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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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 | Assessment |
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12 | Amends the State School Aid Act of 1979; provides that the Michigan Education Assessment Program tests shall be administered during the last 90 school days, instead of the last 30 school days, of grade 11.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-HB-6230
Title: H.B. 6230
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Replaces high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in determining eligibility for Michigan Merit Award scholarships.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-SB-1156
Title: S.B. 1156
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12 | Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in the School Aid Act.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-SB-1155
Title: S.B. 1155
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-SB-1154
Title: S.B. 1154
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12 | Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in the School Code for administration under certain conditions.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-SB-1153
Title: S.B. 1153
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in the Career and Technical Preparation Act.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-SB-1157
Title: S.B. 1157
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 10/2004 | P-12 | Revises the School Code; provides that the Michigan Education Assessment Program tests be administered to pupils during the last 90 days, other than the las 30 days, of grade 11.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-HB-6231
Title: H.B. 6231
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 19: Existing law requires the governing board of a school district maintaining an elementary or secondary school to develop and cause to be implemented for each school in the school district a school accountability report card that includes specified information regarding the academic achievement of the school. Other existing law establishes the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program which requires each school district, charter school, and county office of education to administer to each of its pupils in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, an achievement test and a standards-based achievement test, as specified.
This bill would require the Commission on State Mandates, on or before December 31, 2005, to reconsider certain decisions it issued relating to state reimbursement for the school accountability report card and the STAR Program, and to reconsider its parameters and guidelines for calculating the state reimbursement, in light of federal statutes enacted and state court decisions rendered since those mandates were enacted. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2851-2900/ab_2855_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2853_2855_2856_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Places a prohibition from carrying on a program of specific preparation of the pupils for the statewide pupil assessment program or a particular test used in the statewide pupil assessment program on a charter school. Authorizes the use of instructional materials provided by the state department of education in the academic preparation of pupils for the statewide pupil assessment if those instructional materials are embedded in an instructional program that is intended to improve pupil learning. Requires the standard-based achievement test to be administered to pupils in grades 3 and 7. Requires the state department of education to use specified federal funds to develop or adopt primary language assessments that are aligned to the state academic content standards and would require those assessments to be administered in place of the optional second achievement test a pupil with limited English proficiency may take. Requires the department on or before January 1, 2006, to submit to the legislature a report on the development and implementation of the initial primary language assessments and recommendations on the
development and implementation of future assessments and funding requirements. Authorizes and encourages the state superintendent and state board to assist postsecondary educational institutions to use the assessment results of the California Standards Tests for credit or placement and admissions processes, or both. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2401-2450/ab_2413_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2413_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2413
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Section 2: Repeals the requirement that pupils in American government and civics courses required for high school graduation read and be taught specified documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. Requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to ensure that those documents are incorporated in the framework when the history-social science framework is revised. Requires the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to ensure that an appropriate number of questions on the California Standards Tests relate to those documents if any portion of the California Standards Tests is revised. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2851-2900/ab_2855_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2853_2855_2856_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NY | Vetoed 09/2004 | Postsec. | Precludes the use of a minimum standardized test cut-off score for student admission to or rejection by the State University of New York and City University of New York; permits overall assessment of student qualifications for admission, including consideration of such scores together with academic course grades, classroom performance, community service, and extracurricular activities. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=a7143
Title: A.B. 7143
Source: StateNet
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| AL | Issued 08/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commission was to engage in a thorough examination of how education dollars have been spent in Alabama during the past ten years. http://www.governorpress.state.al.us/pr/ex-02-2003-01-30.asp
The Highlights of the Initial Report focused on: (1) Management and Accountability Reforms for K-12; (2) Student Assessment and Accountability for K-12; (3) Management and Accountability Reforms for the Alabama College System; (4) Management and Accountability Reforms for University Governance; (4) Reforms in Terms of Public Employment; and (5) Education Trust Fund Accountability.
