Resources

The following list of resources is available to help policymakers complete the ambitious agenda to provide an excellent education for all young adolescents.  NMSA will periodically update these resources as part of our ongoing commitment to work with national, state, and local leaders in developing effective middle level policies.

ACT
College Readiness Begins in Middle School: ACT Policy Report, 2005

NASSP
Breaking Ranks in the Middle: Strategies for Leading Middle Level Reform
Executive Summary

Creating a Culture of Literacy: A Guide for Middle and High School Principals
Free Download

Alliance for Excellent Education
Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy, a report to Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Complete Report

NSDC
National Staff Development Council's Standards for Staff Development

Southern Regional Education Board
Implementing School Reform: Making Middle Grades Work for All Students (2006)
This report compares 28 high and low implementation schools, demonstrating that the more fully implemented practices yield student achievement.

Making High Schools and Middle Grades Schools Work (2005)
Findings of a 5-year research study of 64 rural high schools and their feeder middle schools.

NSPRA
Research Shows Link Between Strong School Communication and Student Success

Schools to Watch

The Education Trust

Pathways to College Network
Action Alert for School Superintendents and Middle and High School Principals