CCSSO Secondary School Redesign

State Resources

Welcome to the CCSSO Secondary School Redesign Web Portal

This web portal is a service of CCSSO to provide a collection of existing resources, tools, and practices produced by state education agencies and others to bolster and inform secondary school redesign (SSR) initiatives.

The portal offers resources in the following areas:

Supporting Instruction

Facilitating Transitions

Providing Leadership

To prepare students for the 21st century world, we must learn from our successes and challenges of secondary school redesign efforts. CCSSO is pleased to provide this collection for your use, and we look forward to adding to it over time.

To suggest additional resources email highschool@ccsso.org.

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First Things First: A Framework for Systemic Reform

Institute for Research and Reform in Education , 2008

This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the First Things First (FTF) high school reform program. FTF consists of a three-pronged approach to improving high schools: developing small learning communities, establishing a family advocate system, and emphasizing instructional improvement.

New Jersey High Schools – Setting a Course for the Future

New Jersey Department of Education , 2005

This resource contains recommendations on how to approach high school reform in New Jersey. The document, which is a product of the New Jersey Summit on High Schools, argues that high school graduates are generally not prepared for post-secondary education.