Meeting Kentucky's Educational Needs: Proficiency, Achievement Gaps, and the Potential of Student Involvement

By Zachariah Webb for the Kentucky State Department of Education.

Reprinted with permission.

This August 2002 report details student involvement in state-level education decision-making. It is the most comprehensive scan of student involvement ever completed in the United States. The author offers a concise, practical summary of student involvement in education agencies and state school boards, including a state-by-state summary examining the number of states that engage students, the number of students they involve, and exactly what those students are doing in their work.

This report is being released to the public for the first time ever by SoundOut.org. It is a special contribution to SoundOut.org by the Kentucky Department of Education and its author, Zachariah Webb. While its title is Kentucky-specific, it serves the important role of giving a national scope to student involvement in state-level decision-making.

Overview

Summary of findings

State-by-state-analysis

Sources & acknowledgements

View the entire report online (printable)