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Download full textHagan, Katherine; Jarmolowski, Hannah; Roza, Marguerite – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2019
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires that state education agencies (SEAs) conduct periodic resource allocation reviews (RARs) in districts that serve low-performing schools. The mandate represents a new opportunity for states and districts to examine the connection between resource allocation and academic outcomes, but the language of…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Resource Allocation, Guidelines, Educational Legislation
Zavadsky, Heather; White, Kerri – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2018
The role of state education agencies (SEAs) has been shifting from a focus on low-profile compliance activities to more complex and politically charged tasks, requiring more thoughtful communications with all stakeholders. In response to this shift, SEAs have increased their communications capacity by creating communication divisions and executive…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Organizational Communication, Strategic Planning, Information Dissemination
Redding, Sam; Layland, Allison – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2017
For state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs), the tide of work has shifted pretty dramatically in recent years. Once obsessed with regulatory fussiness, these agencies are now busy harnessing innovation in pursuit of better schools and more successful students. They are striving for big wins in a time of tight budgets.…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, State Departments of Education, Boards of Education, Board of Education Role
Layland, Allison; Redding, Sam – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2017
The pivot point for educational change is now firmly placed with the district, rebalancing the position of the state and the school relative to the local education agency (LEA). The state education agency (SEA) has been shifting its emphasis for decades, from a compliance-focused authority to a change agent equipped with systems, processes,…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Statewide Planning, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Roza, Marguerite; Hagan, Katherine – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2017
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires all states to collect and report school-level expenditure information, state education agencies (SEAs) are considering whether to set statewide rules for local education agencies (LEAs) around how to assign expenditures. Specifically, many states are wondering whether they need to standardize a practice…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Costs, Expenditure per Student, Data Collection
Jochim, Ashley, Ed.; Gross, Betheny, Ed. – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2016
"The SEA of the Future" is an education publication series examining how state education agencies can shift from a compliance to a performance-oriented organization through strategic planning and performance management tools to meet growing demands to support education reform while improving productivity. This volume, the sixth in the…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement
Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2016
The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) did not wait for Congress to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Beginning months before the passage of the landmark education bill, ADE began an intensive examination of Arkansas's education future and ADE's role relative to districts and communities in shaping that future. The ADE strategic…
Descriptors: Government Role, Stakeholders, Educational Change, School Districts
Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2016
The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) began an intensive examination of the U.S. Virgin Islands' education future and VIDE's role relative to the two school districts and communities in shaping that future. The Commissioner, Dr. Sharon Ann McCollum, and selected leaders representing VIDE, both districts, and several schools met for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Planning, Agency Role, Educational Development
Layland, Allison; Redding, Sam – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2016
For decades, the regulations attached to federal education funds have shaped the forms and functions of state education agencies (SEAs), especially as state funding for these agencies has stagnated or diminished. In fact, the relationship between the SEA and the state's districts and schools has been colored by the strong tint of federal…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Federal Aid, State Aid, School Districts
Redding, Sam; Layland, Allison – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2015
A State Education Agency (SEA), whether in a large state or small, is responsible for a complex education system, responsive to a host of stakeholders, and charged with advocating for a multitude of students of all ages attending schools of every description. Much of what an SEA is tasked with accomplishing is set by external entities, from the…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Strategic Planning, Job Performance, Personnel Management
Barfield, Kathleen – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2015
21st century economy demands a broad range of new skills and deeper knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to both sustain our existing society and be successful in the future. This imperative must drive our collective school improvement efforts to ensure that every graduate is college and career ready. Teacher quality has…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Teacher Distribution, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Supply and Demand
Gross, Betheny, Ed.; Jochim, Ashley, Ed. – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2015
"The SEA of the Future" is an education publication series examining how state education agencies can shift from a compliance to a performance-oriented organization through strategic planning and performance management tools to meet growing demands to support education reform while improving productivity. This volume, the fifth in the…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Educational Improvement, Performance, Organizational Effectiveness
Gross, Betheny, Ed.; Jochim, Ashley, Ed. – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2015
"The SEA of the Future" is an education publication series examining how state education agencies can shift from a compliance to a performance-oriented organization through strategic planning and performance management tools to meet growing demands to support education reform while improving productivity. This is the fourth volume in the…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Educational Improvement, Performance, Organizational Effectiveness
