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Key Findings

1. Analyses of Louisiana’s early efforts to reshape its education system point to several early successes, remaining challenges, and key lessons that can be shared with other states.
2. Early successes include strong support for change throughout the education system, adoption of high-quality curricula, improvements in professional development, improved communication, reduced high school dropout rates, and rising college enrollment rates for high-performing lower-income and minority students.
3. Early challenges include implementation issues related to the large scale and scope of new policies, procedures, and expectations, as well as resource inequities and potentially growing achievement gaps.
4. Other states seeking to bring about such widespread change should consider careful planning, strong communication strategies, ready-to-go resources and supports, and forward-thinking ways to address potential equity issues before rollout.