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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

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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.

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2011 PRESIDENT’S LETTER ECS ANNUAL REPORT President, Education Commission of theStates Roger Sampson Best Regards, National Forum doesthisandmore. allows themto take immediate actionintheirstate. The ECS and strategies aligned to theirstates’ education policypriorities on Education Policy. Exposing policymakers to effective policy of ECS commissioners together atourannualNationalForum been greater. ECS willcontinue itspractice of bringingteams The needfor state-level policymakers to collaborate hasnever implementation of rigorous, internationally benchmarked standards across ourcountry. Specifically, itisclear states are recognizing how critical earlyliteracy proficiency is tothesuccessful provides for essential benchmarksthatmustbereached alongtheway. look attheentire P-20 education system asapathway thatalignsnotonlyfrom grade to grade butthat movement to outcomes versus inputsandthesteady riseof rigorous standards, ithasbecome critical to to ensure thatlearning andstandards flowed seamlessly from onegrade level to thenext. With the In thepast,itwas easy to talkabouttheeducation system asageneral whole. Little was really done Alignment of theP-20 system, preschool through college, isgettinganew lookandlevel of importance. leaving theeducation system andtheirsuccessful transition into theworkforce. the nation’sabilityto compete intheglobalenvironment are dependentonthepreparedness of students Employers are ultimately theendusersof studentsgoingthrough oureducation system. Their abilityand We have seenasubstantialincrease infinancialsupport and collaboration with corporate America. between policymakers andthecorporate community improve theeducation system across ourcountry. We are encouraged by qualityandquantityof thecollaboration from schoolto theworkforce. school graduation, college completion, andsuccessful transitions typically includeincreases inliteracy proficiency by 3rd grade, high accountability asdrivers for improvement. Key benchmarks is largely propelled by theincreased useof state andlocal evaluation, andrecognition to studentachievement. This shift is theeffort to directly tieteacher andprincipalcompensation, to asystem focused onoutputs.Most visible inthismovement move from aneducation system heavily structured around inputs Over thepast12monthswe have seensignificant efforts to Partners, andConstituents, Dear ECSCommissioners, has neverbeen to collaborate policymakers The needfor state-level greater. 7

2011 2011 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Former Chair, 2008‑2010 ECS ANNUAL REPORT John Hickenlooper New Hampshire College and University Council Thomas Horgan President andCEO Tim Pawlenty Former Governor Chair, 2011-13 Minnesota Governor Colorado Chair, Education Committee Vice Chair, 2011-13 Christopher Koch Education Committee State Superintendent North Dakota House Rae Ann Kelsch Rae Ann New York Assembly of Representatives Illinois State Board Barbara Clark of Education of Education Member,

Commissioner of Education Education Commission Treasurer, 2011-13 Diane DeBacker Kansas Department Richard Rhoda Executive Director Wisconsin Senate Tennessee Higher Luther Olsen Chair, Education as of December 31,2011 of Education Committee

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ECS ANNUAL REPORT Kansas Department of Education Member, Education Committee Maryland Houseof Delegates Commissioner of Education COMMITTEE Nebraska Association of Barbara Cegavske Education Commission Diane DeBacker Adrienne Jones Richard Rhoda John Bonaiuto FINANCE Executive Director Executive Director Tennessee Higher Speaker Pro Tem Nevada Senate School Boards Vice Chair Chair

Habersham Broadcasting Co. (Georgia) NATIONAL FORUM Superintendent of Public Instruction West Virginia Houseof Delegates Virginia Department of Education New Hampshire College and Chair, Education Committee Oregon University System COMMITTEE George Pernsteiner PLANNING Thomas Horgan Patricia Wright President andCEO University Council Mary Poling John Foster Vice Chair Chancellor Owner Chair

Luther Olsen. ECS Treasurer Richard Rhoda, and John Hickenlooper, DianeDeBacker, Vice ChairRae Ann Kelsch, ECS Chair ECS President Roger Sampson,ECS Committee (from left): Barbara Clark, Members of theECS Executive Workforce Development Cabinet Member, Education Committee NOMINATING Chair, Education Committee Chair, Education Committee Chair, Education Committee COMMITTEE as of December 31,2011 Kentucky Education and North Dakota Houseof Joseph U. Meyer Rae Ann Kelsch Rae Ann New York Assembly Barbara Clark Wisconsin Senate Luther Olsen Delaware Senate David Sokola Representatives Vice Chair Secretary Chair

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2011 2011 ECS STEERING COMMITTEE MONTANA: DeniseJuneau,Superintendent of Public Instruction MISSOURI: David Pearce, Chair, Senate Education Committee MISSISSIPPI: Tom Burnham, State Superintendent MINNESOTA: GenOlson,Chair, Senate Education Committee MICHIGAN:  MASSACHUSETTS:  MARYLAND:Adrienne Jones , HouseSpeaker Pro Tem KENTUCKY:  DianeDeBackerKANSAS: , Commissioner of Education IOWA: DarylBeall,State Senator INDIANA:  ILLINOIS: Christopher Koch , State Superintendent of Education IDAHO: HAWAII: Roy Takumi, Chair, HouseEducation Committee GEORGIA: Freddie Powell Sims,State Senator FLORIDA:  DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA:  DELAWARE: David Sokola , Chair, Senate Education Committee CONNECTICUT:  COLORADO: CALIFORNIA: Wilmer AminaCarter, Assembly Member ARIZONA:  AMERICAN SAMOA:  ALASKA: Mike Hanley, Commissioner of Education ALABAMA:  ECS ANNUAL REPORT John Hickenlooper John Andreason, State Senator Chair, 2011-13 Pre-K-12 Committee Stephen Wise, Chair, Senate Education Career Development Committee Dennis Kruse, Chair, Senate Education and Accountability andReform Committee Linda Gray, Vice Chair, Senate Education of Education Stephanie Bell,Member, Alabama State Board Public Instruction Michael Flanagan,Superintendent of andWorkforce Development Cabinet Joseph U.Meyer, Secretary, Kentucky Education Governor John Hickenlooper, Governor Colorado Education Committee Andrew Fleischmann, HouseChair, Mitchell Chester, Commissioner of Education Manumalo BaptistSchool Evelyn Godinet,Principal, University of theDistrictof Columbia Allen Sessoms, President, STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS STEERING COMMITTEE STEERING COMMITTEE OFFICERS STEERING COMMITTEE Chair, Education Committee Vice Chair, 2011-13 North Dakota House Rae Ann Kelsch Rae Ann of Representatives WYOMING:  WISCONSIN: Luther Olsen,Chair, Senate Education Committee WEST VIRGINIA:  VIRGINIA: Patricia Wright , Superintendent of Public Instruction VIRGIN ISLANDS: LaVerne Terry, Commissioner of Education UTAH:  TEXAS: Robert Scott, Commissioner of Education TENNESSEE:  SOUTHDAKOTA:  SOUTH CAROLINA:  PUERTO RICO: Lucy Arce Ferrer, State Senator PENNSYLVANIA:  OREGON:  OKLAHOMA: Phyllis Hudecki,Secretary of Education OHIO: NORTH DAKOTA:  NORTH CAROLINA:  NEW YORK: Barbara Clark , Assemblywoman NEW MEXICO: Rick Miera , Chair, HouseEducation Committee NEW JERSEY: NEW HAMPSHIRE:  NEVADA: Barbara Cegavske, State Senator NEBRASKA: 

