Presentations - Center for Public Education

Center presentations

2008 NSBA Annual Conference materials:

Good measures for good schools (Powerpoint): Jim Hull, policy analyst, and Patte Barth, director, Center for Public Education.
A high school diploma for the 21st Century (PDF): National Affiliate breakfast roundtable discussion with Patte Barth, director.

Using Student Growth at the District Level: A guide to informed decision-making (Powerpoint) Jim Hull, Policy Analyst at the Center for Public Education, presenting at the Texas Statewide Tools for Teaching Excellence Consortium Meeting in San Antonio, TX, February 29, 2008

What’s new at the Center for Public Education (Powerpoint) The latest information from the Center for Public Education and how state associations can best make use of it. Patte Barth, director, and Jim Hull, education policy analyst, Center for Public Education. 2008 NSBA Leadership Conference, February 2, 2008, Washington, D.C.

Demographic change and assuring the success of all students (Powerpoint) Explore the implications of changing demographics for your schools, including research on educating English language learners. Patte Barth, director, Center for Public Education. 35th Annual Federal Relations Network Conference, February 5, 2008, Washington, D.C.

Student growth and school accountability: A guide for informed decision making (Powerpoint) Growth models are receiving increased attention for school accountability, including NCLB. Learn how to make sure growth models are used well in your district. Jim Hull, policy analyst, Center for Public Education.

High-Stakes Testing and Instruction: What the Research Says. (Powerpoint) (PDF) What can school districts do to ensure testing is used in support of good teaching practices and high standards?

What's So Good About Public Education? More than You Sometimes Hear. (Powerpoint) (PDF) Getting underneath the data helps us see where we are succeeding and where exactly we need to focus more support to get help to those students who need it.

Is the Sky Falling or Not? (Powerpoint ) (PDF) What do we really know about high school grad rates, international comparisons, and the state of education?

More than a Horse Race: How the United States Compares to Other Countries and What We Can Learn from the Results (Powerpoint) (PDF)

Making Time for Learning: What Research Says about Extending Instructional Time (Powerpoint) (PDF)

Pre-K presentations

Pre-kindergarten and the role for school boards: NSBA Annual Conference, Orlando FL, March 31, 2008

Patte Barth, Center for Public Education; Chrisanne Gayl, National School Boards Association (Powerpoint)
Jim Edwards, Kansas Association of School Boards (Powerpoint)
Scott Ebright and Donna Williams, Ohio School Boards Association (Powerpoint)
Janice Esau, Texas Association of School Boards (Powerpoint)

Many Happy Returns: Why School Boards Should Care About Pre-K (Powerpoint) Patte Barth, director of the Center for Public Education, at the Wisconsin 2008 State Education Convention in Milwaukee, January 23, 2008.

Advancing Quality Pre-K in All States (Powerpoint) (PDF) Overview of The Pew Charitable Trusts initiative to encourage high-quality early learning opportunities for all 3- and 4-year-olds. Presentation by Sara Watson, Pew Charitable Trusts.

Exploring the School Connection (PDF) How does pre-K relate to school improvement? What child outcomes should we expect? Presentation by Jana Martella, executive director, National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education.

Pre-K Momentum (PDF) Progress toward Pre-K Now's vision of all children entering kindergarten prepared to succeed. Presentation by Libby Doggett, executive director, Pre-K Now.

State Pre-K Programs: What Do We Know? (Powerpoint) (PDF) What are the short- and long-term benefits of pre-K? What does the research say about pre-K quality? Presentation by Eileen O'Brien and Chuck Dervarics, education researchers and writers.

Pre-kindergarten: What research says (Powerpoint) Patte Barth, director of the Center for Public Education, and Sandy Cajigas of NSBA’s National Affiliate program provide an overview of pre-k research, state trends, and the federal role in this presentation to the Washington State School Directors’ Association annual conference in Seattle on November 15, 2007.