Resources Events Services Log In Subscribe ASCD Advocacy and Government Relations Get informed, get involved, and make a difference. Centered on the Whole Child The whole child is at the center of ASCD's advocacy efforts to redefine student success so that each child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. ASCD also promotes policies that enhance educators' learning and growth. Our activities and resources help prepare educators to be effective advocates. Legislative Agenda ASCD's 2021 Legislative Agenda Priorities Developed by ASCD, the 2021 ASCD Legislative Agenda (PDF) outlines the association's public policy priorities. Education is the most essential of services in every community. Our schools and educators have responded with extraordinary measures this year to help meet the needs of their students, families, and communities. Moving forward, these primary responders will be the pillars upon whom the recovery from the pandemic and resumption of regular school operations will depend. While a welcome return to full-time, in-person schooling may look familiar on the surface, the past year has helped educators discover new ways of engaging with and supporting their students. We must reimagine school expectations and practices to embrace personalized learning and build upon what students have gained while also working to recover all that they have lost. This moment also calls for a renewed commitment to equity in and across our entire education system. We call on Congress and the Biden administration to support educational leaders in these efforts by providing the support, flexibility, and resources called for in these recommendations. Invest in Students Long existing inequities have become more apparent than ever and can no longer be ignored. It is imperative to address the underlying root causes of these inequities in a systemic, coordinated, and sustainable way. Students with disabilities and socio-economically disadvantaged students have been most negatively impacted by the pandemic. Providing targeted and additional resources to meet their needs will benefit them most of all but all students and schools will gain from these equity investments. Foster Flexibility and Innovation Schools have embraced change and creatively overcome countless challenges to serve their students this year. Some of these changes will be lasting. Indeed, the pandemic has fundamentally and permanently altered some traditional school notions and operations. Educators are implementing new and better concepts like addressing the whole child and educating student through multiple modalities. Support Educators Educators are what make school, learning, and student success possible. This simple fact has never been more apparent and will remain so moving forward. Educators have been, are and will continue to be essential personnel and should be recognized and rewarded as such. As students return to school after a year like no other, support for the professional needs and well-being of educators must be a paramount priority to ensure that a well-prepared, supported, and accomplished teacher is in every classroom. Download the 2021 ASCD Legislative Agenda. Government Relations in Action ASCD letter to Senate supporting Miguel Cardona nomination Education coalition letter about rescinding Rep. Greene's assignment to the House Education and Labor Committee ASCD letter in support of Miguel Cardona as U.S. Secretary of Education to Senate HELP Committee ASCD policy recommendations to the Biden administration transition team ASCD and 42 other national organizations called on House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders to fund Title II professional development grants at $2.2 billion in FY21. Contact the Government Relations Team David Griffith, Senior Director, @Griffith2020 Or, contact us at gr@ascd.org. ASCD Positions Since its beginning in 1943, ASCD has been a strong voice in the debate about educational issues that affect learning and teaching. As a nonpartisan education association, ASCD continues to advocate for policies and practices that ensure each child has access to educational excellence and equity. View the list of ASCD positions (PDF). ASCD Annual Reports Each ASCD annual report covers a fiscal year (September through August). Please contact us for additional archived reports. 2020: ASCD's Response to a New Reality The months marked by this annual report were like no other. 2019: Learn. Teach. Lead. Reaffirming our mission to support a whole child approach to education. 2018: 75 Years of Excellence 75 years of excellence in learning, teaching, and leading. 2017: Activate, Educate. Empowering educators with high caliber resources to ensure students' success. 2016: Bringing ASCD's Vision into Focus Placing the whole child at the forefront of everything we do. 2015: Learn. Teach. Lead. Ensuring we never lose sight of our highest aspirations. 2014: Celebrating Learning: Stories of Teaching and Leading Celebrating the power of learning and all educators. Multimetric Accountability Resources Multimetric accountability systems incorporate a variety of measures that more fully and accurately track student learning, engagement, and well-being. ASCD believes this next-generation approach to school accountability is essential to promoting a whole child approach to education, enhancing understanding of student progress, and ensuring that no single indicator of student achievement defines success. Accountability Measure Examples (PDF) are possible metrics spanning a range of domains such as academic learning, social-emotional learning, school culture and climate, and access and opportunity that could be used in accountability systems. Using Multiple Measures to Redefine Success: Six Steps to Making It Happen (PDF). There's no single way to do multimetric evaluation right. Use this step-by-step process from W. James Popham for identifying and evaluating the criteria by which progress toward your unique goals can be measured. Multimetric Accountability Systems: A Next-Generation Vision of Student Success (PDF). Find out how five different accountability systems at multiple levels (district, state, and provincial) are using multiple measures to better understand and support student learning and development. ® ASCD empowers educators to achieve excellence in learning, teaching, and leading so that every child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. About ASCD Who we are Career opportunities Government relations News & Media Contact Get Involved Membership Affiliates Emerging Leaders Communities Write for ASCD Partner with Us Advertisers Distributors Event Sponsors Exhibitors More opportunities Sign up for our newsletter Questions? Check out our FAQ © 2021 ASCD. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy Terms of Use Governance We Value Your Privacy SETTINGS NextRoll, Inc. ("NextRoll") and our advertising partners use cookies and similar technologies on this site and use personal data (e.g., your IP address). 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