Oklahoma's Public Education:
The Foundation of the State's Future

News

• Leaders and Laggards
• 11-01-2009
• Center for American Progress & U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• Here is the link to the Leaders and Laggards report, the state school report card project of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Center for American Progress. Through page 51 are the overview and discussion of grade criteria.

  
  http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/11/leaders_laggards/ Click and scroll to see how each state ranked. Below the map, click on State Profiles to view Oklahoma's report card.

  
  See pages 53 and 54 for the "Innovation Highlight: State-Based Education Reform Organization" section that features OBEC and ConnCAN.

  
  "There are few reliable state-by-state data on local education advocacy and research efforts-a reflection of the lack of overall commitment to this issue. As a result, we are unable to issue a meaningful grade. However, the Oklahoma Business and Education Coalition is a member of the forward-thinking Policy Innovators in Education Network. Oklahoma also supports common academic standards." [p. 92]