School Improvement 2007 Webcast 4 of 4. This is the final webcast the Student Achievement and School Accountability Program will be doing on school improvement. Through these webcasts we hope to highlight strategies that support improving student achievement, making AYP, and sustaining school improvement. Our first webcast provides an overview of the key elements and requirements of school improvement and a discussion of how some states have been successful in improving schools.

School Improvement 2007 Webcast 2 of 4. This is the second webcast the Student Achievement and School Accountability Program has done on school improvement. Through these webcasts we hope to highlight strategies that support improving student achievement, making AYP, and sustaining school improvement. Our first webcast provides an overview of the key elements and requirements of school improvement and a discussion of how some states have been successful in improving schools.

School Improvement 2006 Webcast 1 of 4. This is the first of four webcasts the Student Achievement and School Accountability Program will be doing on school improvement. Through these webcasts we hope to highlight strategies that support improving student achievement, making AYP, and sustaining school improvement, April 2006

Identifying, Recognizing, and Learning from Effective Schools is designed to prompt SEAs and LEAs to think about how to identify the qualities of effective, high-poverty schools, recognize the achievements of those schools, and use them to assist improvement efforts in other schools, October 14, 2004

Key Title I Fiscal Issues Webcast focuses on the Title I, Part A requirements for maintenance of effort, comparability, supplement not supplant, carryover, and reallocation, October 2004

Parental Involvement: From the Practitioner's Perspective Webcast focuses on the Title I, Part A requirements for meaningful parental involvement, August 2004

Federal Monitoring Process for Title I, Part A Webcast, focuses on the federal monitoring process for Title I, Part A, April 29, 2004

Supplemental Educational Services Webcast, focuses on the implementation of Supplemental Educational Services, April 2004

LEA and School Improvement Guidance Webcast focuses on continuous improvement and school improvement requirements and plans, January 23, 2004

Comprehensive School Reform Publications web page

OSDFS Publications web page

Healthy Start Grow Smart Series: This series of publications was an initiative of Laura Bush as the First Lady of Texas and sponsored by the Texas Department of Health. President Bush and Mrs. Bush have asked that this series of booklets be revised and distributed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers & Child Care & Family Providers

EDPubs On-line Ordering System

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): Find statistical publications, fast facts, survey and program areas, the Encyclopedia of ED Stats, and education related resources.

Guide to the U.S. Department of Education Programs

ED Priorities: Up to date information about new initiatives.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC): ERIC is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature.

The Education Resources Organization Directory (EROD): Identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.

The No Child Left Behind Act: 9-3/4 Challenges for Title I
Keynote Address by Thomas M. Corwin, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, National Title I Conference, Tampa, Florida, January 24, 2002

No Child Left Behind: A Road Map to State Implementation (November 2005)

Testing for Results: Helping Families, Schools and Communities Understand and Improve Student Achievement (February 2002)

The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk (NDTAC) is supported by a contract with the U.S. Department of Education. The overarching mission of NDTAC is to improve educational programming for neglected and delinquent youth. It is intended to develop a uniform evaluation model for State Education Agency (SEA) Title I, Part D, Subpart I programs; to provide technical assistance to states in order to increase their capacity for data collection and their ability to use that data to improve educational programming for N/D youth; and to serve as a facilitator between different organizations, agencies, and interest groups that work with facilities for neglected and delinquent youth.

Comprehensive Assistance Centers: The U.S. Department of Education has established comprehensive technical assistance centers to help low-performing schools and districts close achievement gaps and meet the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Section 203 of Title II of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (TA Act) authorizes the Department to establish not fewer than 20 comprehensive technical assistance centers to provide technical assistance to States to benefit school districts and schools, especially those in need of improvement.

Equity Assistance Centers: The 10 equity assistance centers are funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They provide assistance in the areas of race, gender, and national origin equity to public school districts to promote equal educational opportunities.

National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform (NCCSR) is the central gateway to good information on comprehensive school reform - from getting started to demonstrating success. NCCSR maintains an extensive web site with a literature library, tools for planning and implementing school reform programs, a school reform models catalog, publications, and other materials.

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs: The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA) to collect, analyze, and disseminate information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.

Regional Educational Laboratories: The Regional Educational Laboratories are educational research and development organizations supported by contracts with the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES). This home page is the central organizer for their Internet-based Educational R&D Network.

Regional Technology in Education Consortia: The Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R-TECs) program was established to help states, districts, schools, adult literacy centers and other educational institutions use advanced technology to support improved teaching and student achievement.