Deborah Delisle, former Superintendent of Public Instruction Christine Kearl, Education Deputy, Office of the Governor University System George Pernsteiner, Chancellor, Oregon Professor, University of Wyoming Rollin Abernethy, Associate Provost and Nebraska Association of SchoolBoards John Bonaiuto, Executive Director, Tennessee HigherEducation Commission Richard Rhoda, Executive Director, Shirley Turner, State Senator House Education Committee James Roebuck, MinorityChair, Mary Poling, Chair, HouseEducation Committee South Dakota Board of Regents Jack Warner, Executive Director andCEO, Education Committee Rae AnnKelsch, Chair, House New Hampshire College andUniversity Council Thomas Horgan, President &CEO, for EquityandOpportunity inEducation Howard Lee, President, Howard N.Lee Institute Carolina Commission onHigherEducation Garrison Walters, Executive Director, South Education Commission Treasurer, 2011-13 Richard Rhoda Executive Director Tennessee Higher as of December 31, 2011

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2011 2011 ECS COMMISSIONERS Jamie Van Leeuwen, SeniorPolicy Advisor, Office of theGovernor Andrew Kerr, State Representative Beverly Ingle, President, Colorado Education Association Evie Hudak,State Senator Robert Hammond,Commissioner of Education Department of Higher Education Joe Garcia, Lieutenant Governor andExecutive Director, Colorado John Hickenlooper, Governor COLORADO University of California-Los Angeles Kent Wong, Director, Center for Labor Research andEducation, Jack O’Connell , former State Superintendent of Education Wilmer AminaCarter, Assembly Member Elaine Alquist , State Senator Edmund Brown, Governor CALIFORNIA Tom Kimbrell, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Education Arkansas atPineBluff Calvin Johnson,Dean,Schoolof Education, University of Coordinating Board Kaneaster Hodges,Member, Arkansas HigherEducation Terri Hardy , Educational Consultant, E2E Educational Consulting Gilbert Baker, Chair, ALC HigherEducation Committee Mike Beebe,Governor ARKANSAS Franklin Pratt, State Representative and Reform Committee Linda Gray, Vice Chair, Senate Education Accountability Doris Goodale, Chair, HouseEducation Committee ARIZONA Lemapu SuiaunoaTalo, Chair, HouseEducation Committee Alo P. Stevenson, Chair, Senate Education Committee Theological Seminary Reverend Tafailematagi Muasau, President, Kanana Fou Evelyn Godinet,Principal, ManumaloBaptistSchool Viane Etuale, Director, Office of CatholicEducation Togiola Tulafono, Governor AMERICAN SAMOA Karl Wing Carl Rose, Executive Director, Association of Alaska SchoolBoards Mike Hanley, Commissioner of Education Carl Gatto, State Representative Bettye Davis, Vice Chair, Senate Education Committee Development Esther Cox, Chair, Alaska State Board of Education andEarly Sean Parnell, Governor ALASKA Caroline Novak , President, A+Education Partnership Richard Lindsey, State Representative School Boards Sally Howell, Executive Director, Alabama Association of Mac Gipson,State Representative Dick Brewbaker, Chair, Senate Education Committee Stephanie Bell,Member, Alabama State Board of Education Robert Bentley , Governor ALABAMA ECS ANNUAL REPORT Ted Trabue, President, Districtof Columbia Board of Education Allen Sessoms, President, University of theDistrictof Columbia Hosanna Mahaley, State Superintendent of Education Kwame Brown, Chair, Council of theDistrictof Columbia Board of Trustees Askew,Joseph Jr., President, University of theDistrictof Columbia Vincent Gray, Mayor, Districtof Columbia DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA of Commerce James Wolfe, President andCEO, Delaware State Chamber David Sokola, Chair, Senate Education Committee Teresa Schooley, Chair, HouseEducation Committee Daniel Rich, Provost, University of Delaware Jennifer Ranji, Education Policy Advisor, Office of theGovernor Lillian Lowery, Secretary of Education Jack Markell, Governor DELAWARE Betty Sternberg, Professor, Central Connecticut State University Mark McQuillan, former Commissioner of Education Adam Liegeot,Press Secretary, Senate Republicans Andrew Fleischmann, HouseChair, Education Committee Cheryl Dickinson,Professor, Southern Connecticut State University Dannel Malloy, Governor CONNECTICUT Dale Webster Jill Tokuda, Chair, Senate Education Committee Roy Takumi, Chair, House Education Committee Professional Assembly J.N. Musto, Executive Director, University of Hawaii Kathryn Matayoshi, Superintendent of Education Ann Botticelli , private citizen Neil Abercrombie, Governor HAWAII Freddie Powell Sims,State Senator William S.Schofield,Superintendent, HallCounty SchoolDistrict Edward Lindsey, State Representative Hank M.Huckaby, Chancellor, University System of Georgia John Foster, Owner, HabershamBroadcasting Co. John Barge, State Superintendent of Schools Nathan Deal,Governor GEORGIA Stephen Wise, Chair, Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee Kelli Stargel, Chair, HouseK-20 Innovation Subcommittee Eric Smith, former Commissioner of Education Subcommittee Evelyn Lynn , Chair, Senate HigherEducation Appropriations Frances Haithcock Erik Fresen, Chair, HouseK-20 Competitiveness Subcommittee Rick Scott, Governor FLORIDA as of December 31,2011

