Text-only Introduction to the National Civic Index for Quality Public Education The National Civic Index for Quality Public Education (Index) is a tool to help identify the areas in which communities excel and the areas where communities need assistance in supporting public education. The introduction is the gateway to using the Index in your community as well as the nation. This text-only version was made for user who do not have access to the online, interactive version of the introduction. Click here to view the Introduction to the Civic Index. This Portable Document Format (PDF) version requires the free Adobe Acrobt Reader plug-in for your web browser. Supplemental documents: Categories (PDF) Public polls identified 10 community-based conditions necessary to support quality public schools. Indicators (PDF) Indicators for each Category demonstrate the conditions necessary to foster growth int that category. Steps (PDF) This document outlines the first steps you can take to measure the conditions in your community that are necessary to support quality public schools. Glossary (PDF) The glossary defines many of the terms used in the Introduction. Worksheet (PDF) This provides you with an opportunity to capture your responses for a quick reference during the use of the Toolkit Introduction so you can print them for yourself or to share with others. References (PDF) More Information (PDF) After viewing the Introduction, your next step is to take this information and share it with an even larger group and begin to plan to use the National Civic Index for Quality Public Education to improve the conditions needed to support quality public education in your community.