Build a constituency of educator groups and public advocacy to sustain systemic standards-based reform¶

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Description¶

The paper recommends that states build a constituency to support systemic standards-based reform to ensure sustained progress and patience with the process. It observes that "Standards-based reform, when implemented fully, builds structures and creates more precise data, but it lacks such a constituency," and argues that garnering support through educator groups and public advocacy could keep states and districts building supportive structures and capacity. It draws on the stickiness analysis showing powerful constituencies are crucial to reform persistence.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• New structures, easily accessible evidence of compliance, and a powerful constituency in support of the reform

Constraints¶

• There is no broad-based political coalition similar to the 1990-2015 era that propelled the standards movement

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students in U.S. state systems

Target Learning Goals¶

• Sustained implementation of standards-aligned instruction

Related Strategies¶

• Establish continuous improvement cycles that monitor and evaluate POG implementation
• Extend systemic reform deeply into central district operations such as budgeting, finance, human resources, and facilities

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Kirst, M. W. (2024). Standards-based education reforms: Looking back to look forward. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/647.623