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2011 2011 ECS COMMISSIONERS John White, State Superintendent of Education Paul Vallas, Superintendent, Louisiana Recovery SchoolDisctrict Phyllis Taylor , ChairandPresident, Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Ben Nevers, Chair, Senate Education Committee Andre Coudrain, Attorney atLaw Austin Badon,Chair, HouseEducation Committee Bobby Jindal , Governor LOUISIANA Kenneth Winters, Chair, Senate Education Committee Carl Rollins, Chair, House Education Committee William Phillips, Dean,University of Eastern Kentucky Workforce Development Cabinet Joseph U.Meyer, Secretary, Kentucky Education and Bonnie Freeman, former member, Board of Regents Colleges andUniversities Gary Cox, President, Association of IndependentKentucky Steven Beshear,Governor KENTUCKY Jean Schodorf,Chair, Senate Education Committee Ronald Ryckman, State Representative Christine Downey-Schmidt , Regent, Kansas Board of Regents Diane DeBacker, Commissioner of Education Sally Cauble, Board Member, Kansas State Board of Education John Allison, Superintendent, Wichita Public Schools Sam Brownback, Governor KANSAS Cindy Winckler, State Representative Jason Glass, Director, Iowa Department of Education Office of theGovernor Linda Fandel, Special Assistant for Education, Josh Byrnes, State Representative Nancy Boettger, State Senator Daryl Beall,State Senator Terry Branstad , Governor IOWA Earline Rogers, State Senator Phyllis Pond, State Representative Development Committee Dennis Kruse, Chair, Senate Education andCareer Mitch Daniels,Governor INDIANA George Reid , Executive Director, IllinoisBoard of HigherEducation Kevin McCarthy, State Representative Christopher Koch, State Superintendent of Education Ed Geppert, President, IllinoisFederation of Teachers Andrea Brown, Board Member, IllinoisState Board of Education Pat Quinn,Governor ILLINOIS Bob Nonini,Chair, HouseEducation Committee David Hawk John Goedde,Chair, Senate Education Committee John Andreason, State Senator C.L. Otter, Governor IDAHO ECS ANNUAL REPORT Jack Wilson, Professor Emeritus,University of Massachusetts Paul Reville, Secretary of Education Sherri Killins,Commissioner of EarlyEducation andCare Richard Freeland, Commissioner of HigherEducation Mitchell Chester, Commissioner of Education Maura Banta,Corporate Community Relations Manager, IBM Corporation MASSACHUSETTS Martha Smith, President, AnneArundel Community College Bernard Sadusky,Interim State Superintendent Delores Kelley, State Senator Adrienne Jones,HouseSpeaker Pro Tem Danette G.Howard, Interim Secretary of HigherEducation Patricia Foerster, Education Policy Advisor, Office of theGovernor Martin O’Malley, Governor MARYLAND Education andCultural Affairs David Richardson, HouseChair, Joint Standing Committee on Education andCultural Affairs Brian Langley, Senate Chair, Joint Standing Committee on Constance Goldman,private citizen John Fitzsimmons,President, MaineCommunity College System Duke Albanese, SeniorPolicy Advisor, Great SchoolsPartnership Paul LePage, Governor MAINE Platte County R-3SchoolDistrict Tina Zubeck, School-Community Relations, David Pearce, Chair, Senate Education Committee Thomas Kerber , Principal, Insurance &Benefits Group, LLC Patrick Gadell,Attorney atLaw Jay Nixon, Governor MISSOURI Perry Lee, Chair, Senate Universities andColleges Committee Videt Carmichael, Chair, Senate Education Committee Tom Burnham, State Superintendent Kelvin Buck,Chair, House Universities andColleges Committee Cecil Brown, Chair, House Education Committee Hank Bounds,Commissioner of HigherEducation Haley Barbour,Governor MISSISSIPPI Sheila Wright, former Director, MinnesotaOffice of HigherEducation Charles Wiger, State Senator Gen Olson,Chair, Senate Education Committee Pat Garofalo, Chair, HouseEducation Finance Committee Jim Davnie, State Representative Brenda Cassellius, Commissioner of Education Mark Dayton, Governor MINNESOTA Greg Tedder, Strategic Advisor, Office of theGovernor Paul Scott, Chair, HouseEducation Committee Phil Pavlov , Chair, Senate Education Committee Michael Flanagan,Superintendent of Public Instruction Kellie Dean,President/CEO, DeanTransportation Headquarters Nancy Danhof, Member, MichiganState Board of Education Rick Snyder, Governor MICHIGAN 12

