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State Education Agencies as Agents of Change: What It Will Take for the States to Step Up on Education Reform
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Brown, Cynthia G.; Hess, Frederick M.; Lautzenheiser, Daniel K.; Owen, Isabel – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2011
Today, state education agencies (SEAs) and their leaders face unprecedented demands. What was once a low-profile job of managing federal aid, providing curricular guidance, and ensuring compliance with various legal obligations is now a far more visible and politically fraught task. The new roles required of state education agencies due to the No…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, State Programs, Federal Legislation, Leadership Effectiveness
Johnny Can Read...in Some States: Assessing the Rigor of State Assessment Systems
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Peterson, Paul E.; Hess, Frederick M. – Education Next, 2005
It turns out that in complying with the requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), some states have decided to be a whole lot more generous than others in determining whether students are proficient at math and reading. Because each state selects its own testing system and sets its own passing scores, there is no direct way to compare the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Grade 8, National Competency Tests, State Standards
Keeping an Eye on State Standards: A Race to the Bottom?
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Peterson, Paul E.; Hess, Frederick M. – Education Next, 2006
While No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires all students to be "proficient" in math and reading by 2014, the precedent-setting 2002 federal law also allows each state to determine its own level of proficiency. It's an odd discordance at best. It has led to the bizarre situation in which some states achieve handsome proficiency results by…
Descriptors: State Standards, State Officials, Federal Legislation, Accountability