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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--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| AR | Adopted 12/2009 | P-12 | Adopts rules governing public school end-of-course assessments and remediation. Provides that beginning with the 2009-10 school year and each school year thereafter, every student required to participate in the statewide program of educational assessments may not receive credit on his/her student transcript for biology, geometry or any other course that requires a general end-of-course assessment for which that student has not received the requisite scale score on a general end-of-course assessment(s) until the student is identified as having participated in remediation through an individual academic improvement plan.
Not in legislation: Requires the Arkansas public school providing course instruction in Algebra I and English II to ensure that such instruction is provided in complete compliance with all required and approved frameworks, and to be prepared to provide documentation of such compliance to the department of education upon request.
Requires a student who does not meet the requisite scale score on the relevant high-stakes end-of-course assessment to participate in an individualized academic improvement plan (IAIP). Not in legislation: A student's IAIP is to be provided in an electronic format of a type and at a site specified by the department of education. http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.15.09-006F-10570.pdf
Title: 005.15.09
Source:
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with an independent evaluator by April 2010 for evaluation of the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program. Enumerates elements the evaluation must include, and the findings that the evaluator's report must contain. Directs superintendent to provide the evaluation to the legislature, the governor and the state board by November 2010 so as to provide the legislature with adequate information to consider reauthorization of the STAR Program. Requires the advisory committee established to advise the superintendent and state board on the Academic Performance Index and Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools and High Achieving/Improving Schools programs to advise the superintendent on the independent evaluation by providing recommendations on specified areas, and reviewing any reports submitted by the independent evaluator. Specifies that NCLB funds are to be used to cover the costs of contracting for this evaluation. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_476_bill_20090916_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_476_vt_20091011.html
Title: A.B. 476
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Requires the department to ensure that a California Standards Test that is augmented for the purpose of determining readiness for college-level coursework inform a pupil in grade 11 that he or she may request that results from that assessment be released to a postsecondary educational institution. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_511_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 511
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Reduces the number of opportunities to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) from two to one during the spring semester of grade 11. Eliminates provision allowing students wishing to improve their score to retake the PSAE in grade 12. Provides that a student may receive a high school diploma without taking the PSAE if a district is not required to test the individual under the No Child Left Behind Act or if the student is exempt from the assessment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2014lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2014
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Prohibits the administration of the elementary writing and social studies assessments during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years, unless the superintendent of public instruction determines the department has sufficient funds to pay the costs of furnishing and scoring those assessments
Page 2807 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 265.20.18
Source: www.education.ohio.gov
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| AK | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning work ready/college ready transitional skills assessments.
Title: 4 AAC 6.715, .717
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Eliminates the DSTP; requires its replacement beginning in the 2010-2011 school year with a test administered in English language arts and math in grades 2-10 at the beginning of the school year and at least one more time later in the year; assesses student progress over the course of the year; provides a benchmark for student, school, and district achievement; allows a student's performance on state assessments to be based upon the student's best results from the multiple assessments performed.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+68/$file/legis.html?open
Title: S.B. 68
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Relates to the administration of certain tests, examinations and assessments by the boards of trustees of school districts; suspends temporarily the administration of norm-referenced examinations in public schools. Chapter 423
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/SB/SB416_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 416
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| NY | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends rule to extend to 2013 the provision allowing use of up to two professional development days for teacher scoring of state assessments. Adopted as published on pages 21-22 of 43: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2009/apr8/pdfs/rules.pdf
Title: Title 8 NYCRR 175.5
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | Clarifies circumstances under which a student may be excused from taking a state test required at the student's grade level. Clarifies that a student in grades 3-8 who was retained in the same grade level from one school year to the next school year, must take all of the Ohio achievement tests for the grade level in which the student currently is enrolled, regardless of any score previously received by a student on any such test during a prior school year. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3301/0/13/3301-13-02_PH_FF_A_RU_20090615_1020.pdf
Title: OAC 3301-13-02
Source: www.registerofohio.state.oh.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Relates to a certain required assessment of students in grade 10; requires the Department of Education to grant a waiver for a school district to enter into a contract with a nonprofit entity other than the required contractor selected by the department. Chapter 824
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0900.dir/sb0976.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 976
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires commissioner to establish dates for the administration of assessments required for graduation that provide the maximum number of instructional days possible prior to testing while maintaining compliance with federal law; requires the commissioner to establish yearly dates for the administration of the grades three through eight achievement tests that provide the maximum number of instructional days possible prior to testing while maintaining compliance with federal law; establishes August 1 as the earliest date for starting the school year, beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, unless an LEA's board of education establishes a year-round school year by majority vote. - Amends TCA Title 49.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB1393.pdf
Title: H.B. 1393
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Relates to certain standards for group-administered achievement tests used by school districts; requires that state and national norms of averages be computed using data not more than 8 years old. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00759F.pdf
Title: S.B. 759
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Eliminates provision that a student's performance on a college-ready question on an end-of-course assessment may not be used to determine the student's performance on the assessment.