2011 2011 ECS COMMISSIONERS Gwen Howard Gwen John Harms, State Senator Nancy Fulton, President, Nebraska State Education Association Roger Breed, Commissioner of Education Boards John Bonaiuto, Executive Director, Nebraska Association of School Greg Adams, Chair, Senate Education Committee David Heineman,Governor NEBRASKA Carmen Taylor, Academic Vice President, SalishKootenai College Linda McCulloch, Secretary of State Sue Malek, State Representative Jane Karas, President, FlatheadValley Community College Denise Juneau,Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schweitzer, Governor MONTANA Cynthia Nava, Chair, Senate Education Committee Sharon Morgan, President, NEA-New Mexico Rick Miera, Chair, HouseEducation Committee University of New Mexico Viola Florez, Interim Provost andExecutive Vice President, Gayle Dean,Executive Director, San Juan College Foundation Susana Martinez, Governor NEW MEXICO Shirley Turner, State Senator Kristin Hennessy Patrick Diegnan,Chair, Assembly Education Committee Susan Cole, President, Montclair State University Randy Beverly, private citizen School District Christian Angelillo,SchoolAdministrator, Kittatinny Regional Chris Christie,Governor NEW JERSEY Nancy Stiles, Chair, Senate Education Committee Board of Education Daphne Kenyon, Board Member, New Hampshire State Laura Jones,State Representative University Council Thomas Horgan, President &CEO, New Hampshire College and State College Kathryn Dodge,Special Assistant, Office of the President, Keene Virginia Barry,Commissioner of Education John Lynch, Governor NEW HAMPSHIRE Representative, University of Phoenix Valerie Weber, Community Relations &External Affairs Dina Neal,Assemblymember Marilyn Dondero Loop, Assemblymember Dwight Jones,Superintendent, ClarkCounty SchoolDistrict Barbara Cegavske, State Senator Shirley Breeden , State Senator Brian Sandoval, Governor NEVADA ECS ANNUAL REPORT , State Senator Donald Schaible, Vice Chair, Senate Education Committee Nicole Poolman, EnglishTeacher, Century HighSchool Jack Maus,Superintendent, Grafton Public Schools Rae AnnKelsch, Chair, HouseEducation Committee of Educational Leaders Doug Johnson,Executive Director, North Dakota Council Rick Buresh, Superintendent, Fargo Public Schools Jack Dalrymple, Governor NORTH DAKOTA Marvin Lucas, Vice Chair, HouseEducation Committee Opportunity inEducation Howard Lee, President, Howard N.Lee Institute for Equityand Robert Landry, Retired Superintendent Margaret Jeffus, State Representative William Harrison,Chair, North Carolina State Board of Education Daniel Blue,State Senator Beverly Perdue, Governor NORTH CAROLINA John B.King, Jr., Commissioner of Education Bethaida Gonzalez, Dean,Syracuse University John Flanagan,Chair, Senate Education Committee State University of New York Johanna Duncan-Poitier, Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges, Barbara Clark,Assemblywoman Andrew Cuomo, Governor NEW YORK Gene Whisnant, State Representative Education Service District James Sager,Assistant Superintendent, Northwest Regional George Pernsteiner, Chancellor, Oregon University System Government Committee Jeff Kruse , Vice Chair, Senate Education andGeneral on HigherEducation Michael Dembrow, Co-Chair, HouseEducation Subcommittee Susan Castillo,Superintendent of Public Instruction OREGON Kathleen Wilcoxson, former State Senator for HigherEducation Glen Johnson,Chancellor, OklahomaState Regents Phyllis Hudecki,Secretary of Education John Ford, Chair, Senate Education Committee Ann Coody, Chair, HouseCommon Education Committee Janet Barresi, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mary Fallin, Governor OKLAHOMA Gerald Stebelton, Chair, HouseEducation Committee Linda Schneider Patricia Frost-Brooks, President, OhioEducation Association Deborah Delisle, former Superintendent of Public Instruction Marvenia Bosley, private citizen John Kasich, Governor OHIO

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2011 2011 ECS COMMISSIONERS Higher Education Funding West Royce Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Education Committee Robert Scott, Commissioner of Education Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of HigherEducation Rob Eissler, Chair, HousePublic Education Committee Daniel Branch, Chair, HouseHigherEducation Committee Rick Perry , Governor Texas Patrick Smith, DeputyCommissioner of Education Lana Seivers , Dean,Middle Tennessee State University Commission Richard Rhoda, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Tomeka Hart, President andCEO, Memphis UrbanLeague Dolores Gresham, Chair, Senate Education Committee Joe Carr,State Representative Bill Haslam,Governor TENNESSEE Regents Jack Warner, Executive Director andCEO, SouthDakota Board of the Governor Tony Venhuizen, Director of Policy andCommunications, Office of Jacqueline Sly,Vice Chair, HouseEducation Committee Melody Schopp,Secretary of Education Rick Melmer, Dean,University of SouthDakota Cooper Garnos, Chair, Senate Education Committee Dennis Daugaard, Governor SOUTH DAKOTA on HigherEducation Garrison Walters, Executive Director, SouthCarolina Commission Willis Walling, private citizen Larry Kobrovsky , Attorney atLaw Robert Hayes, State Senator Nikki Haley, Governor SOUTH CAROLINA Gary Sasse, private citizen Peter McWalters, former Commission of Education Providence Schools H. Terri Adelman, Executive Director, Volunteers in Lincoln Chafee, Governor RHODE ISLAND Jesus Rivera Sanchez,Secretary of Education Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Speaker of theHouse Lucy Arce Ferrer, State Senator Luis Fortuno, Governor PUERTO RICO James Roebuck, MinorityChair, HouseEducation Committee Jeffrey Piccola, Chair, Senate Education Committee Department of Education Amy Morton, Executive DeputySecretary, Pennsylvania Andrew Dinniman,MinorityChair, Senate Education Committee Paul Clymer,Chair, HouseEducation Committee Department of Education Elizabeth Bolden,Director, Office of Policy, Pennsylvania Tom Corbett, Governor PENNSYLVANIA ECS ANNUAL REPORT , Chair, Senate Finance Subcommittee on Patricia Wright, Superintendent of Public Instruction Algie Howell , Delegate Richard BlandCollege Patricia A.Harvey, Director of InstitutionalEffectiveness, Public Schools Joseph Guzman,SchoolBoard Member, Loudoun County Antione Green, Vice President, Richmond Education Foundation Robert McDonnell, Governor Virginia LaVerne Terry, Commissioner of Education Luis Sylvester, Education Policy Advisor, Office of theGovernor Nereida Rivera O’Reilly , State Senator Winona Hendricks,Chair, Virgin IslandsBoard of Education David Hall,President, University of theVirgin Islands John deJongh,Governor Virgin Islands Robert Starr, State Senator Angelo Dorta, former President, Vermont Education Association Peter Shumlin, Governor Vermont Howard Stephenson, Chair, Senate Education Committee Christine Kearl, Education Deputy, Office of theGovernor Francis Gibson,Chair, HouseEducation Committee Gary Herbert, Governor Utah Kathryn Valido, President, Wyoming Education Association Albany County SchoolDistrict Rachel Rubino, Special Education Case Manager, Chris Rothfuss , State Senator Gregg Blikre, State Representative Hank Bailey, Trustee, Laramie County SchoolDistrict1 Wyoming Rollin Abernethy, Associate Provost andProfessor, University of Matt Mead, Governor Wyoming Luther Olsen , Chair, Senate Education Committee Demond Means , Superintendent, Mequon-Thiensville SchoolDistrict Steve Kestell , Chair, Assembly Education Committee Tony Evers, Superintendent of Public Instruction Scott Walker, Governor Wisconsin Nancy Sturm, Principal Consultant, The Sextant Group Mary Poling, Chair, HouseEducation Committee Robert Plymale, Chair, Senate Education Committee CTB McGraw-Hill Steven Paine, VPof Strategic PlanningandBusiness Development, Commission Brian Noland,Chancellor, West Virginia HigherEducation Policy Patricia Kusimo, President andCEO, The Education Alliance Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor West Virginia please see:www.ecs.org/commissioners. For acurrent listof commissioners andtheir titles, Purpose and scope To increase understanding and commitment to PreK-3. Goals and Objectives To raise awareness of critical PreK-3 issues, identify innovative ideas and policies, provide practical advice on best practices, and emphasize the rewards from readiness. Outcomes: Raised awareness of critical PreK-3 issues  With funding from Pew Charitable Trusts’ Pre-K Now, ECS increased understanding and commitment to PreK-3. Key policymakers and leaders were invited to a pre-conference session on PreK-3 at the ECS National Forum in July. The first presentation, Reaping the Rewards from Readiness, described Colorado’s early childhood work over the last two decades; Lilian Katz from the University of Illinois presented a second session, Building the Foundation. In addition, a session titled Principal Leadership: P-3 Depends on It was presented at the December Commissioners’ Meeting.  Key publications to enhance knowledge about early education included The Progress of Education Reform: Pre-K-12 Literacy, December 2011; and The Road to High Quality Early Education, funded by Pew Charitable Trusts/PreK-Now.  Assembled and disseminated a monthly electronic newsletter to update the field on state PreK-3 activity and the latest research with funding from Pew Charitable

EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM EARLY Trusts/PreK-Now.

Disseminated best practices, innovative ideas and policies INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE INFORMATION  To make the database on state kindergarten statutes and the Early Learning section on the ECS website more accessible and informative, staff reorganized the site structure and updated resources on a broad scale.  Loaded PreK-Now archives onto the ECS website to assure accessibility on an on-going basis.  Co-sponsored a webinar with PreK-Now on teacher effectiveness, attended by stakeholders from across the country.  Facilitated a session on PreK-3 at the PreK-Now National Partners meetings.  Worked with the Colorado Early Childhood Leadership Commission on governance and facilitated a session to consider options.  Provided consultation and technical assistance to the Colorado Office of Lt. Governor Joe Garcia on development of an early learning plan. Developed recommendations and offered comments on Colorado’s technology and literacy effort spearheaded by Governor John Hickenlooper.

Lilian Katz speaking at the 2011 ECS National Forum.

Lead Staff Karen Schimke 303-299-3646 [email protected] 1414 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Performance Report Purpose and scope Social Media: Help state leaders access the research and information they need to make the best decisions possible—across the P-20 spectrum. ECS Ed Watch covers innovative, ahead-of-the-curve state policy Goals and Objectives approaches and the best new research with significant implications Manage and disseminate knowledge. Monitor changes in state education for education policy. The P-20 policies. Identify states to watch—those promising early adopters and those Blog is your source for news, policy with track records of high performance. Promote credible research as a basis and research on state efforts to for policymaking. Identify critical and emerging issues across the states. Provide better align early learning, K-12 and advice based on the best knowledge available. postsecondary education efforts. Regularly disseminated new reports Outcomes by ECS and others are announced on Managed and disseminated knowledge Twitter.  Collected and managed information that undergirds ECS databases, publications and the ECS website. Added nearly 2,634 documents to the

unique and highly specialized ECS library which consists of more than FEEDBACK 36,000 documents in digital format and nearly triple that number in hard “Thanks so much for following copy. Added 2,255 new resources to www.ecs.org (more than 9,000 if up with this good information! counting URLs) and archived 10-15% of website documents. It’s a valuable and very useful  Produced four electronic newsletters: summary.” ECS e-Clips (a daily compilation of news clips across the states) Vice Chancellor, State University System o o ECS e-Connection (a weekly compilation of key initiatives across the states) “Thanks again for all of your help earlier this year! You are a wealth o Heads Up (a monthly compilation of good reads targeted for a Legislative Education Staff audience) of knowledge.” Pre-K-3 (monthly, for audience with a P-3 focus). Director, Assessment, Accountability o & Information Management, State Identified critical and emerging issues and states to watch Department of Education INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE INFORMATION  Synthesized and analyzed state policies for dissemination (see 2011 Collection of ECS Publications for details). Topics included kindergarten “Thank you again—we really entrance ages and trends, American Jobs Act, school calendars across the appreciate how quickly you got states, four-day school week costs, state-set limits on superintendent back to us and you have provided contracts, teacher tenure, evaluation appeals processes, state collective great background resources bargaining laws, state responses to autism spectrum disorders, early to help start the state board’s warning indicators, truancy and habitual truancy, state charter school conversation!” State Board of Education member laws, governors’ roles in education, state education governance models,

P-20 governance, and state anti-bullying laws. “Thank you so much! This is just  A joint project between the Education Commission of the States (ECS) the information I needed. Thanks and the National Center on Time and Learning (NCTL) resulted in the for getting back to me so quickly. publication of several documents: Learning Time In America: Trends You’re the best.” to Reform the School Calendar; A State Policymaker’s Guide to State Legislative Education Staff Expanding Learning Time; and an Executive Summary. “Thank you so much for your thorough review of the bill draft. You did a fantastic job!” State Legislator

“Thank you so incredibly much! I was able to use your research Co-Lead Staff in a memo that will be going Kathy Christie Jennifer Dounay Zinth to our Chief of Staff and then 303-299-3613 303-299-3689 recommend to the Congressman.” [email protected] [email protected] Staff, U.S. Congressman 15 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Performance Report15 16 16