The Working-Group Sessions (December 2003) made the following proposals: (1) Achieve the maximum savings possible from non-state and non-education agencies; (2) Freeze the state appropriations to PEEHIP at the Fiscal 2004 level; (3) Allocate higher education cutbacks to institutions; and (4) Allocation K-12 education cutbacks to school systems. http://www.alabama.gov/onlineservices/egov_pdfs/ESCReport11404.pdf
Title: Executive Order No. 02-2003
Source: Alabama State Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Extends the repeal date of the Leroy Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act to January 1, 2011. Excludes testing students in grade 2 effective July 1, 2007. Permits the release of a pupils record of accomplishment and the results of achievement tests to postsecondary education institutions, upon the request of a pupil or his or her parent or guardian. Expands the law that prohibits any program for of specific preparation of pupils for that statewide assessment program or a particular test to include charter schools; exempts instructional materials provided by the state department of education if the materials are embedded in an instructional program to improve student learning. Requires the department of education to develop and implement primary language assessments aligned with state academic content standards. Provides that the achievement test to be administered to pupils in grades 3 and 8, instead, be administered in grades 3 and 7. Provides that if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement of the costs should be made as provided by statute. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1448_bill_20040816_chaptered.html
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/SB_1448.pdf
Title: S.B. 1448
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates the FY2005 Budget Implementation (Education) Act. Creates several education related funds for receipt of federal moneys for education and other areas; addresses subjects students must be tested on; provides transitional assistance payments; increases the foundation level of support of supplemental state aid in relation to districts with a Low Income Concentration Level over a specified amount; provides for the National Guard Grant Program for tuition assistance. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0838
Title: S.B. 2205
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed by Governor 06/2004 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education, no later than 15 days after the effective date of the act, to choose a public or private entity to develop a model to calculate students' annual academic growth for diagnostic purposes; directs the department to calculate annually the amount of each student's and each school's academic growth in reading, writing, and mathematics over the periods between the administration of the CSAP assessments. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F4561E2B63FB898087256DEF00574D0F?Open&file=1433_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1433
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| FL | Signed by Governor 05/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Revises course requirements in college & career preparatory accelerated high school graduation program; amends requirements for grade point average that must be earned; establishes requirements for selection of accelerated graduation options; authorizes SAT & ACT as alternative assessments to grade 10 FCAT required for high school graduation if students have attempted to pass grade 10 FCAT at least 3 times; provides rights for K-3 students with reading deficiencies; establishes a Reading Enhancement and Acceleration Development (READ) Initiative to prevent the retention of grade 3 students and to offer intensive reading instruction to students with reading deficiencies. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0364er.html&Directory=session/2004/Senate/bills/billtext/html/
Title: S.B. 364
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to create a single state-wide accountability system by December 31, 2004; amends provisions regarding school councils; amends the history curriculum requirements; amends provisions for early intervention programs; amends provisions related to effectiveness assessments, including end-of-course assessments; amends parental notification concerning compulsory attendance requirements; requires Department of Motor Vehicle notification of students 14 years of age and older who are in violation of attendance requirements; amends student discipline policies; changes the name Office of Education Accountability to Office of Student Achievement. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/search/hb1190.htm
Title: H.B. 1190
Source: Georgia Legislative Web site
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| MO | To governor 05/2004 | P-12 | Amends certain policies with regard to MAP testing. Provides that the performance standards of the MAP so that such indicators meet the standards of the National Assessment Educational Progress exam.
