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• March 15, 2013: New CEEP Education Policy Brief. "Is Indiana Ready for State-Funded Pre-K Programs? Revisited"
  

  In 2006 CEEP published a brief on the benefits of prekindergarten programs and encouraged state support of these programs in Indiana. As the state legislature and other Indiana leaders are now seriously discussing the possibility of some level of support for pre-K programs, this new brief by CEEP and the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community updates the evidence about the academic gains and potential long-term social and economic benefits of early education programs. The brief also includes recommendations for structuring the programs to ensure quality.
  Indiana is one of only 11 states that provide no funding for prekindergarten education, and it is estimated that far below half of Indiana's eligible children attend such programs.

  Click Here to open a PDF file with the new policy brief. Click Here to open a PDF version of the Fast Facts sheet for this brief. Click Here to see the media release issued by Indiana University about this policy brief.

• February 21, 2013: New CEEP Education Policy Brief. "Indiana’s TIMSS 2011 Performance: Outperforming Much of the World in Math and Science, But Issues Remain for Gender Achievement and High Performers"
  

  K-12 education stakeholders at all levels in the U.S. are monitoring how the nation's students are preparing to succeed in an ever-changing and increasingly global economic landscape. Within Indiana they want to know how well Hoosier students are competing with students in other states, but also with students in other countries. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a regularly administered, large-scale international education assessment. In 2011, Indiana participated in the latest round of 8th grade TIMSS assessments.
  This policy brief examines the most recent TIMSS results for Indiana students in order to compare Hoosier 8th graders with their global peers, looking at averages for the Top 10 performing countries, the U.S., and the world. The brief presents the results in terms of system-level populations. Disaggregated results by gender and system-level comparisons across TIMSS benchmarks are also presented and discussed. The brief concludes with an examination of achievement trends in Indiana and internationally from 1999 to 2011, including what these results mean in the context of current education reforms in the state.

  Click Here to open a PDF file with the new policy brief.

• October 30, 2012: New CEEP Education Policy Brief. The Four-Day School Week: Nine Years Later
  

  In 2003, the Indiana Education Policy Center (now CEEP) published an Education Policy Brief about the four-day school week. Nine years later, this new brief reviews the continuing discussion, including advantages and disadvantages of the modified schedule, the steps a school might take to make the switch, and recommendations for districts considering the change. Examples of school districts that have made the switch are also included.

  Click Here to open a PDF file with the new policy brief.

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