2011 NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING & CITIZENSHIP Developed andadopted anew strategic planfor thecenter Participated innumerous education policydiscussions andevents service-learning andcitizenship education. Produced anddisseminated resources andpublications informing policymakers andleaders aboutissues germane to Outcomes    Goals andObjectives  Purpose andScope ECS ANNUAL REPORT development of allstudents’civic engagement. To encourage andexpand opportunities for research andtheadvancement of policy, practice, andcapacity to support and civic engagementby disseminating current research, active modelsof practice, andpolicydevelopment tools. To inform state policymakers andeducation leaders abouthow to improve studentachievement through service-learning and alliedorganizations. ideas, bestpractices, andotherrelated issues for state policymakers To identify emerging civic engagementandservice-learning policy components of America’s education system. ensure thatcivic engagementandservice-learning are essential To inform andassist state policymakers andeducation leaders to o o o o o o o o o o o o o National Forum on July 8,2011. NCLC Executive Board meetingatthe Reaffirms NCLC’s commitment to civic education andservice-learning Focuses NCLC work onengagingstate policymakers National SchoolBoard Association Association for SupervisionandCurriculum Development Colorado Service-Learning Council ECS NationalForum onEducation Policy Youth Service America NYLC’s Generator SchoolNetwork National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) Delander, Assistant Editor, 303.299.3622. For more information aboutNCLC’s publications, policyscans orto subscribeto Citizenship Matters, contact Brady Provided resources to leaders by updatingcivic education andservice-learning issue sites onwww.ecs.org Produced Citizenship Matters (bimonthlynewsletter) Conducted a50-state policyscan onservice-learning 2011 Performance Report

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2011 NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING & CITIZENSHIP        Continued to implement theSchoolsof Success Network ECS ANNUAL REPORT Schools Baumann, 303.299.3608 orLisaGuilfoile, 303.299.3690 For more information abouttheSchoolsof Success Network, contact Paul inconsistencies indatacollection Reviewed 2010 evaluation report prepared by RMC Denver andaddressed Coordinated datacollection andprogram evaluation at19participating schools to sites: Identified technical assistance needsandprovided ongoing technical assistance Conducted site visitsto seven participating schools Produced Network News (bimonthlynewsletter) Hosted theSchoolsof Success Showcase for 17participating schools o o o o o Schools of Success Listserv Webinars Provided andidentified resources Planned andprovided on-site professional development Trouble-shooting, brainstorming andcounseling viaconference calls OF Success 2011 Performance Report Showcase inNashville, Tennessee, May 2011. and Leadership attheSchoolsof Success Paul Baumannled asession onVision students…” to dowhat isgoodfor ‘next level’ aswe continue to take ourprogram to the century needs.We are ready learning/teaching for 21st about theimportance of renewed andre-educated but we left feeling refreshed, already doinggreat things, knowing thatourschoolwas conference. We came in energizing andempowering “This was anextremely Participant Schools of Success Showcase of how to proceed.” new/stronger understanding our thinkingandcome to a teams enabled usto enlarge our team andwithother “Having timeto discuss with FEEDBACK Participant Schools of Success Showcase [email protected] 303-299-3608 Paul Baumann Lead Staff 17 Purpose and Scope The Postsecondary Education and Workforce Development Institute continues to be a national leader on state efforts to increase college completion, align postsecondary education with state workforce needs, and transform remedial education into an effective pathway to a college credential. ECS works closely with state policymakers to provide them the resources and technical support they need to drive significant improvements in education policy. In 2011, the institute realized this vision through two major initiatives: Getting Past Go and Boosting College Completion for a New Economy.

Goals and Objectives  To work with states to transform remedial education at public postsecondary institutions to increase the number of students earning college credentials.  To work with state legislators on developing policies that result in higher numbers of state residents with college credentials that lead to high-wage jobs that will help build state economies. 2011 Projects Getting Past Go With support from the Lumina Foundation for Education, the Postsecondary Education and Workforce Development Institute worked closely with state leaders to develop new policies and strategies to transform remedial education at public postsecondary institutions into an effective strategy for increasing college completion rates. Getting Past Go Project Outcomes  Provided direct assistance to more than 30 states in their efforts to transform remedial education policy and practice at their public postsecondary institutions.  Informed more than 1,500 policymakers and postsecondary leaders of the latest developments in remedial education reform through The Rundown, the Getting Past Go online newsletter.  Collaborated with Complete College America and Jobs for the Future to support state developmental education reform efforts by working with state policymakers and postsecondary leaders through their various policy workshops.  Provided customized technical assistance through workshops, presentations or technical support to Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Nevada, Louisiana, Indiana, and Massachusetts as they developed or implemented remedial education reforms in their states.  Maintained a comprehensive database of state and system remedial education policies.  Developed and managed customized online profiles for all 50 states that tracked state and system efforts to reform remedial education policy and practice.

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2011 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE      2011 Outcomes: Project Objective: Launch theBoostCollege Completion for aNew Workforce Project. workforce needs. efforts to increase college completion intheirstates are alignedwithstate economic and particularly chairsof highereducation committees, to develop policiesthatensure for aNew Economy Project. The project seeksto support theefforts of state legislators, more than20 states and30state legislators through theBoostingCollege Completion With support from theBill&Melinda Gates Foundation, theInstitute provided support to Boosting College Completion for aNew Workforce ECS ANNUAL REPORT remedies thatstates shouldexplore asthey seekto bothincrease college completion andimprove theirstate economies. current postsecondary completion andeconomic datato identify areas of needsinstates andpropose possible policy Developed onlineprofiles andcustomized dataandpolicyprofiles formore than 20states. These profiles highlight all 50states. Developed astate policydatabasethattracks legislative actionsoncollege completion andworkforce alignmentacross Pennsylvania, andWisconsin. Made state visitsto Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Michigan,New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Hosted 25legislators ataworkshop oncollege completion inDecember, 2011. completion. Provided technical assistance to more than30legislators from more than20 states onefforts to increase college 2011 Performance Report goals andworkforce demands. challenges to meetingcollege completion ECS NationalForum by describingthe Foundation, setthestagefor the2011 Initiatives for the Bill&Melinda Gates Postsecondary Success andSpecial Hilary Pennington, Director of Education, CO C BOOS A FOR