Pages 25-26 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 27
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Defines "college-readiness" as the level of preparation a student must attain in English language arts and math to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an entry-level general education course in that subject at a general academic teaching institution, as defined by Section 61.003, other than a research institution as defined by the higher education coordinating board, or a postsecondary institution that primarily offers associate degrees or certificates or credentials other than baccalaureate or advanced degrees. Directs the state education agency and higher education coordinating board to ensure that the Algebra II and English III
end-of-course assessment instruments are developed to measure college readiness by the 2011-12 school year. Before the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, directs the agency, in collaboration with the higher education coordinating board, to gather data and conduct research studies to substantiate the correlation between a certain level of performance by students on the Algebra II and English III end-of-course assessments and college readiness. Requires such study to include an evaluation of any need for remediation courses to facilitate college readiness. Based on the results of the study, directs the commissioner of education and the commissioner of higher education to set college-ready benchmarks on the Algebra II and English III end-of-course assessments.
Directs the agency, in collaboration with the higher education coordinating board, to conduct a similar study for the appropriate science and social studies end-of-course assessments. Provides that if the commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, determines that the research studies substantiate a correlation between a certain level of performance on science and social studies end-of-course assessment instruments and college readiness, the commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, may establish college-ready benchmarks for science and social studies end-of-course assessments. Directs the agency and the higher education coordinating board, by December 2012, to deliver to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the clerks of the standing committees of the senate and the house K-12 and higher education committees an analysis of the feasibility of establishing college readiness performance standards for science and social studies end-of-course assessments, and a summary of any implementation procedures adopted for each standard. Directs the agency, in collaboration with the higher education coordinating board, to continue to gather data to perform correlation studies on Algebra II, English III and science and social studies end-of-course assessments at least every three years.
Directs the agency and the higher education coordinating board to periodically review the college readiness performance standards and compare the performance standards to performance standards established
nationally and internationally for comparable assessment instruments. Following each review, directs the agency and the higher education coordinating board to deliver to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house, and the clerks of the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives K-12 and higher education committees a report on the results of the review indicating whether the college readiness performance standards are sufficiently rigorous to prepare students to compete academically with students nationally and internationally. Provides that if the agency and the higher education coordinating board
determine that the college readiness performance standards are not sufficiently rigorous, the agency and the coordinating board must recommend changes to the college readiness performance standards.
Directs the agency to gather data and conduct research to substantiate any correlation between a certain level of performance by students on end-of-course assessments and success in military service or a workforce training, certification, or other credential program at a postsecondary educational institution that primarily offers associate degrees or certificates or credentials other than baccalaureate or advanced degrees.
Pages 50-54 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part I
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Deletes provision that education Internet portal provides secure access to student assessment data. Amends 32.258 to direct the state education agency to create a student assessment data portal for use by school districts, teachers, parents, students and public institutions of higher education. Provides the portal must allow:
(1) Students and parents to easily access the student's individual assessment data. The system must allow students and parents to track a student's progress on assessment requirements for graduation.
(2) Authorized district employees, including teachers, to readily access individual assessment data of district students
(3) Authorized employees of public postsecondary institutions to readily access individual assessment data of students applying for admission for use in developing strategies for improving student performance
(4) Public access to general student assessment data.
Requires student assessment data in the portal to be available by the first instructional day of the school year following that in which the data is collected, and to include student performance data on assessment
instruments over multiple years, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, including any data indicating progress in student achievement. Specifies the system must permit comparisons of student performance information at the classroom, campus, district and state levels.