This act amends policies with regard to MAP testing by stating that, no later than June 30, 2006, the State Board of Education shall align the performance standards of the MAP so that such indicators meet, but do not exceed, the performance standards of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam. The department will make other changes necessary to meet existing federal requirements. By July 1, 2006, the department will revise its accreditation standards to permit process and resource standard waivers consistent with academic performance profiles.
http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills041/bills/sb1080.htm
Title: S.B. 1080
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | From the fiscal note: Requires charter schools to administer state value-added testing for their students. Current law, T.C.A. 49-13-111(a)(2), provides that a public charter school shall meet the same performance standards and requirements adopted by the state board for public schools. T.C.A. 49-13-122 provides that a public charter school agreement may be revoked or denied renewal by the final chartering authority if such chartering authority determines that the school failed to meet or make adequate yearly progress toward achievement of the state's accountability system. This bill requires charter schools to participate in the state assessment program. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB2416.pdf
Title: S.B. 2416
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| DE | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Changes the grades where mandatory State testing is required from grades K-10 to grades 2-10. School districts will have the responsibility to assess student progress in grades Kindergarten and 1 and to provide student progress reports to parents. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/vwLegislation/
Title: H.B. 304
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| DE | Issued 04/2004 | P-12 | 1. The Delaware Department of Education shall convene a panel of three national experts in the areas of assessment, accountability, and/or standard setting. Said experts will be chosen as follows: one by Delaware Department of Education, one by the members of the Delaware Education Consortium (Delaware Chief School Officers Association, Delaware Association of School Administrators, Delaware State Education Association, Delaware School Boards Association, the State Board of Education and the Delaware Charter Schools Network) and one jointly chosen by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
2. The panel shall be provided with all applicable and related information regarding the development of the assessments, the setting of performance levels, and the design of the student accountability system from the Department of Education and from any other study or paper that has been produced by any other stakeholder groups.
3. The panel may also consider other sources of information from regional or national studies that have been conducted on related matters.
4. The panel shall also examine the levels of incentives and consequences associated with the student accountability system including requirements for student improvement activities such as Individual Improvement Plans, summer school, retention and promotion, and awarding of diplomas and scholarships.
5. The Department of Education shall also contract with three national experts to conduct a full review of the implementation of standards based curriculum in mathematics in both middle and high schools in Delaware. Said experts will be chosen in the same manner as the assessment panel, one by the Department of Education, one by the Education Consortium and one jointly chosen by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
6. To ensure public participation in the process, a posted public comment period shall be utilized to allow members of the public to submit written public comments to either or both panels.
7. The expert panel on assessment and accountability and the expert panel on curriculum shall present findings and recommendations regarding these issues, including a timeline for proposed implementation, to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than February 15, 2005.
http://www.state.de.us/governor/orders/webexecorder54.shtml#TopOfPage
Title: Executive Order #54
Source: www.state.de.us/governor
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Direct the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a study of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System and to provide Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee a draft of the report by September 15, 2004. The study must include but not be limited to an examination of:
(1) The appropriateness of the CATS components used to measure achievement levels of the core content for all Kentucky students;
(2) The validity and adequacy of CATS results as indicators of individual student achievement and to give parents the information they need to know about the individual progress of their children;
(3) The alignment of CATS with the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act;
(4) The validity of the writing portfolio as an assessment component within the CATS system and appropriateness of the writing portfolio to be included in the school accountability index;
(5) The value of the CATS assessment in enhancing instructional practices and curriculum on a day to day basis;
(6) The effects of the CATS assessment on teachers, staff, and administrators; and
(7) The actual costs for the CATS system on a per pupil basis.
Section 3. The Kentucky Department of Education must provide the data, information, and any staff analysis requested by the Office of Education Accountability to facilitate completion of the study. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/SJ156.htm
Title: S.J.R. 156
Source: StateNet
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| MA | Rule Adoption 03/2004 | P-12 | Amends rules relating to the Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) performance appeals process, and incorporates provisions regarding student with disabilities. MASSACHUSETTS REG 8280 (SN)
Title: 603 CMR 30.00
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Relates to public schools; changes the writing test for certain grades; amends provisions regarding the English Language Reading Test; makes provisions for students determined to be limited English proficient. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/final/SB0138.pdf
Title: S.B. 138
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 |
· Creates an Educator Standards Board to develop and submit to the State Board of Education recommendations for statewide educator standards and carry out other functions recommended by the Governor's Commission on Teaching Success.
