HEA Title II Accountability Reports

• The Secretary's Fourth Annual Report on Teacher Quality: A Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom
  PDF (2.8 MB) | MS Word (1.8 MB)

• Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Challenge: The Secretary's Third Annual Report on Teacher Quality

• Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Challenge: The Secretary's Second Annual Report on Teacher Quality
  PDF (2MB).

• The Secretary's First Annual Report on Teacher Quality
  PDF (1.8MB).

• State Reports.

Publications

• "Activities Underway to Improve Teacher Training, but Reporting on These Activities Could Be Enhanced." - GAO Report to Congressional Committees, GAO-03-6 (Washington, D.C. December 2002).

Integrating Technology in Education

• National Educational Technology Plan.

• "Teacher Preparation STaR Chart" - CEO Forum.
  The School Technology and Readiness Chart provides teacher preparation programs with a set of benchmarks which they can use to measure progress in integrating technology into their programs (2000).

• "ISTE, National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)" - International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE).
  The goal of the ISTE NETS Project is to enable stakeholders in PreK-12 education to develop national standards for educational uses of technology that facilitate school improvement in the United States. ISTE's NETS for Teachers defines standards for teacher education.

• "Teachers and Technology: Making the Connection" - Office of Technology Assessment.
  An analysis of technology and teacher capabilities, with policy recommendations to supporting greater technology integration (1995).

• "The Power of the Internet for Learning" - The Web Based Education Commission.
  An analysis of educational technology gaps and needs with a seven-point call to action by a bipartisan panel led by former Senator Bob Kerrey.

Additional Resources

• PT3.org - Dynamic resource site for the grantees and other interested audiences. View strategies, stories, happenings and other PT3 related information.

• Department of Education's links to educational associations and organizations.

• Department of Education's lesson ideas for improving student performance.

• Department of Education Web Site Map - includes a number of resources for teachers.

• National Council on Teacher Quality.

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