Education Week’s Andrew Ujifusa and Christiana Samuels report on NASBE’s recent Legislative Policy Forum.  Read excerpts below. From Education Official Stresses Need for ‘Results-Driven Accountability’: “While states are being asked to change how they evaluate their special education programs, the U.S. Department of Education also plans to change the way it interacts with states, Michael […]

Maryland Board asks feds for delay in using test scores for teacher evaluations; Nevada State Board lowers math cut scores; bill to create nonpartisan, direct elections for Utah State Board advances; and more…   View Full Post

Florida Board of Education adopts common core modifications; Missouri State Board of Education takes financial control of unaccredited district; Kansas bill would limit the collection of student data; and more…   View Full Post

Arlington, VA – The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is pleased to announce Renée Rybak Lang has joined the organization as communications director. Before coming to NASBE, Lang was communications manager of Education Sector, an independent education think tank that recently merged with the American Institutes for Research. Lang has worked in […]

W.Va considers five-year limit on state board school takeovers; FCC to double funding for school, library broadband program; Nevada state board votes to lower cut scores on math exams; more…   View Full Post

NASBE is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals in 4 topic areas, plus the opportunity for a combined proposal that joins two or three of those topics (RFP #5 Connections). 1.      Common Core State Standards ($3,500) 2.      Next Generation Science Standards ($4,000) 3.      Deeper Learning ($4,000) 4.      School Leadership ($7,500) 5.      Connections (a combination of two or three of the above) The […]

Md. State Board of Education approves new student discipline regs., makes suspensions a last resort; Ore. delays decision on common core textbooks for 2 years; Ill. State Board seeking $1B increase in state education funding; more…   View Full Post

Should Ala. education board members attend meetings electronically?  Ill. drops proposal to eliminate class size caps for students with disabilities; Florida State Board of Education considers changes to Common Core standards; more….   View Full Post

Iowa state board to consider 3rd-grade reading mandate; Nebraska’s ed. board revises public-comment rules; Not all states receptive to computer-only GED; NASBE offers members new online strategic planning tool; more…   View Full Post

This week in the NASBE State Ed SmartBrief: Alabama adopts measure to count computer science as math credit; Utah leaders weigh expanding computer courses; $120M in Race to the Top grants go to 5 school groups; more… View Full Post