State Board of Education

The state system sets seven benchmarks for which to evaluate administrators.

The Wyoming House of Representatives has given final approval to a bill to add the President of the University of Wyoming to the state Board of Education.

The Wyoming State Board of Education has approved new K-12 science standards, the first new standards in 13 years.

After nearly a year of work, a committee has completed a draft set of science standards for K-12 students in Wyoming.

Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow is catching flak over her recommendation to cut funding for the State Board of Education's coordinator position.

The Wyoming State Board of Education continues to work on a statewide system of support to make sure struggling school districts have the tools they need to succeed. A Wyoming Department of Education consultant is working with representatives of professional education groups as well as members of the higher education community to discuss creating a guiding coalition to help plan the system of supp

The public comment period for revisions and documents for Wyoming Content and Performance Standards is still open.

A footnote, slipped into the state's budget bill last month, bars the Board from adopting or even continuing to review the proposed Next Generation Science Standards.

The board met Monday to decide how to proceed. By just one vote, members voted against putting aside their work on those standards and seeking a new set of standards.

On the Agenda District Assessment Systems, the strategic direction of the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), and proposed standards in Science and three other content areas.