· Directs the Department of Education to establish a state office within the Department to support the Educator Standards Board.
· Requires school districts to use professional development standards developed by the Educator Standards Board.
· Directs the State Board of Education and the Joint Council of the State Board of Education and the Ohio Board of Regents to create guidelines for the evaluation of principals and teachers.
· Eliminates the authority of the State Board of Education to issue internship certificates.
· Eliminates the authority of the State Board of Education to issue temporary educator licenses for employment as a superintendent or another administrative position.
· Requires the State Board of Education to create an alternative principal license and an alternative administrator license.
· Restricts the required delayed effective date for any educator licensing rule adopted, amended, or rescinded by the State Board of Education only to cases where the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission will necessitate curriculum changes in college and university teacher preparation programs.
· Clarifies that an Alternative Educator License must be issued to a qualified applicant upon the request of specified school officials.
· Prescribes the timing of subject area testing for applicants for the Provisional Educator License who are employed as intervention specialists under the Alternative Educator License.
· Provides a qualified immunity for teacher performance assessors, trainers, and coordinators and for teacher performance assessment entities in civil actions concerning performance assessments of candidates for the Professional Educator License.
· Expands the rulemaking authority of the State Board of Education with respect to allowing schools to hire teachers considered to be rehabilitated from past offenses.
· Authorizes the State Board or the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue subpoenas, take depositions, and compel production of evidence in pre-hearing investigations of educator license applicants or holders.
· Requires the State Board to adopt rules establishing standards and requirements for issuing permits to individuals who are not licensed educators but who wish to be employed by school districts to direct, supervise, or coach pupil activity programs.
· Establishes a Credential Review Board, appointed by the State Board of Education, to perform duties with respect to assessing alternative pathway educators and out-of-state educators.
· Requires the Ohio School Facilities Commission, when reviewing design plans, to consider whether the plans reflect designs recommended by the Governor's Commission on Teaching Success.
· Obligates the Board of Regents to develop regional articulation agreements for teacher education programs among state institutions of higher education by December 31, 2004.
· Directs the Legislative Office of Education Oversight (LOEO) to study minimum teacher salaries in Ohio and selected other states and report findings by September 30, 2004.
· Requires the Department of Education to develop proposals for several pilot programs recommended by the Governor's Commission on Teaching Success.
· Charges the Department of Education with defining a "hard to staff" school within 90 days of the bill's effective date.
· Implements other recommendations of the Governor's Commission on Teaching Success.
· Establishes a grant program for school districts that choose to implement specific changes within a school.
· Requires the Department of Education, when sufficient funding is available, to develop a pilot project in at least two school districts that contain "hard to staff" schools.
· Clarifies the due dates and methodology of several studies conducted by LOEO.
· Repeals the requirement that LOEO issue an annual composite report on community schools.
· Repeals the requirement that the Ohio SchoolNet Commission maintain a clearinghouse of information for classroom teachers.
· Generally limits school districts to spending a combined total of an amount equal to 20% of their Title I funds to pay for transportation for students transferring under public school choice and for supplemental educational services.
· Requires school districts with a three-year average graduation rate of 75% or less (in addition to academic watch and academic emergency districts as under current law) to administer practice versions of the Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) to ninth grade students.
· Clarifies other requirements related to the administration of practice versions of the OGT.
· Requires the eighth grade social studies achievement test to be phased in beginning in the 2006-2007 school year (one year earlier than under current law).
· Extends the deadline for the summer administration of the third grade reading achievement test.
· Extends the deadline for adoption of diagnostic assessments by the State Board of Education to July 1, 2008.
· Requires school districts to administer diagnostic assessments to intradistrict transfer students only if such students have not taken the assessments at another district school in the current school year.
