- Visit the offical No Child Left Behind site at the U.S. Department of Education.
www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
- Try the U.S. Department of Education's 2002 NCLB Desktop Reference.
www.titleionline.com/libraries/titleionline/
free_resources/reference.pdf
- What nonregulatory guidance has the Department of Education issued, to help folks implement the law?
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/legislation.html
At the link above, choose "NCLB Policy Guidance and OMB Circulars" and then "Policy Guidance for Programs Implemented under NCLB." This will lead you to the guidances the Department has issued to date, which are intended to assist stakeholders in implementing NCLB's requirements. To give you a taste of what's currently online:
- Supplemental Educational Services Guidance (August 2003)
- Report Cards Guidance (September 2003)
- LEA and School Improvement Guidance (January 2004)
- Public School Choice Draft Guidance (February 2004)
- Public School Choice Draft Guidance (February 2004)
- Letter to Chief State School Officers Regarding Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in State Accountability Systems (March 2004)
- Calculating Participation Rates: Flexibility When Making Adequate Yearly Progress Determinations (May 2004)
- Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program: Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (July 2004)
- And the guidances just keep on comin'! To see a complete list of what's available, visit the link above.
No Child Left Behind Hotline for Superintendents:
1.888.625.2787
The Department of Education has a toll-free resource hotline that provides information about all aspects of the No Child Left Behind Act, highlighting key issues for School Superintendents.
This includes information on: accountability; measuring school progress; supplemental educational services; public school choice options; Reading First grants; and the highly qualified teachers provisions of the law.
The phone number for the hotline is 888.NCLB.SUP, or 888.625.2787.
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Explore two major NCLB issues: Annual Yearly Progress and Teacher Quality. www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/ESEAThe link above will lead you to the Education Trust. Use the right choice menu to find out more information about the topics of Annual Yearly Progress and Teacher Quality.
- Pick your issue to explore.
www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/issue.asp?issueid=195
The Education Commission of the United States offers a virtual ton of information and analysis on NCLB.
- Pick your issue from topics organized A-Z.
www.ed.gov/nclb/index/az/index.html
You can jump to all sorts of resources on NCLB topics, as covered by the U.S. Department of Education.
- The National Governors Association offers extensive summaries and analyses.
http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.
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NGA offers links to promising state policies regarding NCLB implementation; summaries of the Department's guidance, regulations, and policy letters; and reports, issue briefs, meeting summaries, and other online documents.
- A deeper look at 11 key NCLB topics.
www.ets.org/aboutets/child/
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has created a Web site covering 11 NCLB topics of special interest to ETS and have summarized provisions relevant to those topics within the various titles of the law where they occur.
- Take advantage of the work done by the AASA.
www.aasa.org/NCLB/index.htm
The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) offers us the benefit of their work on NCLB. Visit their Web site and find useful tools, resources, and best practices, as well as articles and organizations, to better implement the provisions of this law.
- More than info---a guided process for school leaders.
www.helpforschools.com/sikb/index.shtml
NCLB requires that schools take certain steps towards improvement. The School Improvement KnowledgeBase at the link above contains information and resources to help schools accomplish these tasks using a step-by-step, well-designed process. If you're in the driver's seat---or the car!---you'll wanna come here.
- Advocacy and the NCLB.
www.wrightslaw.com/store/nclb.html
Wrightslaw offers an advocacy book, Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind. Order the book by calling 1.877.529.4332, or online at the link above. A companion Web site to the book is also offered, at www.wrightslaw.com/nclb/index.htm
- Extensive resources from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
www.aft.org/esea/
- And here's what the National Education Association (NEA) offers.
www.nea.org/esea/
- How can we keep high quality teachers in rural areas?
www.ael.org/pdf/PB_Rural_Teachers.pdf
- More on rural education and NCLB.
www.nasbe.org/Front_Page/Press_Release.html
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has issued a comprehensive compliance manual specially designed to help rural and small schools comply with the legal requirements of the NCLB. Read about No Child Left Behind and Rural Education: Implications for Policy and Practice at the link above. Order it for $35 by calling 1.800.220.5183.
- What GAO finds about implementation of NCLB in rural America.
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released the report, No Child Left Behind Act: Additional Assistance and Research on Effective Strategies Would Help Small Rural Districts. Officials in small rural districts, the GAO reports, are having difficulty providing teacher development opportunities and identifying effective remedial services that would improve student performance. GAO recommends that the Department of Education "provide additional assistance on approaches small rural districts to address their unique challenges." It was also recommended that the Department support research on effective strategies to improve student performance in small rural districts through the new rural education research center it funded in September 2004.
- Want info about the 21st Century Community Learning Centers?
www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html
The 21st CCLC Program is a component of NCLB, re-authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the Act. The focus of this program is to provide expanded academic enrichment opportunities for children attending low performing schools. Tutorial services and academic enrichment activities are provided, as well as youth development activities, drug and violence prevention programs, technology education programs, art, music and recreation programs, counseling and character education. To find out if there's a CCLC in your neck of the woods, search the 21st CCLC Grantees Database, at:
www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/awards.html
- School choice: A parent's option.
www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/
famncomm/pa600.htm
One of the parental options included in NCLB is school choice when their child’s current school isn’t performing adequately. Based on research, Critical Issue: NCLB Option—Choosing to Change Schools offers help in considering changing schools. Learn about the importance of teacher quality, class size, parent-school partnerships, and choice of reading programs. The report, a publication of the North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL), also includes resources to contact for more information.
- A guide for implementing effective school choice programs.
Districts are grappling with offering school choice. This guide, Innovations in Education: Creating Strong District School Choice Programs, presents advice and examples of successful school choice programs. Copies are available:
Supplemental Educational Services?
The American Institutes of Research's Supplemental Educational Services Quality Center has launched a Web site to help parents of children attending public schools in need of improvement take advantage of free tutoring opportunities provided by NCLB.
Tutorsforkids.org provides information and tools to help eligible children get the academic help they need. The site provides basic information about supplemental educational services (SES); detailed guidance on SES for parents, program providers, educators and policymakers; state-by-state profiles of SES implementation; national trends data on SES implementation across states; and links to tools and resources on SES.
Where do you find all this info? Here: www.tutorsforkids.org/