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Accountability / AYP
No Child Left Behind in New Jersey .
Using Curriculum Based-Measurement for Progress Monitoring - US Department of Education (USDE).
From the Education Leaders Council.

Power Point Slide Presentation - USDE; NJDOE.
From the NASBE study group.
The Flexibility/Accountability Trade-off.
Achievement Gap
Closing the Achievement Gap - in America's Public Schools
NCLB - information page from USDE.
What is the Achievement Gap? What does it look like? Who is doing the research? and more!
Gaining Ground - Achieving Excellence in High Poverty Schools
Subscribe to this excellent newsletter, part of the The Initiative to Improve Achievement in High Poverty Schools, from CCSSO (Council of Chief State School Officers).
Data Driven Suggestions
The School Portfolio - Toolkit by Victoria L. Bernhardt, Ph.D.

"The School Portfolio Toolkit is a book and compact disk (CD) that includes over 300 tools, strategies, templates, and examples for use in building school portfolios and working with staff, as well as for use in planning, implementing, and evaluating continuous school improvement."
Data-Driven School Improvement - ERIC Digest, Number 109.
"Most researchers suggest that a logical first step in using data is to begin making better use of existing data. A systematic analysis of data that are already being collected can reveal previously unseen patterns and opportunities for improvement. More inventive data sources require greater efforts to collect and interpret them."
eSchool NewsOnline - "The No Child Left Behind Act and its requirements are forcing educators nationwide to apply the concept of data-driven decision making in their schools."
Software for Data Use - from the American Association of School Administrators.
"AASA's Center for Accountability Solutions has reviewed several software tools that inform districtwide decision making." See also "Steps for Easing the Use of Data," and Data-Driven Decisions.
General Information

Teachers and Teaching Methodology

  • Bizarre Teaching Practices
  • Bob Chase on Teacher Pay
  • Bracey on NCLB teachers and testing
  • Description of a Writing Course for Teachers
  • Helping Students Make Three Years of Gain is Impossible!
  • Phonics won't work for all kids -- psychobabble
  • Teachers don't need to work more
Evaluation of Title I Accountability Systems
and School Improvement Efforts.
Oregon School Boards Association
North Carolina - NCLB