Present
Level of Performance - States, Districts, and Individual Schools
Graphs
Showing Status of Public School Education in the United States
- U.S. Department
of Education
International
Math and Science Proficiency Scores, 8th Grade Math and Science
- International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
- from the U. S. House of Representatives website
Grading
the Systems: The guide to state standards, tests, and accountability
policies -Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
State
Education Accountability and Indicator Reports - Status of Reports
across the States- by Council of Chief State School Officers
(order print copy or download PDF)
Secretary's
Fourth Annual Report on Teacher Quality - Secretary of Education
Quality
Counts 2004: Count Me In - Special Education in an Era of Standards
EDUCATION WEEK's eighth annual state-by-state report card on public
education, addresses the issue of how to include students with disabilities
in accountability systems in a way that's fair and appropriate.
The report includes state data on standards and accountability policies
and the results of a survey of 800 general and special education
teachers. (order print copy or download PDF)
States
with Approved Systems for State-wide Testing
No
Child Left Behind Database - by Education Commission of the
States - Compliance status and state plans for all 50 states
The
Nation's Report Card - National Center for Education Statistics
National directory of school and school district report cards
- New
Hampshire - Maine
- Vermont
High Schools Producing
the Most Dropouts Identified -Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters,
Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University,
June 2004 - Using data compiled by the National Center for Education
Statistics, researchers compared the number of freshmen in each
school to the number of seniors there four years later. The results
indicate that the dropout crisis is fueled by the 20 percent of
high schools in which graduation is not the norm. Nearly half of
the country's African American students and two out of five Latino
students attend one of these "dropout factories," compared
with just 11 percent of America's white students.
TC
(Teacher Quality) Source - a national database providing resources
for the issues of teacher preparation, recruitment, and retention.
Contains -
•Policy
information for all 50 states.
•User-customized graphs and tables
•Summaries of research and publications.
•Information about current teaching quality initiatives and
programs.
Community
Involvement
"As a
parent there are 12 things you need to know about and expect from
your school ... and yourself" - by Parent
Leadership Associates -
1 parent
= A fruitcake
2 parents = A fruitcake and a friend
3 parents = Troublemakers
5 parents = “Let’s have a meeting”
10 parents = “We’d better listen”
25 parents = “Our dear friends”
50 parents = A powerful organization
Best
Practices for Producing Community-wide Study Circles - What Works:
Study Circles in the Real World is a practical, short compilation
of best practices in organizing community-wide study circles that
can engage the community with the public schools. These include
strategies such as creating a broad-based coalition, supporting
facilitators, recruiting diverse participants, contributing to change,
and linking dialogue with action. Drawn from a two-year research
study conducted by Roberts & Kay, Inc. for the Study Circles
Resource Center, the publication and the full research report are
available in pdf format.
Diversity:
School, Family, and Community Connections is the third in a
series of reports to help local school, community, and family leaders
obtain useful research-based information about key educational issues.
This synthesis focuses specifically on three categories: race or
ethnicity, culture (including language), and socioeconomic status.
The report also explores barriers to involvement for minority and
low-income families, strategies that have been used to address those
barriers, and recommendations that local educational leaders can
adapt to address their specific needs. It is based on a review of
over 64 studies. Print copies are available.
A
New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community
Connections on Student Achievement - by Southwest Educational
Development Laboratory
Research
Connections in Special Education - Improving Family Involvement
in Special Education - by
Office of Special Education Programs
Using Free Tutoring
to Improve Your Schools -
The website
The publication - SES
in Action: A Toolkit for Parents and Community Leaders
Tapping
America's Potential - The Education for Innovation Initiative
- by The Business Roundtable
Effective Practices
Database
of evidence-based research on reading instruction - A searchable
database offered by the Partnership for Reading, an initiative of
the National Institute for Literacy, National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, and the U.S. Department of Education
What Works Clearinghouse - U.S.
Department of Education
Using
Research and Reason in Education - How Teachers Can Use Scientifically
Based Research to Make Curricular & Instructional Decisions,
by Paula J. Stanovich and Keith E. Stanovich, University of Toronto,
published by the Partnership for Reading, May 2003
Using
Data to Influence Classroom Decisions
Discipline
and Positive Behavior Supports
Grade
Retention and Mental Health Outcomes - by
National Association of School Psychologists
Research Connections
in Special Education - Paraeducators - by Office of Special
Education Programs
Best
Practices for High -Performing School Districts - National Center
for Educational Accountability
School
Reorganization and Reform
Learning
Together, Leading Together: Changing School Through Professional
Learning Communities
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory - offers practical
advice gathered from 22 schools (elementary, middle, and high schools)
that have successfully modeled or are creating professional learning
communities.
