To do less of some things, to do things differently, to do things more efficiently. Create a vision and sustained message to promote change . This should not be just a rhetorical device. It needs to be a widely shared vision, to be consistent and to apply long-term. This is increasingly hard to do when early intervention is a part of the political agenda in states.
Political attention can sometimes help and sometimes hinder maintaining a direction for change.
Align resources to leverage change . Use of data . States need to look at their role in utilizing data to make decisions. First, states have to be sure they have data. Need to get that data beyond just doing a childcount and into looking at outcomes and at how schools use time.