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  Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender,and Questioning Youth Matter!

  1/5/09 - Kathleen A. King, Equity Alliance at ASU

  Presents general trends in the social and emotional well-being of youth who identify as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (GLBTQ), followed by a guide of sexual orientation definitions. Additionally, readers learn a series of steps that schools must address in order to build inclusive, safe, and effective schools for all students, including those who identify as GLBTQ.

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  Has progress been made in raising achievement for English Language Learners?

  1/9/10 - Center on Education Policy,

  "This report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit organization, examines progress in raising achievement for English language learners. It also describes the factors thatmake it difficult to accurately assesswhat ELLs knowand can do.The data for this analysis were collected by CEP with technical support from the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) and come from the state reading and mathematics tests used for NCLB accountability in all 50 states.The...

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  Has progress been made in raising achievement for students with disabilities?

  1/23/09 - Center on Education Policy,

  "This report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) examines progress in raising achievement for students with disabilities. It also describes the factors that make it difficult to clearly discern achievement trends for this subgroup. The data for this analysis were collected by CEP with technical support from the Human Resources Research Organization, and come from the state reading and mathematics tests used for NCLB accountability in all 50 states. The trends discussed in this report...

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  Mind the (other) gap: The growing excellence gap in K-12 education

  1/9/10 - Jonathan A. Plucker, Nathan Burroughs, Ruiting Song

  "After briefly summarizing recent literature on the excellence gap, the trends in National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores along gender, racial, income, and English language lines are discussed, with a brief examination of excellence gaps as measured by state accountability assessments. Next, the degree to which achievement gaps at the advanced level may be connected to gaps at the basic and proficient level of achievement is considered. After a discussion of state and...

• Race-ethnicity, SES, gender, and language proficiency trends in mathematics achievement: an update

  1/1/97 - Tate, William F.

  The purpose of this article is to document changes in U.S. mathematics achievement by reviewing national trend studies, college admissions examinations, and Advanced Placement tests. This article examined this quantitative research literature to determine trends in mathematics achievement of various social groups defined along lines of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and language proficiency. The findings of this review indicate that over the last 15 years all demographic groups have...

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  2008 Kids Count data book: State profiles of child well-being.

  1/5/09 - Annie E. Casey Foundation,

  This 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. This year, the KIDS COUNT Data Book essay, “A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform,” looks at the nearly 100,000 youth confined to juvenile facilities on any given night in the United States, and what can be done to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate detention and incarceration and increase opportunities for positive youth...

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  A new majority: Low income students in the South's public schools

  1/14/09 - Southern Education Foundation,

  This SEF research report reviews trends in the growth of low income children in the South’s public schools. The report finds that public schools in the region have enrolled a majority of low income students in each of the last three years (2004-2006) and today the South is the only region in the nation where low income students are 50 percent or more of public school enrollment. The report also provides some historical background on the presence of low income students in Southern states...

• Accountability Standards, and the Growing Achievement Gap: Lessons from the Past Half-Century

  1/1/06 - Harris, Douglas N., Herrington, Carolyn D.

  The rise of accountability policies during the early 1990s coincided with an increase in the achievement gap between white and minority students, reversing decades of steady improvement in outcome equity. This article explores the policies that helped to reduce the achievement gap before 1990, the effects of the subsequent shift toward accountability, and what can be learned from past successes to guide the future development of accountability systems. An extensive review of research...

• Accountability, Standards, and the Growing Achievement Gap: Lessons from the Past Half-Century

  1/1/06 - Harris, Douglas N., Herrington, Carolyn D.

  The rise of accountability policies during the early 1990s coincided with an increase in the achievement gap between white and minority students, reversing decades of steady improvement in outcome equity. This article explores the policies that helped to reduce the achievement gap before 1990, the effects of the subsequent shift toward accountability, and what can be learned from past successes to guide the future development of accountability systems. An extensive review of research...

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  Addressing Promises and Challenges of Response to Intervention Models for ELLs

  1/13/09 - Artiles, Alfredo J.

  This presentation outlines trends in ELL placement in special education, gives an overview of RTI issues with ELLs, and provides ideas for future directions.

• Closing Achievement Gaps: Roles and Tasks of Elementary School Counselors

  1/1/08 - Trusty, Jerry, Mellin, Elizabeth A., Herbert, James T.

  Achievement gaps among racial-ethnic and socioeconomic status groups are an enduring, pervasive, and multifaceted phenomenon. Therefore, efforts aimed at understanding and addressing these gaps must be developmentally and environmentally broad, involving numerous school counselor roles and tasks, including leadership, advocacy, collaboration, and strategic interventions. In this article, we first document achievement gap trends and then provide a framework for understanding and sequencing...

• Closing Achievement Gaps: Roles and Tasks of Elementary School Counselors

  1/1/08 - Trusty, Jerry, Mellin, Elizabeth A., Herbert, James T.

  Achievement gaps among racial-ethnic and socioeconomic status groups are an enduring, pervasive, and multifaceted phenomenon. Therefore, efforts aimed at understanding and addressing these gaps must be developmentally and environmentally broad, involving numerous school counselor roles and tasks, including leadership, advocacy, collaboration, and strategic interventions. In this article, we first document achievement gap trends and then provide a framework for understanding and sequencing...

• Closing the Achievement Gap: The Experience of a Middle School

  1/1/07 - Larocque, Michelle

  The accountability imperative requires schools to evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs. Florida answered the accountability imperative by instituting statewide objective assessments and assigning grades to schools. The latter move led to several initiatives concerning the practices that improve schools in Florida. This article describes how leadership, community involvement, data-driven decision making, and the celebration of diversity reversed a negative trend in the academic...

• Closing the Achievement Gap: The Experience of a Middle School

  1/1/07 - Laroque, Michelle

  The accountability imperative requires schools to evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs. Florida answered the accountability imperative by instituting statewide objective assessments and assigning grades to schools. The latter move led to several initiatives concerning the practices that improve schools in Florida. This article describes how leadership, community involvement, data-driven decision making, and the celebration of diversity reversed a negative trend in the academic...

• Curriculum trends, special education, and reform: Refocusing the conversation.

  1/1/96 - Pugach, M. C., & Warger, C. L.
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  Deconstructing LRE: What it means, where we are, and creating continua of supports

  1/13/09 - Amanda L. Sullivan, Elizabeth B. Kozleski, Anne Smith

  This presentations describes LRE, encourages equity discussions around the issue, presents national data trends, and ideas for future progress through inclusive practices and systemic change.