Moving
NSDC's Staff Development Standards into Practice
Fordham Institute
releases Consumers
Guide to High School History Textbooks -- Is your child reading
from a mediocre history textbook? Based on reviews of a dozen of
the most widely used high-school U.S. and world history texts, published
in the recently released Consumer’s Guide to High School History
Textbooks, the chances are good that s/he is. In this review, eminent
education historian Diane Ravitch finds that the textbooks are dull,
graphics-laden tomes that don’t do a good job of teaching history.
This report is the fourth in our series Back to Basics: Reclaiming
Social Studies, a Fordham initiative that aims to revitalize social
studies with renewed emphasis on high standards, effective teaching,
and sound instructional materials.
The Search Institute
(a youth development institute) has published Boosting
Student Achievement: New Research on the Power of Developmental
Assets which found that "The difference in academic performance
three years later between those [students] who had very few assets
and those who were asset rich is equal to the difference between
a C and a B+ average." The report includes a list of 40 external
and internal developmental assets developed by the Institute.
Mid-continent
Research for Education and Learning (McREL) researchers reviewed
371 Studies
on Out-of-School-Time (OST) strategies for improving reading
and math achievement for low-achieving or at-risk students and identified
56 methodologically rigorous studies for analysis. They found that
statistically significant increases in achievement resulted from
OST interventions and that grade level and type of intervention
affected the results. Download the two-page research brief or the
113-page report, both in pdf format.
Identifying
and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence:
A User Friendly Guide and Table
of Contents
Good
Teaching Matters: How Well-qualified Teachers Can Close the Gap
The
America Diploma Project - Creating a High School Diploma that Counts
State
Academic Content Standards - What
each state has determined that all students need to know and be
able to do in each grade
all
states - They may be called "Curriculum", "Grade
Level Expectations", "Curriculum Frameworks", or
"Academic Content Standards"
Maine
Summary
and Brochure
Academic Content Standards - in process
New Hampshire
Curriculum Frameworks
Vermont
Curriculum Frameworks ~
Grade Level Expectations
Stay
Informed - Inform Others
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flyers
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Laws
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Meeting / Open Records Laws
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states
Maine
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Hampshire
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Education
Records of an Individual
Family
Education Records and Privacy Act (FERPA)
FERPA
articles and resources
Where
to go for Additional Help
U.S. Department of Education
Home
page
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of Civil Rights
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of Inspector General
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of Special Education Programs
State Departments of Education
all
states
Maine
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Medicaid
Information on eligibility for children with disabilities
Reporting
Medicaid Fraud
No Child
Left Behind Contacts
all
states
Grants
A new government website will
help organizations find grant opportunities from all federal grant-making
agencies as well as apply for them on-line. The list of participating
agencies continues to grow and includes the U.S. Departments of
Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services,
Interior, Justice, Labor, and Transportation. There are a variety
of search options, a tutorial, and a newsletter.
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Using
NCLB to Improve Schools
No Child Left Behind State
Accountability Plans -
all
states
NCLB / Title
I Allocations to School Districts - for
every school district in every state
NCLB / Title I Allocations to Individual schools -
for every school in
every state
Type in the information about the school you are interested in.
A box will pop-up with information about the school. Click on
"More Information" at the top of that box. A new screen
will show. The second section of that box indicates whether the
school receives Title I funds.
No Child Left Behind - A Parents Guide - English
Spanish
A
Toolkit for Teachers
Creating
Strong District School Choice Programs.
Creating
Strong Supplemental Educational Service Programs
Checklist
of questions and tips for parents, schools, and the community
- U.S. Department of Education
Other
NCLB resources
Websites
Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Brown
Center on Education Policy (Brookings Institute)
Center
on Education Policy
Center
for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR)
Consortium
for Policy Research in Education (CPRE)
Council
of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Council
of the Great City Schools
Council
for Basic Education
Education
Next
Education
Trust
Institute
for Educational Leadership
LDonline
National
Association of Elementary School Principals
National
Association of School Psychologist
National
Association of Secondary School Principals
Teaching
LD
The
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
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