Ensuring No American Indian and Alaska Native Child Is Left Behind

The mission of the Office of Indian Education is to support the efforts of local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, postsecondary institutions, and other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives so that these students can achieve to the same challenging state standards as all students.

The No Child Left Behind Act amends the Indian education programs as Title VII, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This landmark in education reform embodies four key principles: stronger accountability for results; greater flexibility in the use of federal funds; more choices for parents of children from disadvantaged backgrounds; and an emphasis on research-based instruction that works.

Announcements and Highlights

• Formula Grant EASIE Registration
  The Formula Grant EASIE Registration Website is scheduled to be open from Friday, October 31 through November 30, 2008 for the 2009-10 application. All applicants (new and old) will need to register as either a new applicant or to verify and update your contact information in order to have access to the application system. We anticipate opening Part I of the application system in mid-December for your Indian student count submissions. Watch your e-mail for notification from the Partner Support Center that the Registration Website is open. The sender on these e-mails will be listed as EDEN OIE.
  All applicants planning to apply on your own behalf need to register. However, if you plan to be a member of a consortium this year, you do not need to register unless you will be the consortium lead.

  The Registration Website is for registration only; its purpose is to activate your access to EASIE and to ensure that the correct entity information is pre-populated into Part I of the EASIE application. Registration does not serve as your grant application.
  (October 31,2008)

• Digital Teacher Workshops
  In collaboration with the Teacher to Teacher initiative, we've recently added two more digital teacher workshops providing free online resources for incorporating culture into your classroom instruction on math. These workshops can be used by all teachers working with Native students and can be easily accessed through the Internet. In addition to the five sessions we now have, we're almost ready to release another workshop that focuses on science. You can check out all of our Digital Teacher Workshops from the link on our homepage or at: http://www.t2tweb.us/NativeAmerican
  (October 31,2008)

• Student Art Competition
  Don't forget this year's Student Artist Competition is open. The instructions and guidelines for the 2009 competition can be found on O'ai'ee's Activity Center. The entries must be postmarked by January 16, 2009, so don't delay in working with your students on preparing an entry in the art or essay competition, or both!
  (October 31,2008)

• Office of Indian Education Announces 2008 Discretionary Awards
  The Office of Indian Education recently announced the 2008 Discretionary Awards for Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Professional Development. Below is a listing of the awards. Links to the project abstracts may be accessed by clicking on the category before each listing.
  

  2008 Demonstration Grants
  Turtle Mountain Community College (North Dakota)
  Skokomish Indian Tribe (Washington)
  Cumberland County Schools (North Carolina)
  Rocky Boy School District (Montana)
  Lower Kuskokwim School District (Alaska)
  Tahlequah Public Schools (Oklahoma)
  Hannahville Indian Community (Michigan)
  Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis (Washington)
  Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
  Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (Alaska)
  Lapwai School District (Idaho)
  San Juan School District (Utah)
  2008 Professional Development Grants
  Salish Kootenai College (Montana)
  Stone Child College (Montana)
  Oglala Lakota College (South Dakota)
  University of Alaska-Fairbanks (Alaska)
  Pennsylvania State University (Pennsylvania)
  
  (July 7, 2008)

• National Indian Education Study 2007 Part II Released
  National Indian Education Study 2007 Part II: Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2007 Reading and Mathematics Assessments is now available at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard. Part II of the NIEA is a survey that provides information on the educational experiences of the fourth- and eighth-grade American Indian and Alaska Native students who participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments. The survey is reported separately from Part I and includes information on the integration of native language and culture into school and classroom activities. The report may be downloaded at this link: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies
  

  For each of the Findings, you can access related results in PDF format by clicking in the colored box. Read the executive summary, and print the report at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2008458.asp The study is sponsored by the Office of Indian Education (OIE) and conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics for the U.S. Department of Education. NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences.
  (June 30, 2008)

• National Indian Education Study 2007 Part I Released
  National Indian Education Study 2007 Part I: Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2007 Reading and Mathematics Assessments is now available at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard The report presents the results of Part I of the National Indian Education Study (NIES) focusing on the performance of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) fourth- and eighth-graders on the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading and mathematics. A national sample of approximately 10,100 AI/AN students at grades 4 and 8 participated in the reading assessment and 10,300 in the mathematics assessment. Results from this study are compared to those from the first NIES conducted in 2005. The results for 11 states with relatively large populations of AI/AN students are presented in addition to the national results.

  Overall, the average reading scores for AI/AN fourth- and eighth-graders showed no significant change since 2005 and were lower than the scores for non-AI/AN students in 2007.

  There was, however, an increase in the percentage of AI/AN fourth-graders performing at or above the Proficient level from 21 percent in 2005 to 25 percent in 2007.

  In 2007 at both grades, AI/AN students attending schools in which less than 25 percent of the students were AI/AN scored higher than their peers attending schools with higher concentrations of AI/AN students, and those attending public schools scored higher than their peers in Bureau of Indian Education schools.

  See complete results at: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies
  Read the executive summary of the report at: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2008457.asp
  NIES was conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education. NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences.
  (May 14, 2008)

• Partnerships for Indian Education: 2008 Conference
  The Department of Education Office of Indian Education is sponsoring a conference titled The Partnerships For Indian Education Conference to be held in Rapid City, South Dakota, July 8-10, 2008. The event is called for by Executive Order 13336 and provides an opportunity for Indian education partners to participate and engage in an effective dialogue on furthering the academic success of Native American students. In an effort to foster communication, collaboration, and cooperative strategies, the 3 day conference will allow federal, state and tribal agencies and national organizations to share promising practices and effective programs in the areas of students, schools, family, and community. For more information, including registration, hotel and presenter information, please check the OIE companion site at: http://www.indianeducation.org for more information.
  (April 18, 2008)

• State Points of Contact
  For Formula grant applicants applying for 2008 funding, we are posting the State Points of Contact listing for your information. For states that comply with Executive Order 12372 and receive copies of Formula grant applications we are providing a list of the locations by state. Please check our Indian Formula Resources page for more information. http://www.ed.gov/programs/indianformula/resources.html
  (April 18, 2008)

• Update on OIE Contacts
  OIE's work in processing all applications and awards is performed by teams instead of specific state assignments of grantees to program specialists. For more information and a listing of teams, see Contacts for OIE.
  (April 6, 2007)

• New ED506 Form Available
  A new Title VII Student eligibility form is now available from the Office of Indian Education. The 506 Form is used by Indian education formula programs to document Indian heritage of participating students. To download this file follow this link to our Indian formula resource page: http://www.ed.gov/programs/indianformula/resources.html
  (October 23, 2006)

Office of Indian Education Contacts
Indian Formula Grant Program
Indian Formula Grant Applicant Information
Indian Formula Grant Resources
Indian Demonstration Grant Program
Indian Demonstration Grant Applicant Information
Indian Professional Development Grant Program
Indian Professional Development Grant Applicant Information
National Advisory Council on Indian Education
National Advisory Council on Indian Education Charter
National Advisory Council on Indian Education Annual Reports
Title VII Legislation
(March 3, 2008)

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