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The following is a topical list of resources, including WSSDA reports, guidebooks, issue briefs and other materials. We also encourage you to visit NSBA's Center for Public Education for additional resources on current and emerging issues in education.

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Achievement/Opportunity Gap

  • WSSDA Achievement Gap Task Force Report/Policy Guide 
  • Washington State Achievement Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee
  • Tinkering Toward Transformation: A look at federal school improvement grant implementation

Assessments and Testing

  • Washington State Report Card (OSPI)
  • Washington State Assessment and Testing (OSPI)
  • The Nation's Report Card (NAEP -- National Assessment of Educational Progress)

B


Budgets and Finance

  • The Basics of School District Finance  

Bullying, Intimidation and Harassment

  • Sample Policy: Bullying Initimidation and Harassment
  • Sample Policy: Cyberbullying 
  • Learning First Alliance Resources on Bullying

C


Charter Schools

  • Charter schools: Finding out the facts: At a glance (Center for Public Education, CPE)
  • Examples of well-known (and regarded) charter schools: KIPP (CPE)
  • Inside Charter Schools (Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington)
  • Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States (CREDO, 2009)
  • The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts (National Center for Education Evaluation, 2010)
  • Charter School Myths (05/2012)
  • Washington Poll on Charters and Choice (The Friedman Foundation)
  • Charter Schools’ Performance and Accountability: A Disconnect (Gerald W. Bracey, 2005)

Common Core Standards

  • OSPI Resource Page on Common Core State Standards
  • Ed Week Reports on Common Core Standards

Conflicts of Interest

  • Avoiding Conflicts of Interest: A Guide for School Directors

Consolidation

  • The Myths and Realities of School Consolidation in Washington State 
  • JLARC Report the Relationship between District Cost and Size

D


Data

  • Data Dashboards: A Guide for School Directors
  • WSSDA Podcast Interview on Data Dashboards

E


F


G


Governance

  • Governing Through Policy: A Guide for School Directors
  • Washington School Board Standards
  • School Governance Reform: Challenges and Opportunities (Webinar presentation)
  • The Role of School Boards in Improving Student Achievement

Graduation and Dropout Statistics

  • Graduation and Dropout Statistics Annual Report: 2010-11

H


Health

  • Preparing Schools for a Flu Pandemic (WSSDA Hot Topics Report)
  • Health and Nutrition (WSSDA Hot Topics Report)
  • Sample Policy: Student Nutrition and Fitness

I


IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)

  • IDEA Reauthorization of 2004 (WSSDA Hot Topics Report)

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K


L

Legal Requirements

  • The Basics of School Law

Local Effort Assistance (Levy Equalization)

  • 'School Scene' program examines levy equalization (video, 28 min.)
  • LEA Advocacy Toolkit from WASA

 

M

Meetings

  • Open Public Meetings: A Guide for School Directors
  • Parliamentary Procedures Guide

N


O

Online Learning

  • Sample Policy: Online Learning
  • Webinar: Adopting an Online Learning Policy

P


Policy

  • Governing through Policy: A Guide for School Directors
  • Webinar: Significant Policy Issues for School Boards in 2011-12 (26 min)
  • Sample Policies

Q


R


Redistricting

  • What School Boards Need to Know About Redistricting (WSSDA Issue Brief)

S

School Funding

  • Compensation Working Technical Group Draft Recommendations (2011-12)

Small Schools

  • Achieving Small School Success in Washington State

Social Networking and School Policy

  • ACLU: Student Rights and Responsibilities in the Digital Age
STEM
  • STEM Work Group: Recommendations for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education

Strikes

  • State Attorney General's Opinion: Legality of Teachers' Strikes

Superintendent Evaluation

  • Webinar: The Superintendent Evaluation Process (28 min.)
  • Training Materials/Instruments: Superintendent Evaluation 

T

Teacher Compensation

  • Compensation Working Technical Group Draft Recommendations (2011-12) 

Transitions
  • School Director Brainstorm Ideas on Improving Key Transition Points in the P-20 Education System

Tribal History, Culture and Curriculum

  • Tribal Sovereignty Model Curriculum for Washington State
  • Tribal History and Culture: A Toolkit for Washington School Boards and Districts
  • Teaching Washington State Tribal History, Culture, Government and Language: Progress Report (2012)
  • National Indian Education Association
  • Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • Bureau of Indian Education
  • Governor's Office of Indian Affairs
  • Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
  • Washington State University
  • Western Washington Native American Education Consortium
  • The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
  • National Congress of American Indians
  • Native American Educational Resources
  • Eastern Washington State University
  • Washington State School Directors' Association
  • Washington State Board of Education
  • National Assessment of Educational Progress

Trust Lands

  • Trust Lands and School Construction (WSSDA Hot Topics)

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W

  • WSSDA 2011 Annual Report
  • WSSDA Data Dashboard (PowerPoint - 01/01/11 - 12/31/11)


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