Pages 42-45 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 48 and 49
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Previous legislation on measuring annual improvement from one year to the next required the state education agency to determine the necessary annual improvement required each year for a student to be prepared to perform satisfactorily on the end-of-course assessments required for graduation. New provision requires the agency to additionally determine the annual improvement needed for satisfactory performance on the grade 5 and 8 assessments, and for the necessary annual improvement required on these additional assessments to be reported to the district, as they are for end-of-course assessments.
Page 67 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 58
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Repeals existing language on means to determine completion of end-of-course assessment requirements. Replaces with language requiring students to achieve a cumulative score that is at least equal to the
product of the number of end-of-course assessment instruments administered to the student in that subject and a scale score that indicates satisfactory performance, as determined by the commissioner. Requires students to achieve a minimum score as determined by the commissioner to be within a reasonable range of the scale score. Provides that in addition to the aforementioned cumulative score requirements, a student must achieve a score that meets or exceeds the score determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a) for English III and Algebra II end-of-course assessments to graduate under the recommended high school program, and must achieve a score that meets or exceeds the score determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a-1) on English III and Algebra II end-of-course assessment
instruments in order to graduate under the advanced high school program. Permits a student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an Algebra II or English III end-of-course assessment under the college readiness performance standard to retake the exam. Revises means of identifying students for participation in accelerated instruction based on inadequate performance on an end-of-course assessment.
Authorizes the commissioner by rule to determine a method by which a student's satisfactory performance on the PSAT or a preliminary ACT assessment may be used as a factor in determining whether the student satisfies the end-of-course assessment requirements.
Bars a district from administering an exit exam administered as Section 39.025 existed before September 1, 1999. Authorizes a school district to administer to a student who failed to perform satisfactorily on
an assessment instrument administered as Section 39.025 existed before September 1, 1999 an alternate assessment instrument designated by the commissioner. Directs the commissioner to determine the level of performance to be considered satisfactory on an alternate assessment. Bars the district from assessing in an alternate assessment a subject that was was not assessed in an exit exam administered under Section 39.025 as Section 39.025 existed before September 1, 1999. Provides that the commissioner's determination regarding designation of an appropriate alternate assessment and the performance required on the assessment is final and may not be appealed.
Provides a student entering a grade above grade 9 during the 2011-12 school year may not receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed satisfactorily on each required assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
Pages 58-63 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 54
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Transfers from the state board to the commissioner the duty of determining the performance level considered satisfactory on specified assessments. Directs the commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, to determine the level of performance on the end-of-course assessments to indicate college readiness. Requires performance standards on state assessments in grades 3-10 to be backmapped from grade 11 performance standards. Makes state education agency development of study guides for state assessments in grades 3-8 optional rather than mandatory.
Creates new Section 39.0242. Directs the state education agency, during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years, to collect data through the administration of the annual grade 3-8 assessments and the administration of a sufficiently large statewide sample of students on end-of-course assessments to set performance standards. Directs the agency, before the beginning of the 2011-12 school year, to analyze the data to substantiate the correlation between satisfactory student performance for each performance standard on the:
(1) Grade 3-7 assessments with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the same subject area assessment at the next grade level
(2) Grade 8 assessment with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the Algebra I and English I end-of-course assessment
(3) English I end-of-course assessment with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the English II end-of-course assessment
(4) English II end-of-course assessment with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the English III end-of-course assessment
(5) Algebra I end-of-course assessment with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the Algebra II end-of-course assessment.
Provides that such correlation studies must include an evaluation of any need for remediation courses to facilitate college readiness. Directs the agency to continue to gather data and perform correlation studies at least once every three years. Provides that if the data do not support the correlation between student performance standards and college readiness, the commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, must revise the standard of performance considered to be satisfactory. Provides that, based on the data and correlation studies, the commissioner must increase the rigor of the performance standard as the commissioner determines necessary.
