Internet Resources
To
Ensure Research-Based Actions in Your Consolidated Plan
http://www.mcrel.org/ (Mid-Continent Regional
Educational Laboratory) For a compendium of
Standard from a number of
sources, Go to Browse the Standards and Benchmarks, then to the desired
subject area. Internet connections are well linked to other
helpful sites, teacher resources including
lesson plans. Also an excellent source is Guiding School
Change Through Inquiry: A Systemic
Reform Support System.
http://www.ncrel.org : (North Central
Regional Educational Laboratory) Presents Pathways to
School
Improvement including research-based suggestions and helpful links. Also Literacy Research
and Best Practices.
http://www.aft.org/esea(American Federation
of Teachers) This site includes basic information
and resources for teachers and paraprofessionals and a
Frequently Asked Questions section. Also
provided are provisions from Title I,II and HI translated
into Spanish.
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/publications/list.html
(Annenberg
Reform) Nationally recognized site that includes a toolbox for
accountability, reports on public
engagement (an important component of NCLB), using data for
school improvement, and other
Useful
resources.
http://www.charterfriends.org/NoChildLeftBehind.html
(Charter Friends National Network)
Includes
policy papers on charter schools and other NC LB resources and links.
http://www.cpre.org/Publications/Publications_Policy_Briefs.htm
(Consortium for Policy
Research in Education,
assessment and accountability systems in all 50 states.
http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/resources.html
(Council for Exceptional Children)
Web site
includes public policy resources on No Child Left Behind.
Included are the CECs technical
assistance report on NCLB, a side-by-side analysis of NCLB and
its implications for special
education, and the CEC response to NCLB's
rules.
http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/issue.asp?issueID=195
(Education Commission of
the States) Contains selected research and readings.
Also, visitors can click to learn what other states
are doing to prepare for NCLB as well as to access
related Web sites. Also included in Adobe pdf
document is NO State Left Behind: The Challenges and
Opportunities of ESEA 2001 at
http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/32/37/3237.pdf
http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=59
Education Week No Child Left
Behind page 1 tne online version of this important publication offers a
general overview of the
impact of NC~B and provides visitors with quick links to
past Education -week articles involving
NCLB as well as links to
other Web-based NCLB resources
http://www.nab.com/eseatoolkit/eseatoolkit_full.pdf
National
This tooIkit,
in Adobe pdf format, is designed to help business leaders partner with educators. It
provides steps for business leaders and information about
reform initiatives.
http://www.nasbe.org/Front_Page/NCLB/NCLB.html
National Association of State Boards of
Education) Includes
useful information for others interested in NCLB. This site explores some
issues that are not typically covered in other sites:
technology, school takeovers, Reading First and
others. The site also links to U.S. Department of Education
resources, including Secretary Page’s
letters to education officials.
http://www.nea.org/esea/ (National
Education Association) Offers summaries of the major
aspects of NCLB, describes decisions states must make on
each of the issues and suggests questions
readers can ask about these issues. It also links to the
National Governor's Association ESEA page
and the final ESEA regulations from the U.S. Department
of Education.
http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/helpchild/hc_piandlaw.asp
(National PTA) Learn what a
Title I school is and get specific examples of what
parents can do to get involved in implementing
NCLB on this site by the
National PTA; also includes links to other parent involvement resources.
http://www.eduplace.com/nclb/news.html
(NCLB News)
This site, a product of
Houghton Mifflin, was designed to help educators, parents and journalists keep
up to date on the developments concerning NCLB by
providing direct links to the latest national
education news.
http://www.publiceducation.org/cgi-bin/downloadmanager/publications/p121.asp
(Public
Education Network)
Includes An Action Guide for Community, and Parent
Leaders, an 80-page
guide in Adobe pdf format for
community leaders, parents and educators on how to use NCLB to
advocate for improved public education. The guide identifies lD major areas of activity, or
provisions, of the Act. While the Act cites many areas for
involvement and engagement, this guide
concentrates on the areas most important for engaging citizens in
supporting quality educational
opportunities for all children.
http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/
(U.S. Department of Education's Official No Child Left
Behind Web Site) Site
provides scrolling news updates, tools for parents, a What
to Know section,
and more. It also includes Links to the U.S. Department
of Educations Policy and Legislation page.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/education/
(White House Statements about NCLB) Includes
links to all official Presidential comments regarding
NCLB; also includes a site map with links to
state-by-state overviews of education reform.
http://www.ciera.org/ (Center for the
Improvement of Early Reading Achievement) Usable and
helpful research reports on topics of relevance in improving
reading.
http://www.nwrel.org/ (Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory) Click Assessment and
Evaluation Program to
find Assessment Resource Library and tools for assessing oral
communication, reading, and writing. Check out the School
Improvement area.
http://www.aasa.org (American Association of
School Administrators) Includes a list of
resources and best practices under headings such as Adequate
Yearly Progress, educator quality,
reading, rural schools; Also provides a detailed analysis of
many school reform models as well as
"An
Educators' Guide to School-wide Reform.”
http://ctl.sri.com/ The mission of CTL's
is to improve learning and teaching through innovation and inquiry in computing
and communications. CTL research and development seeks to advance theory and
research on effective learning and teaching environments. Much of the work is
conducted in real educational settings, such as classrooms and teacher
education programs.
http://www.mcrel.org/tech/claims
The purpose of this site is to help educators address whether the software
being considered has been demonstrated to be effective with schools similar to
yours. This site will help educators use research to guide the development of
school level initiatives that use educational software to improve achievement.
One particularly helpful resource is their Research Evaluation Checklist which
identifies key elements that professional researchers consider when evaluating
research.
http://www.ncrel.org/rural/ The primary
purpose of the Pulling Together sire is to provide individual educators and
learning communities in rural areas. The resources compiled come in many forms
including web sites, publications, written reports and executive summaries,
guides and directories, toolkits, audiotapes, Cds,
and selected non-R&D resources.
http://www.temple.edu/Lss (Laboratories
for student success) Click Comprehensive School Reform then choose Achieving
Student Success: An Interactive Online Tool for decision-making tools and a
research based handbook on school reform.
http://www.learningfirst.org/pdfs/nochildleft.pdf
(Learning First Alliance) Includes a summary of key
provisions in the law, also suggests ways to "ensure that high academic
expectations are held for all students".
http://www.ael.org Appalachia Educational laboratory of special
interest is the TN Curriculum Standards K-12 for the subjects of Language Arts
(writing, speaking and listening, reading, and viewing and representing) Math,
Science, and Health are presented with benchmarks for grade clusters and linked
to internet sites and teacher resources including lesson plans.
http://www.enc.org/main.htm Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse of Math and Science Education) This
site provides practical activities for teachers, full-text journal articles,
professional development sources, and a listing of federally sponsored K-12
programs.
http://www.state.tn.us/ Tennessee Department
of Education Resources for educators provides up to date specific information
http://ed.gov
http://ericae.net ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment
and Evaluation Read test descriptions and follow links to sources for online
testing and organizations working for fairness and equity in testing.
http://www.timss.org (TIMSS Benchmarking
project) To compare state or district math and science
achievement with 40 countries.