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Resources by Topic

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.


A

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

Basic Education

  • Legislative definition of basic education

Budgets and Finance

  • K12 Guide 2012 FINALS


Bullying, Intimidation and Harassment

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

C

Charter Schools

  • Study of special needs enrollments in charter schools in New York (Center for Public Education)
  • Summary of Initiative I-1240 (WSSDA)
  • Charter schools: Finding out the facts: At a glance (Center for Public Education, CPE)
  • I-1240 Charter Schools Initiative (Full Text)
  • 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)
  • Washington Poll on Charters and Choice (The Friedman Foundation)
  • A researcher's take on claims of charter schools and segregation (Gary Ritter, May 2012)
  • Why the racist history of the charter school movement is never discussed (C. Bonastia, March, 2012)
  • 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
  • Graduation Rates by State (Ed Week)

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

National School Boards Association

  • 2013 CUBE Summer Issues Seminar Brochure
  • 2013 CUBE Summer Issues Seminar Registration Form

Annual Conference 2012

  • President Mary Broderick Speech
  • President Mary Broderick Letter to President Obama

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
  • Backgrounder on Bring Your Own Device policy

Q


R

Resolutions

  • Resolution urging the Washington State Legislature to address K-12 funding 

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

  • Training Materials/Instruments: Superintendent Evaluation 

T

Teacher Compensation

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

Teacher-Principal Evaluation

  • PowerPoint Update on TPEP (OSPI, 3/29/2012)
  • Instructional Framework Overview (OSPI)
  • July 2011 Report to the Legislature
  • Text of 2012 Legislation (ESSB5895)
  • OSPI TPEP Website

Technology

  • Backgrounder on Bring Your Own Device policy
  • Fact Sheet on Bring Your Own Device issues

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
  • 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
  • Port Angeles School District and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe MOU
  • Western Washington Native American Education Consortium Registration 2013
  • Washington State Indian Education Association, 29th Annual Conference, April 8-10, 2013

Trust Lands

  • Trust Lands and School Construction (WSSDA Hot Topics)

U


V


W

  • WSSDA 2011 Annual Report
  • WSSDA Data Dashboard 2012
  • WSSDA Data Dashboard (PowerPoint - 01/01/11 - 12/31/11)
  • WSSDA 2012 Membership Survey (Power Point Summary)

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