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Launch of Taking Root: Strategies for Sustaining the College- and
Career-Ready Agenda
September 11, 2009
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The Sustainability ChallengeThe Sustainability Challenge
Little question that sustainability is a common challenge: Turnover of leading, elected advocates
Competing priorities
Lack of implementation planning
Sustaining the college- and career-ready agenda presents some unique challenges: Pressure intensifies once policies go into place that raise expectations for all
students – and therefore their teachers and schools
The agenda really requires a shift in culture to one that acknowledges that all students will need to meet higher expectations to be successful and that all students can meet those expectations
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Sustainability More Important Sustainability More Important Than EverThan Ever
Many states have made progress on adopting many of the college- and career-ready policies and are now turning their attention to implementation
New opportunities afforded through Race to the Top funds
By 2010, governors in 28 out of the 35 ADPN states will face reelection or will be termed out.
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Taking Root: Strategies for Taking Root: Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready AgendaCareer-Ready Agenda
To help states tackle these challenges and with the support of the GE Foundation, Achieve set out to uncover strategies and practices that would enable sustainable education reform – and specifically the college- and career-ready agenda.
Started by reviewing the existing research base
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Four Case Studies into Sustainable Four Case Studies into Sustainable State Education Reform State Education Reform
Indiana’s Core 40 Reforms Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 South Carolina’s Education Improvement Act
of 1984 Texas’ Standards-Based Reforms These four states were selected because
they had successfully sustained their education reforms for a decade or more.
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Taking Root: Strategies for Taking Root: Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Career-Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready AgendaReady Agenda
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Ten Strategies for Sustaining the Ten Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready AgendaCollege- and Career-Ready Agenda
Strong and Consistent Political and Education Leadership
External Champions Pushing for Change
A Coalition of Supporters
An Open and Transparent Policy Process
Strategic Communications and Outreach
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Ten Strategies for Sustaining the Ten Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready AgendaCollege- and Career-Ready Agenda
Investment in Implementation and Capacity-Building
Monitoring Progress and Making Mid-Course Corrections
Well-Integrated Policies that Promote P-20 Alignment
Highly Functional Quasi-Governmental Entities
Data Collection and Use
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Sustainability AuditSustainability Audit
Tool developed to help states analyze their strength on seven indicators that are strongly associated with sustainable reform.
The goal of the tool is to provide states with a a set of guiding questions and sample responses that are illustrative of strong or limited conditions in each of the seven areas.
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Sustainability AuditSustainability Audit
Breadth of Government Leadership
Intensity of Government Leadership
Strength of External Support
Level of Policy Integration
Strength of Implementation
Strength of Communications/Outreach Efforts
Favorability of Climate
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Secretary Paul Reville: Massachusetts’ Secretary Paul Reville: Massachusetts’ Lessons for Sustaining the College- Lessons for Sustaining the College- and Career-Ready Agendaand Career-Ready Agenda