NASSP and its board take various positions on education issues that concern middle level and high school principals and students. A position statement reflects NASSP’s values in relation to a particular education issue and translates those values into specific recommendations for school leaders and policymakers at various levels.
View our position statements and policies to learn more about how NASSP is working to promote school improvement.
NASSP Position Statements
65% Solution
November 2006; revised 2018
A-F School Rating Systems
May 2016
Achievement Gap
November 2007
Adolescent Numeracy
November 2006; revised March 2017
Charter Schools
May 2000; revised May 2012; revised November 2017
Class Rank, GPA, and Grading
March 2010; revised July 2019
Common Core State Standards and Assessments in K-12 Education
May 2008; revised July 2013; revised 2018
Competency-Based Education
February 2016
Comprehensive Literacy Education
November 2013; revised September 2020
Corporal Punishment
May 2004; revised February 2009; revised 2018
Culturally Responsive Schools
July 2019
Digital Equity
January 2021
Drug, Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders
March 2019
Educator Diversity
March 2019
Ethics for School Leaders
November 1973; revised November 2013; revised 2018
Federal Funding for Formula and Competitive Grants
May 2013
Funding and Support for Secondary Education
June 2002; revised May 2009; revised 2018
General Educational Development (GED)
July 2010
High Stakes Assessments
March 2001; revised February 2015
Highly Effective Principals
November 2007; revised November 2013
Internet and Wireless Safety
November 2007; revised November 2010; revised 2018
Leadership Development for School Leaders
May 2000; revised May 2009; revised 2018
Marketing of Tobacco and Nicotine to Children and Youth
May 2001; revised February 2009; revised March 2018
Meaningful International Comparisons
February 2009; revised January 2022
Mental Health in Middle Level and High Schools
November 2008; Revised November 2014, February 2016, November 2018
Online Learning
May 2016
Opt-Out Policies for Student Participation in Standardized Assessments
February 2016
Poverty and Its Impact on Students’ Education
March 2020
Preparing All Students for Postsecondary Success
February 2009; revised March 2018
Principal Shortage
July 2002; revised March 2017
Principal Training
November 2020
Private Instructional Services
May 2001; revised July 2009; revised 2018
Private School Vouchers
July 2000; revised November 2017
Professional Compensation for Principals
May 2008; revised July 2014
Promoting Rigorous Courses for Each Student
March 2010; revised July 2019
Racial Justice and Educational Equity
January 2021
Raising the Compulsory School Attendance Age
May 2010; revised 2018
Safe Schools
February 2000; revised January 2022
School Discipline
May 2015; revised September 2021
School Ratings
July 2001; revised May 2009; revised 2018
School Resource Officers (SROs) and Law Enforcement in Schools
March 2020
School Facilities
March 2017
Student Activities
November 2002; revised May 2009; revised 2018
Student Data Privacy
February 2015; revised September 2021
Student Profiling
July 2001; revised 2018
Teacher Leadership
November 2017
Teacher Quality
July 2018
Teacher Shortage
July 2017
Teacher Supervision and Evaluation
February 2011; revised 2019
Transgender Students
July 2016
Trauma-Informed Schools
March 2020
Undocumented Students
May 2011; revised 2019
Value-Added Measures in Teacher Evaluation
February 2015; revised July 2019