Pages 54-58 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part II
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends 39.0262. Specifies that a district may not administer locally-required assessments designed to prepare students for state-administered assessments to any student on more than 10% of any school year's instructional days. Adds that a campus-level planning and decision-making committee may limit the administration of locally required assessment instruments to 10% or a lower percentage of instructional days in any school year. Pages 63-64 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 55
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides an exemption from public records requirements for personally identifiable information of any personnel of any school district or postsecondary educational institution, or any specific allegations of misconduct obtained or reported in connection with an investigation of a testing impropriety conducted by the Department of Education; provides that the exemption applies until the investigation is concluded or becomes inactive; provides for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption under the Open Government Sunset Review Act.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0895er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0895&Session=2009
Title: H.B. 895
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Aligns high school tests with required academic standards. Strikes the requirement for constructed response questions. Makes GRAD tests applicable in 2012-2013 to those few students who have not passed the Minnesota basic skills tests. Requires the state assessment system to be aligned to state academic standards. Provides a timeline for aligning mathematics, science, and language arts and reading standards and assessments. Allows students enrolled in grade 8 in any school year between the 2005-2006 and 2009-2010 school year who do not pass the math graduation-required assessment for diploma (GRAD) to receive a diploma with a passing state notation if they satisfactorily complete all coursework and credits required for graduation and participate in academic remediation and up to two re-test attempts. Allows a school board to include a notation of high achievement on students' high school diplomas indicating exemplary academic achievement during high school based on board-established criteria.
For purposes of federal accountability requirements, directs the commissioner to develop reading and math assessments for grades 3 through 8, state-developed high school reading and math tests aligned with state standards, and science assessments. Prohibits the commissioner from requiring students to achieve a passing score on high school science assessments in order to graduate. Requires assessment results to include a value-added growth indicator of student achievement. Requires schools, school districts, and charter schools to administer statewide assessments to evaluate student proficiency in the context of the state's grade-level academic standards. Makes the temporary alternative to the state's reading and math GRAD tests applicable in the 2009-2010 through 2013-2014 school years. Makes the statutory timeline for aligning assessments to standards effective July 1, 2010, and the legislature specifically authorizes the number, subject area, grade level, and consequence of a high school math assessment. Causes the 11th grade math GRAD to remain in effect if the legislature does not act by July 1, 2010.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a college and career-readiness workgroup headed jointly by MDE and the U of M to evaluate and make recommendations to the commissioner and the legislature on the design of the state high school assessment system, levels of and mechanisms for accountability, postsecondary uses of the assessments and an implementation timeline.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires districts to administer annually to students in grades 2-10 the measures of academic progress test or any other interim assessment approved by the superintendent of education. Requires all 11th grade public and nonpublic school students to take the ACT or set of three WorkKeys assessments (students choose which). The district pays for the cost of one summative assessment and its administration per student. Requires the career advisor or counselor to meet with students to review results. Students can be exempt if taking the test is not required by an IEP or if there are other special circumstances. If the state superintendent determines that costs can be reduced through the use of a state procurement process, the superintendent is to work with districts to procure and arrange for administration of assessments and withhold each district's share of the total cost from state aid. Students under age 21 pursuing a GED may take the ACT or three WorkKeys assessments, and the student's career advisor or guidance counselor must meet with the student to review the student's assessment results.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Secs. 22, 24, 25 Assessment
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| OR | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Allows Department of Education to make available assessment system that measures student's progress in achieving academic content standards at current grade level, determines grade level of student's understanding, knowledge or ability, tracks and provides reports on progress of student and makes predictions of anticipated student progress; declares emergency, effective on passage. Chapter 101
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2362.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2362
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Creates the College and Career Readiness Planning Program Act. Defines "college and career readiness". Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, directs public schools to administer the EXPLORE to 8th graders, and either the PLAN or PSAT to 10th graders. Permits costs of these assessments to be paid using department of education at-risk funding. Requires schools to use the college readiness assessments to assist students with college and workforce readiness skills, high school course selection and improved academic achievement. By the 2011-12 school year, requires schools to fully incorporate college readiness assessment results into each student's college and career planning process. Requires the department of education to maintain data to (1) Increase college and career readiness skills; (2) Improve instruction; (3) Enhance school improvement plans; and (4) Reduce college remediation rates. Requires the department of education to annually report to the house and senate education committees on the implementation and effectiveness of the College and Career Readiness Planning Program. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1808.pdf
