Teacher Certification

• Each state's education department publishes a list of requirements that a person needs to fulfill in order to become certified as a teacher in that state.
  
  

Student Exams

• State education departments administer standardized tests and collect data of their students' results.
  
  

Tackling Issues

• A major task of a state's department of education is to identify major issues, make them public and attempt to find solutions to them.
  
  

Setting Requirements

• State education departments set requirements for enrollment and graduation.
  
  

State Schools and Colleges

• State-run schools, colleges and universities are established and overseen by a state's department of education.