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| Pub Number | Title |  Date |
|---|---|---|
| REL 2009068 | How Eight State Education Agencies in the Northeast
and Islands Region Identify and Support Low-Performing
Schools and Districts
This report describes and analyzes how eight state education agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region—those of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and Vermont–identify and support low-performing schools and districts under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Focusing on direct state supports and interventions, the report finds that the eight agencies have created supports and rationales to put federally defined accountability principles into practice in response to their specific contexts, local needs, and capacities. |
3/2/2009 |
| NCES 2008353REV | Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005-06
This report presents the number of high school graduates, the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR), and dropout data for grades 9 through 12 for public schools in school year 2005-06. The counts of graduates, dropouts, and enrollments by grade (which serve as the denominators for the graduation and dropout rates) are from the Common Core of Data (CCD) nonfiscal surveys of public elementary/secondary education. These data represent high school graduates receiving regular diplomas for the 2005-06 school year and dropouts from the 2005-06 school year. |
9/19/2008 |
| WWC IRDPFT08 | First Things First
First Things First is a reform model intended to transform elementary, middle, and high schools serving significant proportions of economically disadvantaged students. Its three main components are: (1) “small learning communities” of students and teachers, (2) a family and student advocate system that pairs staff members and students to monitor and support progress and that serves as a bridge between the school and family, and (3) instructional improvements to make classroom teaching more rigorous and engaging and more closely aligned with state standards and assessments. |
1/24/2008 |
| REL 2007024 | Levers For Change: Southeast Region State Initiatives To Improve High Schools
This descriptive report aims to stimulate discussion about high school reform among Southeast Region states. The report groups recent state activities in high school reform into six "levers for change." To encourage critical reflection, the report places the reform discussion in the context of an evidence-based decisionmaking process and provides sample research on reform activities. |
9/14/2007 |
| NCES 98018 | State Comparisons of Education Statistics: 1969-70 to 1996-97
Compendium of state level elementary, secondary, and higher education statistics at the state level. |
10/15/1998 |
| NCES 97376 | State Indicators in Education 1997
This report includes 34 indicators. These indicators were selected in order to: 1) take advantage of state-level data available in several NCES data sources, as well as some other data sources, most notably the Current Population Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau; and 2) to present a fairly comprehensive view of most relevant aspects of the condition of education in the U.S. states. |
10/2/1997 |
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