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2011 TEACHING QUALITY & LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE      Outcomes to greater levels of studentlearning Collaborate withothersto explore, create anddisseminate new research, modelpolicies,andinnovative practices thatwilllead Goals andObjectives      leadership. Subjectareas include,butare notlimited to: Provide state policymakers andeducation leaders withhigh-caliber information to advance thequalityof teaching and Purpose andscope ECS ANNUAL REPORT on theRole of Education inEconomic Development inRural America Governors’ Education Policy Advisors (GEPA’s) in January, andthe2011 NationalSummit Played amajorpart inplanningthe2011 ECS NationalForum, theAcademy for www.teacherleaderstandards.org the creationto ofContributed awebsite devoted to Teacher Leader Model Standards, Economic Development inRural America (July2011) and Recommendations generated attheNationalSummitonRole of Education in Provided leadership andraised awareness inthepreparation of theEvents Summary assistance, information, policies, andimplementation strategies for state policymakers Assisted withdata,research, andanalysis—delivered customized TQL technical in The Progress of Education Reform (December 2011) Provided leadership andraised awareness around theconcept of “Pay for Performance” Professional development Teacher andprincipalleadership Teacher preparation, recruitment, andretention Compensation anddiversified pay systems Certification andlicensure

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2011 2011 ECS NATIONAL FORUM Hanna Skandera, andColorado Senator Michael Johnston. Hilary Pennington, Temple Grandin, John Medina, Fredrick Hess, Ted Kolderie, Robert Corcoran, Robert Pondiscio, Tony Bennett, by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, theForum featured more than40presentations androundtables. Keynoters included education policiesandstrategies thatthey could advance intheirrespective states. Chaired high-level policymakers from across thenation.Commissioner teams shared andlearned about Companies, andCorinthian Colleges, theForum attracted 48state teams of commissioners and proficient readers leaving grade 3. With support from the AT&T Foundation, State Farm Insurance meeting alsofocused onaligningeducation andworkforce needs,andincreasing thenumberof Boosting College Completion for aNew Workforce was thethemefor thisyear’s Forum, butthe Denver, Colorado :: July 6-8, 2011 2011 EcsNational ForumOnEducationPolicy states, andlong-range strategic thinking. The purpose of theECS NationalForum isto facilitate collaboration, theexchange of ideasamong ECS ANNUAL REPORT consultants, retired elected officials, etc.) is ahighlightof theyear for me.Much to learn.” “It hadthesame highqualityof presentations andinformation, soinformative andthought-provoking, asalways. This “Topics were very relevant!” “Chance to meetother educational leaders to exchange ideas, learn aboutnew initiatives thatIcan applyto my work.” education policy.” “The opportunity to learn from someof thebestminds in thecountry aboutthemostpressing and timely issues in may want additionalinformation inthefuture.” views. Also, aslegislative staff, itgave meagoodsenseof whattheupandcoming issues are andwhere legislators “I came away from every session thinking‘thatwas interesting,’ even if Ididnotcompletely agree withthepresenter’s entertaining andfilled withgreat ideasand expertise. You allknocked thisoneout of theballpark!” “I loved theaction-packed information overload of theplenary sessions onday one.The speakers were fabulous, State board of education Leaders of statewide Other (K12teachers, administrators, Staff agencystaff COMMENTS ABOUT THE 2011FORUM Breakdown of the2011National Forum Breakdown of Attendees organizations Foundations Education Industry Business and 3% 6% 4% 4% 11% National/regional organizations 15% 13% 5% cabinet members Governors, governors’ staff, 10% Postsecondary institutions,systems 18% 3% 3% 5% Legislators executive officers State higher education Chief state schoolofficers Legislative staff for a 21 22 22 2011 2011 2011 ECS AWARD WINNERS teach STEM effectively. and math(STEM), andto prepare teachers to careers inscience, technology, engineering, to encourage more studentsto prepare for and funding nationalandgrassroots efforts For involvement indesigning,developing ExxonMobil Corporate Award idea of a“chartered” sector inpubliceducation. For leadership indeveloping andspreading the Co-founder of Education|Evolving Ted Kolderie James Bryant Conant Award and graduating every studentprepared for life. gaps, improving thequalityof secondary education 21st century skills,reducing persistent achievement states, aswell asitscommitment to prioritizing expertise exchange andresource sharingacross For providing aboldexample of collaboration, New EnglandSecondary SchoolConsortium Frank Newman Award forStateInnovation ECS ANNUAL REPORT ECS ANNUAL REPORT Kolderie accepting the award Conant Award winnerTed ECS Corporate Award ExxonMobil receiving the2011 the 2011 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation New EnglandSecondary SchoolConsortium receiving 23

