State Plans and Reports
BIENNIAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS -- DISPROPORTIONALITY: QUICK TURNAROUND ANALYSIS. (April 2003). Project FORUM, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (Eve Muller & Joy Markowitz) -- Analysis of the types of information about disproportionality that States provided in their Biennial Performance Reports submitted to the U.S. Department of Education on May 30, 2002. Full text.
http://www.nasdse.org/FORUM/bpr_disproportionality.pdf
(Note: The NASDSE web site is being redesigned. This link will work in the near future.)
STATE ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. (June 2003), U.S. Department of Education - The accountability plan of each State, as submitted to the U.S. Department of Education in January 2003, with subsequent revisions. These plans detail how the State will achieve full proficiency toward academic content standards, with timelines, and how they intend to close persistent achievement gaps. Full texts.
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplans03/index.html
STATE POLICIES THAT PROMOTE EARLY CHILDHOOD MATHEMATICS. (2003).
National Association for Education of Young Children - Report of a survey of States on (a) requirements for professional development in math education for teachers of young children; (b) State standards on early childhood math, including early learning, content, and program standards; (c) requirements for the use of specific math curriculum; and (d) requirements for the use of methods to assess children's knowledge and skill in math. Full text.
http://www.naeyc.org/childrens_champions/math_survey.pdf
STATE REPORTS: TITLE II OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT. (October 2002). U.S. Department of Education - Access to the report of each State on the quality of teacher preparation. This information includes: (a) standards for teachers and their alignment with standards for students; (b) requirements for an initial teaching certificate or license through both alternate or regular routes; (c) State standards for evaluating the performance of teacher preparation programs; (d) data on teachers in the classroom who are on waivers; and (e) State efforts in the previous year to improve the quality of teaching. Full texts.
http://www.title2.org/title2dr/
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