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National Standards Quality Indicators for secondary education and transition The National Alliance for Secondary Education and policy, interagency, systems change, demonstration, Transition’s objective in publishing this document is to and research efforts. Importantly, these efforts provide a common and shared framework to help school have focused on creating educational, workforce, systems and communities identify what youth need in community-centered, and other developmental order to achieve successful participation in postsecondary opportunities for all youth, including youth with education and training, civic engagement, meaningful disabilities, English language learners, youth from employment, and adult life. We see this framework as diverse multicultural backgrounds, youth from low- serving two important purposes: income families, and other at-risk youth. One major ? To respond to increased requests from states, school challenge in addressing youths’ diverse needs is the districts, and service providers for information on: development of a common vision, shared goals, and - Research-based practices, programs, and services; coordinated strategies among schools, community and service agencies, families, employers, and others. - Benchmarks for effective secondary education The development of a set of national standards for and transition practices. secondary education and transition that embraces the perspectives of these and other stakeholders is ? To address new responsibilities for states to focus on therefore critically important in helping all youth accountability for each and every young person. achieve positive school and postschool results. This document combines the ?ndings of current In November 2003, 30 national organizations research on effective schooli