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July 10, 2008: CEEP Research Highlighted at the 2008 ISBA Summer Board Member Academy.
Terry Spradlin, CEEP’s Associate Director for Education Policy, was a featured speaker during a clinical session at the Summer Board Member Academy sponsored by the Indiana School Boards Association (ISBA). The Summer Academy provides training to school board members in Indiana on a variety of topics pertinent to being an effective school board member. Mr. Spradlin’s presentation, “Current CEEP Research on Key K-12 Issues Facing Indiana Public Schools” addressed a number of significant education policy topics researched at the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy, including:

Virtual Education
School District Consolidation
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Full-day Kindergarten
Predictions for the 2009 Indiana General Assembly

To access the Microsoft PowerPoint file version of Mr. Spradlin’s presentation, click HERE.

June 13, 2008: CEEP has issued a new Education Policy Brief, Promises and Pitfalls of Virtual Education in the United States and Indiana. This brief examines the main aspects of virtual education to provide a summary of the current status of virtual education in the United States. Although there are many issues that surround virtual education, this policy brief focuses on the primary issues of funding, program and teacher quality, and administrative oversight and accountability. Policy Perspectives on this topic are presented by four guest contributors. Policy recommendations are presented for moving virtual education forward in Indiana.

Click HERE to find the full policy brief in PDF format on the CEEP web site. Click HERE to see the Fast Facts sheet related to the brief. Click HERE for a link to the media release issued by Indiana University about this policy brief.

May 9, 2008: CEEP’s newest Education Policy Brief, Calculating High School Graduation Rates, examines various methods used to calculate graduation rates, the history of these methodologies, and the nationwide trend toward a cohort rate. The authors review Indiana’s legislation that has shaped how the graduation rate is calculated in the state. And, the recent push for a uniform national methodology is considered. Policy Perspectives on this topic are included from three guest contributors.

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