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Annual Report, 2011 ANNUAL2011 REPORTREADY CAREER EARLY LEARNING GRADUATIONACHIEVEMENT STATE COMPARISON DATABASES BENCHMARKING CHARTER CHARTER SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGY MATHTEACHER QUALITY POSTSECONDARYSCHOOL HIGH BLENDED LEARNING ASSESSMENTP-20STEM READING STATE ART POLICYMAKING LEADERS RURAL CURRICULA GOVERNANCE RESEARCH FUNDING ATTAINMENT ATTENDANCE LITERACY SERVICE-LEARNING COMMON CORE The Mission of the Education Commission of the States: To help states develop effective policy and practice for public education by providing data, research, analysis and leadership; and by facilitating collaboration, the exchange of ideas among the states and long-range strategic thinking. We are: Legislatively established. We are the intermediary through which states agree to work together. P-20 focused. We work to align systems that begin with the earliest learners and continue through adulthood. Cross-agency focused. From the governor to the legislature, from state agency heads to elected boards and leaders, we serve leaders. Their aligned missions drive our work. Policy focused. The best policy is built on the best knowledge or research available. The best policy can be measured with results. Nonprofit. We work hard to make every state dollar support service to states and subsequently, to optimize the education of all kids and adults. We strive to make every grant or contract dollar do the same. Nonpartisan. We take on problems, assemble the best people and seek the answers, whatever they might be. We honor the values of the 371 ECS Commissioners who represent their states. ECS Commissioners: WHO WE ARE WE & WHAT DO Reach across the aisle Seek diverse perspectives Support a common good Respect hard work and diligence. 2011 ECS Products Check out our impressive collection, which includes direct links to ECS policy analysis and research, The Progress of Education Reform, Research Studies database, state policy databases and ECS newsletters. www.ecs.org/2011ECSPubs.pdf. 2011–13 ECS Chair: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper ECS President: Roger Sampson 700 Broadway, Suite 810 Denver, CO 80203-3442 303.299.3600 303.296.8332 fax www.ecs.org || [email protected] 2 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT The purpose of the Compact for Education 1. Establish and maintain close cooperation and understanding among executive, legislative, professional, educational and lay leadership on a nationwide basis at the state and local levels 2. Provide a forum for the discussion, development, crystallization and recommendation of public policy alternatives in the field of education 3. Provide a Clearinghouse of information on matters relating to educational problems and how they are being met in different places throughout the nation, so that the executive and legislative branches of state government and of local communities may have ready access to the experience and record of the entire country, and so that both lay and professional groups in the field of education may have additional avenues for the sharing of experience and the interchange of ideas in the formation of public policy in education 4. Facilitate the improvement of state and local education systems so that all of them will be able to meet adequate and desirable goals in a society which requires qualitative and quantitative advance in educational opportunities, methods and facilities. The role of ECS member states The role of the ECS President and Commissioners in the Commission Comprise the Commission Ensure integrity in all aspects Represent respective states Set the goals, objectives and annual agenda Inform the goals and objectives and the annual Employ staff agenda of the Compact for Education Ensure quality of services Advise the ECS president and staff Maintain fiscal stability WHO WE ARE WE & WHAT DO Lead by example across the states Share with peers The role of ECS Employees Provide financial support in the Commission Advise the president regarding the annual agenda, activities and strategies Conduct the work of the organization Provide service to the states Continuously monitor quality of service Commissioners at the 2011 Commissioners’ meeting. 3 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from Governor John Hickenlooper, ECS Chair 5 Message from ECS President Roger Sampson 6 2011 ECS Officers & Committee Members 7 Executive Committee 7 Finance, National Forum and Nominating Committees 8 Steering Committee 9 ECS Commissioners by State 10–13 2011 Performance Reports Early Learning Program 14 Information Clearinghouse 15 National Center for Learning & Citizenship (NCLC) 16–17 Postsecondary Education & Workforce Development Institute 18–19 Teaching Quality & Leadership Institute 20 ECS Meetings and Events ECS National Forum on Education Policy 21 ECS Award Winners 22 2011 ECS Meetings 23–24 ECS Corporate Partners 25 Financial Reports Statement of Financial Position 26 Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Change in Net Assets 27 Statement of Foundation, Corporation and Government Agency Support 28 We have made it easy for you to navigate this report. Throughout this document, you will find hyperlinks in green to reports, meetings, resources, and ECS web pages. 4 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT Dear Colleagues, Most people run for political office because they believe they CHAIR’S LETTER CHAIR’S can come up with solutions. Most hope their role in public service is to be inventive and create a better future. While it’s not always easy to lead a room full of creative and imaginative people, there is no room in government (or education, for that matter) for partisan gridlock. Colorado, like most states, faces the current budget challenge in a stronger position today than a year ago. We are moving in the right direction, but we are still in rough water. Fostering education, unleashing entrepreneurship, building a strong business climate and putting more citizens to work is at the core of our mission as state leaders. ECS can help you lead the way in strengthening education, bringing business to the table to inform that work, and ensuring that early learning is aligned to the K-12 system; that K-12 is aligned to colleges, universities, and business; and that all are aligned with the values and needs of the broader community. Kids across each and every state must be educated, not just so they can find a job, but because the gift of education will last a lifetime. This report reflects the services that ECS offers to you. Take advantage of your membership in the Education Commission of the States. Sincerely, Kids across each and every state must John Hickenlooper be educated, not Governor of Colorado 2011-13 ECS Chair just so they can find a job, but because the gift of education will last a lifetime. 5 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT Dear ECS Commissioners, Partners, and Constituents, Over the past 12 months we have seen significant efforts to move from an education system heavily structured around inputs to a system focused on outputs. Most visible in this movement is the effort to directly tie teacher and principal compensation, evaluation, and recognition to student achievement. This shift is largely propelled by the increased use of state and local accountability as drivers for improvement. Key benchmarks typically include increases in literacy proficiency by 3rd grade, high school graduation, college completion, and successful transitions from school to the workforce. PRESIDENT’S LETTER We are encouraged by quality and quantity of the collaboration between policymakers and the corporate community improve the education system across our country. We have seen a substantial increase in financial support and collaboration with corporate America. Employers are ultimately the end users of students going through our education system. Their ability and the nation’s ability to compete in the global environment are dependent on the preparedness of students leaving the education system and their successful transition into the workforce. Alignment of the P-20 system, preschool through college, is getting a new look and level of importance. In the past, it was easy to talk about the education system as a general whole. Little was really done to ensure that learning and standards flowed seamlessly from one grade level to the next. With the movement to outcomes versus inputs and the steady rise of rigorous standards, it has become critical to look at the entire P-20 education system as a pathway that aligns not only from grade to grade but that provides for essential benchmarks that must be reached along the way. Specifically, it is clear states are recognizing how critical early literacy proficiency is to the successful implementation of rigorous, internationally benchmarked standards across our country. The need for state-level policymakers to collaborate has never been greater. ECS will continue its practice of bringing teams of ECS commissioners together at our annual National Forum on Education Policy. Exposing policymakers to effective policy The need for and strategies aligned to their states’ education policy priorities allows them to take immediate action in their state. The ECS state-level National Forum does this and more. policymakers Best Regards, to collaborate has never been Roger Sampson President, Education Commission of the States greater. 6 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT Chair, 2011-13 Vice Chair, 2011-13 Treasurer, 2011-13 John Hickenlooper Rae Ann Kelsch Richard Rhoda Governor Chair, Education Committee Executive Director Colorado North Dakota House Tennessee Higher of Representatives Education Commission Former Chair,
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