Additional Resources

Current Status of Education
A Snapshot of Education in Indiana
Education: The State We're In—An Education Report Card for the State of Indiana
Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career—Connecting American Education from Birth to Adulthood

Why Schools Need to Change
Reforming American High Schools—Why, What, and How
Closing the Graduation Gap: Toward High Schools That Prepare All Students for College, Work, and Citizenship
Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (Executive Summary)

Planning & Development
Successful Schools: From Research to Action Plans
An Action Plan for Improving America's High Schools
America's Most Successful High Schools—What Makes Them Work (Summary)

21st Century Skills
Results that Matter: 21st Century Skills and High School Reform
enGauge 21st Century Skills for 21st Century Learners
Making 21^st Century Schools: Creating Learner-Centered Schoolplaces/Workspaces for a New Culture of Students at Work

Project-Based Learning
New Skills for a New Century
Project-based Learning Research Summary
Project-based Learning Links

Policy & Advocacy
Avoiding a Collision Course: A State Policy Agenda for Increasing High School Students' College Readiness

Assessment
Value-Added Assessment and Systemic Reform: A Response to the Challenge of Human Capital Development

Student Engagement
High School Survey of Student Engagement 2006

Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM)
Indiana Life Sciences Landscape
Current Results & Challenges for STEM Education
Tapping America's Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative
From Middle School Algebra To A Science, Technology, Engineering and Math-Ready Graduate – The Indiana Proposal to the NGA Center For Best Practices Honor States Grant Program
Increasing Math & Science Achievement: The Best and Worst of the East and West

Charter Schools
New report indicates greater academic growth for charter school students