2011 2011 ECS MEETINGS future workforce projections, state policymakers can develop policiesand strategies to meetcurrent andprojected needs. postsecondary investments andusedatato make informed policydecisions.Byconsidering current postsecondary capacity and Hosted by ECS’ Bruce Vandal andNCHEMS’ Patrick Kelly, the webinar explored how states can measure theimpactof their May 12,2011 Measuring Return onInvestment inHigher Education Webinar the work of 17grant-funded members of theSchoolsof Success Network. Staff of ECS’ NationalCenter for Learning andCitizenship hosted theSchoolsof Success Showcase. The Showcase highlighted Nashville, Tennessee ::May 4-6,2011 Success Showcase Schools of lack of jobopportunities inrural America. state-and-local recommendations concerning rural infrastructure, flexibility inimplementing rural improvement strategies, and than 130participants from over 30states, theevent resulted infederal and Archer DanielsMidland,andtheNationalEducation Association. With more Education, andtheU.S.Department of Agriculture. Sponsors were AT&T, The Summitwas acollaborative effort by ECS, theU.S.Department of Washington, D.C.::May 4,2011 Economic Development inRural America National Summit Educationin ontheRole of of three promising strategies alignedwiththeCCA request for proposals. The webinar covered key issues inremedial anddevelopmental education andprovided prospective grantees withabackground April 5,2011 Transforming Remediation toIncrease CollegeCompletion Webinar offered strategies to move fragmented service-learning efforts to amore strategic, coordinated schoolordistrict-wide initiative. staff of hisformer schooldistrictatRichland SchoolDistrict2(Columbia, SouthCarolina). Citingthework of NCLC, thissession Stephen Hefner, NCLC Board Chair, co-presented anAdministrator’s Seriesworkshop on“District-Wide Implementation” with state-level support of service-learning hasgrown significantly since the 2001 NCLC service-learning policyscan. to Strengthen Education Policy attheState Level, usedanin-progress NCLC scan of states’ service-learning policiesto show that Leader Paul Baumannpresented asession thatfocused onareview of state-level service-learning policies.The session, Working & Serve Program, for anAdministrator’s Seriespaneldiscussion onCivic Engagementthrough Service-Learning. NCLC Project for Education Leadership, andScott Richardson, coordinator for theCorporation for theNationalandCommunity Service Learn NCLC board membersStephen Hefner andAssemblywoman Barbara ClarkjoinedKathy Havens Payne, State Farm SeniorDirector Atlanta, Georgia ::April2011 National Service-Learning Conference former Colorado GEPA MattGianneschi,Colorado State Senator Michael Johnston, andseveral ECS policystaff. GEPAs, andaboutimportant education issues facing states in2011. Key presenters includedColorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia, workings of executive offices, how to maximize relationships with legislative leaders andstaff, how to network withother Governors’ education policyadvisorsattended theacademy to learn from theircurrent andformer peers abouttheinner Denver, Colorado :: January 21-22,2011 Academy forGovernors’ EducationPolicy Advisors (GEPAs) ECS ANNUAL REPORT ON THER SUMMIT NA IN EC TIONAL ONOMIC DEVEL OLE OFEDUCA IN RURALAMERICA OPMENT TION 23 24 24 2011 2011 2011 ECS MEETINGS that youngest children transition to andsucceed intheearliestgrades. of graduates andotherpotential employees. Participants alsoheard abouttheneedto invest incivic engagementandensure issues from pre-K to postsecondary. Presenters shared someeye-opening statisticsontheevolution of jobsandgapsintheskills The 2011 ECS Commissioners meetingprovided alookaheadon Denver, Colorado ::December 7-8, 2011 ECS CommissionersMeeting of thesestudentscompleting apostsecondary credential. population andhow to implement strategies thatimprove theodds to three levels below theintroductory college course. Participants offered theiropinions onhow to definethesize of this Hosted by ECS’ GettingPast Goproject, thejamaddressed theneedsof studentswhoare placed into remedial courses two August 4,2011 Turning Around FailureforSeverely Underprepared StudentsOnlineJam leveraging remedial education investments to increase college success. The workshop brought together state policymakers andexperts to showcase thebeststate postsecondary system strategies for Denver, Colorado :: July 11, 2011 (post-National Forumworkshop) Leveraging StateInvestments inRemedial Education Workshop Katz, Professor Emerita,University of IllinoisatUrbana-Champaign. years, puttingtheminthecontext of academic skills,andtherole of play inearlydevelopment. The featured speaker was Lilian Director, The BUILDInitiative, Colorado. Part two of theworkshop focused ontheimportance of intellectual goalsintheearly Foundation; DianePrice, President andCEO, EarlyConnections Learning Centers of Colorado; andGerritWestervelt, Executive Director, Marsico Institute for EarlyLearning andLiteracy attheUniversity of Denver; Barbara O’Brien,SeniorFellow atthePiton and gainedinsightsfrom experts onhow policycan enhance deeperlearning across P-3.Speakers included:Virginia Maloney, This two-part workshop looked indepthatthe“P”part of P-20. Inthefirsthalf, participants learned aboutthe Colorado story Denver, Colorado :: July 6, 2011 Reaping Reward fromReadiness P-20 ECS ANNUAL REPORT ECS ANNUAL REPORT (pre-National Forumworkshop) 2011 ECS Rural Summit, May 4, 2011. Education Secretary Arne Duncan atthe Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsackand 25

2011 2011 CORPORATE PARTNERS corporate partners for theirgenerous contributions to ECS andtheNationalForum. The Education Commission of theStates would like to thank thefollowing yearlong ECS ANNUAL REPORT 25 FINANCIAL REPORT: 2011 SUMMARY ECS Statement of Financial Position for year ending Dec. 31, 2011

ASSETS 2011 CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 6,203,445 Grants and contracts receivable 108,067 Other accounts receivable 826 Prepaid expenses 104,277

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS $ 6,416,615

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization OTHER ASSETS 184,942 Investments 14,501 TOTAL ASSETS $ 6,616,058

LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Accounts payable $ 84,422 Accrued liabilities Vacation 97,335 Payroll and benefits 105,358 Other 75,562 Deferred revenue 2,378,132

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 2,740,809

TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 2,740,809

NET ASSETS NET ASSETS Invested in capital assets $ 184,942 Unrestricted 3,690,307

TOTAL NET ASSETS $ 3,875,249

26 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL REPORT: 2011 SUMMARY ECS Statement of Financial Position for year ending Dec. 31, 2011

OPERATING REVENUES Grants and contracts Foundation funding $ 861,784 Federal funding 563,429 Contract funding 28,115 State fees 2,513,188 Registration fees and corporate sponsorships 490,000 Publications and subscriptions 629 Other 192,988

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES $ 4,650,133

OPERATING EXPENSES Pre-K-16 policy studies $ 1,629,339 Information clearinghouse 450,845 State services 578,641 Executive/administration 1,262,338

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $ 3,921,163

OPERATING INCOME $ 728,970

NONOPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES) Net realized/unrealized gain on investments $ 21,807 Interest and dividends 10,735

TOTAL NONOPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES) 32,542

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 761,512

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD 3,113,737

NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD $ 3,875,249

27 2011 ECS ANNUAL REPORT 28 28 2011 2011 FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUPPORTING ECS National Center onTime andLearning Lumina Foundation for Education The Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation WICHE Consultant Agreement PEW GE Foundation Charitable CNCS Learn andServe America Continuing Trust Early Grants/Contracts Picus Learning Activity New Contracts – 12-Month Period & Associates Lumina Foundation for Education State State Farm Companies Foundation Funding GE Foundation New Grants – 12-Month Period Research ECS ANNUAL REPORT ECS ANNUAL REPORT

2011 ECS NationalForum. Governor John Hickenlooper, andDr. Allen Sessoms atthe Representative James Roebuck, Secretary Joseph U.Meyer, Activity Activity State Policy Trends K-12 Developmental Education College Completion Evaluation of Multi-State DataExchange Project The Progress of Education Reform Plus Service-Learning Developmental Education (GettingPast Go) Service-Learning Leadership The Progress of Education Reform Plus