"The SEA of the Future" is an education publication series examining how state education agencies can shift from a compliance to a performance-oriented organization through strategic planning and performance management tools to meet growing demands to support education reform while improving productivity. This volume, the third in the series, introduces the "productivity infrastructure." The productivity infrastructure constitutes the building blocks for an SEA committed to supporting productivity, innovation, and performance--from the state chief to the classroom. Following an introduction by Betheny Gross, this volume contains the following essays: (1) How State Education Agencies Can Help Districts and Schools Become More Productive (Paul T. Hill); (2) Funding for Students' Sake: How to Stop Financing Tomorrow's Schools Based on Yesterday's Priorities (Larry Miller, Marguerite Roza, and Suzanne Simburg); (3) Accelerating Productivity through Autonomy (Kelly Hupfeld); and (4) A State Information System to Support Improvements in Productivity (Marguerite Roza). [For "The SEA of the Future: Leveraging Performance Management to Support School Improvement. Volume 1," see ED562516. For "The SEA of the Future: Prioritizing Productivity. Volume 2," see ED562514. For "The SEA of the Future: Uncovering the Productivity Promise of Rural Education. Volume 4," see ED562510. For "The SEA of the Future: Building Agency Capacity for Evidence-Based Policymaking. Volume 5," see ED562509.]