The IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement, in collaboration with the Tennessee State Improvement Grant (SIG) has posted the first in a series of new modules, which provide information on the Response to Intervention approach (RTI). The first module, "RTI (Part 1): An Overview," compares the RTI approach and the currently used IQ-Achievement Discrepancy model for the identification of learning disabilities. It then explores in depth the RTI approach, specifically the Standard Treatment Protocol.
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April 2006 E-newsletter
Below is a listing of our archived monthly e-newsletters. You can view the resources we mentioned in each issue by clicking on the link or Search Resources to find any resource from an e-newsletter or event.
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The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance in the Institute of Education Sciences has recently released the "National Assessment of Title I: Interim Report to Congress." Volume I of the report, "Implementation of Title I," and Volume II, "Closing the Reading Gap: First Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers," are available online at the U.S. Department of Education's website.
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Crisis Planning for Schools Training
(Link is no longer available)
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools is hosting two 1.5-day "Crisis Planning for Schools Trainings" to assist schools and school districts in improving and strengthening their crisis plans. The trainings will emphasize crisis plan development within the framework of the four phases of crisis planning: prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, and are intended for school-based personnel from both public and private schools who play an integral role in developing crisis plans for their school districts or schools.
The two trainings are:
- April 26-28, 2006: Denver, Colorado
- May 15-17, 2006: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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The U.S. Department of Education has recently released a new study, The Toolbox Revisited: Paths to Degree Completion From High School Through College. The study found that the academic intensity of a high school curriculum is the strongest indicator of postsecondary degree completion, regardless of a student's major course of study. The Toolbox Revisited studies the high school class of 1992 as it moved from high school to higher education and includes comparisons to a previous report, Answers in the Tool Box, which followed the high school Class of 1982 from high school through college. Both national longitudinal studies had similar findings.
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The purpose of this U.S. Department of Education grant is to award formula grants directly to eligible LEAs to carry out activities authorized under other specified Federal programs.
Funds received under the Small, Rural School Achievement Grant Program may be used to carry out activities authorized under one or more of the following Federal programs:
- Part A of Title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged Children)
- Part A of Title II (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting)
- Part D of Title II (Enhancing Education Through Technology)
- Title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students)
- Part A of Title IV (Safe and Drug-Free Schools)
- Part B of Title IV (21st Century Community Learning Centers)
- Part A of Title V (Innovative Programs)
The application deadline was June 2, 2006.
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This guidance discusses the use of the schoolwide program as a reform strategy as well as a means of realizing the high standards for student achievement envisioned by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). It is intended to be used as a companion document to the statute and regulations, as well as a technical assistance resource. The guidance is organized in three major sections: the comprehensive needs assessment, the comprehensive plan, and the annual program evaluation.
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The National Science Foundation has created a website that looks at topics of major research in mathematics. Topics include assembling information into a big picture; managing and modeling complexity; deciding on the best choice; and pattern hunting and statistical learning.
