aligning High School Exit with Post-Secondary Entrance/Placement Expectations in Oregon
• Cultivating the Grassroots: Broad-Based Engagement through Community and Stakeholder Dialogue in Nebraska
• Building Capacity to Support Students with Special Needs, with a Focus on Special Education Students in Ohio
• Alternative and Multiple Measures of Student Performance in Rhode Island