Here are some links to pages within our site and elsewhere that will provide you with more information about NCLB, Reading First, and how technology can assist your accountability and school improvement efforts.

Standards
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning: Standards
http://www.mcrel.org/topics/topics.asp?topicsid=14

Achieve, Inc.
http://www.achieve.org/achieve.nsf/Initiatives?OpenForm

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
http://www.edexcellence.net/foundation/global/index.cfm

International Society for Technology in Education, the home of National Education Technology Standards (NETS)
http://www.iste.org/

Influencing Federal Policy

Ed Tech Action Network
http://www.edtechactionnetwork.org

Professional Development

National Staff Development Council
http://www.nsdc.org/

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
http://www.ascd.org

National Board for Teaching Standards
http://www.nbpts.org/

Teaching With Technology: Use of Telecommunication Technology by Postsecondary Faculty and Staff
http://nces.ed.gov/das/epubs/2002161/references.asp

Study of Teacher Use of Computers and the Internet in Public Schools (2000)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000090

Funding Sources for Teacher/Principal Quality Initiatives Available for Local Educational Agencies
http://www.ed.gov/admins/tchrqual/learn/tpr/resources_pg3.html

Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs Office WebSite
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/aitq/index.html?exp=0

Title II Improving Teacher Quality State Grant Opportunities
http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/index.html

Paraprofessionals

US DOE guidance on Paraprofessional Program
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/paraguidance.doc

National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals (NRCP) Legislation Update
http://www.nrcpara.org/legislation/index.shtml

American Federation of Teachers
http://www.aft.org/psrp/legislation/index.html

National Education Association (NEA) Education Support Professional
http://www.nea.org/esphome/index.html

School Reform and AYP

Center for Leadership in School Reform
http://www.clsr.org/

Discussion of the role of leadership in sustaining school reform
http://www.ed.gov/MailingLists/EDInfo/Archive/msg00173.html

Key policy letter from Secretary of Education on Accountability and AYP
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/secletter/020724.html

PowerPoint describing school improvement plans and definitions of AYP. Includes timeline for school improvement process:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/ayp/edlite-index.html

State Accountability Plans
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplans03/index.html

Supplemental Services

Non regulatory guidance on Supplemental Services
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/suppsvcsguid.doc

NCLB Supplemental Services
http://www.ed.gov/parents/schools/choice/choice.html

Title I

Title 1 FY03 Allocations
http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/titlei/fy03/index.html

Final Title I guidance released Nov. 26, 2002
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2002/11/Summary.doc

Report from the Center for Education Policy outlining teacher qualification, supplemental services, and school choice guidelines with statistics and timelines for each of these initiatives
http://www.ctredpol.org/pubs/nclb_full_report_jan2003/

Reading First

Reading First Division at the US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html

National Reading Panel
http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/Publications/subgroups.htm

"Putting Reading First" publication developed by the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA). This teacher's guide provides a framework for using the findings of the National Reading Panel in the classroom.
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/

International Reading Association
http://www.ira.org/

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/

Parental Involvement

The Helping Your Child publication series from the USED aims to provide parents with the tools and information necessary to help their children succeed in school and life. The Helping Your Child Read booklet is found at:
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html