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  Living the Dream in the Promised Land: Features of Highly Successful Schools that Serve Students of Color

  1/1/07 - Nancy J. Harris-Murri, Equity Alliance at ASU

  Millions of children historically have failed in American school systems, particularly children of color from urban and rural low socioeconomic status (SES). Schools cannot change poverty or the living conditions of those children, however schools can change ways to reach and teach all children. This exemplar summarizes the High Performance All Students Success Schools Model (HiPass Model), which describes features of highly successful high-poverty elementary schools as documented by Dr. Jim...

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  Skilled Dialogue

  1/5/09 - Isaura Barrera, Lucinda Kramer , Equity Alliance at ASU

  Skilled Dialogue© is a relational approach to communication and interactions that stems from the evidence-based premise that three qualities characterize cultural competence: respect, reciprocity, and responsiveness. These three qualities along with the component skills that promote and sustain them (see Figure 1) define the nature of Skilled Dialogue©. When integrated, the qualities and skills generate a framework of guidelines and strategic questions that help ensure culturally competent...

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  Understanding Culture

  1/10/09 - Shelley Zion, Elizabeth Kozleski, Equity Alliance at ASU

  This OnPoint is the first in a series of three OnPoints that explore issues around culture and teaching. This OnPoint describes the way in which NIUSI defines culture and how to think about educational settings and scenarios from the point of view of culture. The second OnPoint in this series focuses on teacher’s identity. The third OnPoint addresses how classrooms are enriched by the funds of knowledge and assets that children and their families bring with them from their homes and...

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  ¡Sí Se Puede!An Example of an Exemplary Bilingual/ESL Program

  1/1/07 - Laura Méndez Barletta , Equity Alliance at ASU

  In this exemplar, Harrison Elementary School’s Bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL) program is featured as a Model Program. Harrison Elementary’s Bilingual/ESL program was one of four programs honored as “Outstanding Second Language Programs” at the headquarters of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association in Monroe, New Jersey. Such exemplary programs are identified through a rigorous process that includes an extensive program review and a site visit conducted by...

• Dialogue guide: IQ-Achievement discrepancy model

  1/1/07 - National Center on Response to Intervention,

  This 2007 brief and tool were developed to guide stakeholders through dialogue on identifying students for learning disabilities. A brief, developed by the IRIS Center, explains what the IQ-Achievement Discrepancy Model is, how it is used in identifying students with learning disabilities, and three main problems with this model. It describes RTI as an alternative method of identifying students with learning disabilities. Six sets of questions for stakeholders, developed by the IDEA...

• A history of the western Interstate Commission for Higher Education:The first 40 years

  Frank. C. Abbott

  A history of the western Interstate Commission for Higher Education:The first 40 years describes its origin and takes us from those early development years into its impressive growth and success under the leadership of Harnold Enarson and Robert Kropsch

• A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION FOR 2007: INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY TO HELP CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP

  1/1/07 - Donlevy, Jim

  The academic Achievement Gap persists even as calls intensify to close it. One fruitful area for helping to address achievement disparities is adolescent literacy. Although a great deal is known about teaching reading in the early grades, not as much is known about middle and high school literacy, areas where the Achievement Gap becomes more pronounced. This article reviews previous New Year's resolutions, calls for greater understanding of adolescent literacy, and describes some...

• A New Year's Resolution for 2007: Increase Understanding of Adolescent Literacy to Help Close the Achievement Gap

  1/1/07 - Donlevy, Jim

  The academic Achievement Gap persists even as calls intensify to close it. One fruitful area for helping to address achievement disparities is adolescent literacy. Although a great deal is known about teaching reading in the early grades, not as much is known about middle and high school literacy, areas where the Achievement Gap becomes more pronounced. This article reviews previous New Year's resolutions, calls for greater understanding of adolescent literacy, and describes some...

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  A parent's guide for response to intervention (RTI)

  1/5/09 - Cortiella, C.

  This 2006 brief provides an overview of the RTI process and describes how it is implemented in schools. This resource would be useful to parents who are looking for more information about the RTI process and provides specific questions that parents can ask at their children's schools.

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  A shell game: Federal funds to improve schools

  1/3/09 - Fagan, T.

  This report describes problems with the way the funds under the No Child Left Behind Act are made available to schools identified for improvement.

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  Access to Pre-K education under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

  1/31/10 - Education Law Center,

  "Under federal law, states are required to ensure that homeless children have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youths. This policy brief provides an overview of the law and its limitations and describes policies that can help increase the number of homeless children included in pre-k programs. It is intended to serve as a resource for state policy makers and advocates seeking to maximize...

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  Accounting for resource use at the school-level and below: The missing link in education administration and policy making

  1/5/09 - Dwight Denison, Leanna Stiefel, William Hartman, Michele Moser Deegan

  "In this paper, we analyze the challenges involved in establishing a system to track costs at the school, grade, and subject level that will fit the needs of both internal and external users. To begin, we review the literature on cost accounting that is relevant to micro-level costs and the research that analyzes sub-district level resources. Next, we describe general challenges that arise in reporting at the level of the school and below and we then discuss school-level reporting in...

• Addressing the Achievement Gap Between Minority and Nonminority Children by Increasing Access to Gifted Programs

  1/1/04 - Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula, Lee, Seon-young, Ngoi, Mephie

  Project EXCITE is a collaborative program of a university-based gifted center and local school districts designed to prepare gifted minority elementary and middle school students for advanced tracks in math and science in high school. This paper describes the characteristics and components of the EXCITE program and gives data regarding the academic and school achievement of participating students over the past 3 years. Results showed that most of the students were retained in the program...

• Addressing the Achievement Gap Between Minority and Nonminority Children by Increasing Access to Gifted Programs

  1/1/04 - Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula, Lee, Seon-Young, Ngoi, Mephie, Ngoi, Daphne

  Project EXCITE is a collaborative program of a university-based gifted center and local school districts designed to prepare gifted minority elementary and middle school students for advanced tracks in math and science in high school. This paper describes the characteristics and components of the EXCITE program and gives data regarding the academic and school achievement of participating students over the past 3 years. Results showed that most of the students were retained in the program...

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  Approaches to evaluating teacher effectiveness: A research synthesis

  1/3/09 - Goe, E., Bell, C., Little, O.

  This research synthesis examines how teacher effectiveness is currently measured and provides practical guidance for how best to evaluate teacher effectiveness. It evaluates the research on teacher effectiveness and the different instruments used to measure it. In addition, it defines the components and indicators that characterize effective teachers, extending this definition beyond teachers' contribution to student achievement gains to include how teachers impact classrooms, schools, and...

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  Before and after-school care arrangements and activities of school-age minority children

  1/14/09 - Thurlow, M., Durán, R., Kato, K., Albus, D.

  This report is a first look at the before- and after-school care, programs, and activities of language minority children based on the National Household Education Survey: 2001. It describes the characteristics of the children and their before- and after-school care, programs, and activities, and also examines the relationship of some of these to school grades and school problems, two important outcome variables. The report also looks for the first time at the group of language minority...