· Makes technical corrections to the recently enacted law denying state financial aid to college students convicted of riot-related offenses. Link to analysis: http://lsc.state.oh.us/analyses/analysis125.nsf/c68a7e88e02f43a985256dad004e48aa/28756df2eb75b85985256dc70047070f?OpenDocument
Title: S.B. 2
Source: http://lsc.state.oh.us
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Modifies statewide student assessment (WyCAS) to conform with NCLB by expanding grades assessed from grades 4, 8 and 11 to grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 commencing with school year 2005-2006, and by expanding assessment subjects from reading, writing and math to include science effective school year 2007-2008;
· Imposes additional assessment requirements and criteria;
· Establishes a statewide accountability system providing annual school and district accountability determinations imposing a range of educational consequences as required by NCLB;
· Continues the statewide task force established in 2003 to work with the state superintendent in continuing development of assessment and accountability systems;
· Establishes a process for transitioning from WyCAS to a revised assessment system by requiring a pilot testing of the revised assessment in school year 2004-2005 prior to implementation in school year 2005-2006;
· Requires a transitional accountability plan providing a temporary system of rewards and sanctions for all schools and school districts during school year 2004-2005, with recommendations for a permanent plan to be assembled;
· Task force and state superintendent work efforts to be reported to the state board of education, management council and joint education interim committee. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2004/enroll/hb0126.pdf
Title: H.B. 126
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Allows the Department of Education to extend the deadline for test results if the deadline substantially increases the cost of administration of the tests or compromises the validity of the test results. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1132.pdf
Title: H.B. 1132
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| MA | Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2004 | P-12 | Establishes emergency rules relating to students with disabilities. Revises rules that relates to performance appeals. MASSACHUSETTS REG 8283 (SN)
Title: 603 CMR 30.00
Source: StateNet
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| SC | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 02/2004 | P-12 | (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to basic skills assessment program writing text; relates to minimum standards of student achievement.
Title: H.B. 3875
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404; adds 6-15-433 and 6-15-1803. Creates the Student Assessment and Educational Accountability act of 2003; establishes a comprehensive system of testing students, known as the Arkansas Comprehensive Assessment Program exams, including criterion-referenced tests by July 1, 2006; participation in the program is mandatory unless exempted by the state board of education; state board exemption shall not be granted if it would result in less than 95% student participation in a school; requires Arkansas to participate in NAEP testing; implements student achievement testing as part of the statewide assessment program; the state department of education shall establish additional course requirements for failing to demonstrate proficiency on end of course exams for submission to legislative committees and implemented for 2009-10 school year. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB33.pdf
Title: S.B. 33 §§ 1, 4, 5
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Adds Ark. Code 6-15-1804. Students exhibiting a reading deficiency will receive intensive reading instruction and beginning with the 2005-06 school year, child's parents will be notified of student's deficiency and available services. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB33.pdf
Title: S.B. 33 § 5
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Provides exemption from school accreditation requirements for schools whose Michigan Educational Assessment Program answer sheets were lost by the Department of Education or an assessment contractor; provides this exemption does not preclude the department from determining if a public school or school district has achieved adequate yearly progress for the purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act; states no penalty shall be assessed for the loss of records.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-SB-0787
Title: S.B. 787
Source: http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-SB-0787
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| WV | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Requires the state board to adopt system standards, including student performance and progress, school and school system progress, etc. Requires performance measures to incude graduation rate, dropout rate, attendance, student performance; percentage of graduates who enroll in college immediately and within one year; percentage of graduates who receive additional certification or other competence above what was required for graduation. Sets indicators for determining efficiency. Establishes a system of performance audits that are primarily based on achievement information. Requires technical assistance. Establishes rewards for exemplary performance or practices and levels of sanctions for schools performing below standards. Includes restructuring for schools seriously impaired over time. Requires that students be allowed to transfer from seriously impaired schools. Requires intervention in "nonapproval" status districts.
Title: H.B. 4111
Source: StateNet
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School/District Structure/Operations |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Implementation |
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| State Comparisons/Statistics |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| Students |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Employment |
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| Students--Mobility |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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| Urban |
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