Title: H.B. 1808
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Allows reasonable accommodation by the Department of Education and each school district for a student who has difficulty with sensory processing in reaction to oversensitivity to full spectrum light when taking state required tests; allows a student to use color overlays specific to the student's oversensitivity that alter the contrast between the words and the page so the student can visually comprehend the words on a page of a state mandated assessment or test.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1460.pdf
Title: S.B. 358
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
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| NV | Adopted 04/2009 | P-12 | Revises various provisions governing proficiency examinations, include pass of proficiency examinations and an alternative method to demonstrate proficiency in science, social studies, and automobile technology . http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS.HTMl
Title: NAC 389
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| UT | Adopted 04/2009 | P-12 | Adds a new section regarding student achievement testing exceptions. Provides the state board may exempt a district or charter school from U-PASS testing requirements if a district or charter school pilots an assessment system that incorporates:
(1) online classroom-based assessment that utilizes adaptive testing in all grades
(2) online writing assessment in grades 4 through 12
(3) assessments administered in grades 8, 10 and 11
(4) college placement assessments in grades 11 to provide information for 12th grade high school course selections
and is subject to an accountability plan and high school graduation standards that are based on the assessment system described in R277-705-11A(1), (2), (3), (4) above and developed and adopted by the state board.
Provides exemptions may not exceed three rural school districts, two urban school districts and five charter schools, and may not continue beyond July 2010. Adds provisions for students transfering from an exempted district to an unexempted district in grade 11 or 12. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2009/20090201/32314.htm
Title: R277-705
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Relates to statewide assessments and curricula; states findings of the Legislature; requires the superintendent of public instruction to revise the number of open-ended questions and extended responses in the statewide achievement assessment in specified grades and to reduce the cost of administering the assessment; requires that certain assessments be developed for mathematics; provides for the improvement of science and mathematics curriculum.
Chapter 310. Partial veto of unrelated sections.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5414-S.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5414
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Directs the the state board of education and the state department of education, prior to the development and implementation of a new state assessment system for 2011-12, to provide for a systematic interim process that will lead to a new state student assessment program. Provides the system will continue to include the high school readiness examination in grade 8, the college readiness examination in grade 10, and the ACT in grade eleven 11. Provides the current state criterion-referenced test that meets the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, excluding tests for arts and humanities, practical living skills and career studies, and writing portfolios, will continue to be given for the same subjects in the same grades in the 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11 school years until the new assessment program is implemented in the 2011-12 academic year. Directs the department, during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years, to reduce the length of the test by reviewing and eliminating unneeded test items.
Provides that during the 2009-10 and the 2010-11 academic years, in addition to the state criterion-referenced test, there will be a new stand-alone norm-referenced test in reading and math in grades 3-7, that must be valid and reliable at the individual student level. Directs the state board to promulgate administrative regulations outlining the procedures to be used during the interim testing process to ensure test security, including procedures for testing makeup days, and to comply with federal assessment requirements. Provides that during the interim, the testing window for the criterion-referenced test may be up to 7 days in 2008-09 and up to 6days during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years with additional makeup days as determined by the state board.
In the 2008-09 academic year, directs the department of education to provide each district with a test booklet and scoring sheets for arts and humanities, practical living skills and career studies that may be used by a local district for a local formative or summative evaluation. Provides that during the 2009-10 and the 2010-11 school years, the new stand-alone norm-referenced test in reading and mathematics in grades 3-7 must be given during the week before or the week after the established testing window. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/SB1/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 1 Section 19
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Provides that whereas it is imperative that schools, administrators, teachers, parents and policymakers maintain high expectations for students, and it is important that there be an orderly transition from the current state assessment to the new assessment and accountability system implemented in 2011-12, the following conditions will apply:
(1) The state board of education must provide for an interim assessment process (described in section 19 of this act)
(2) The board must ensure that all student assessments and data collection and reporting necessary to meet the accountability and proficiency requirements for the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) are met
(3) The board must suspend the calculation of a state accountability index for 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11.
During the interim period the following will apply for accountability purposes:
(a) NCLB Annual Yearly Progress results must be used to determine improvement of student achievement for both Title 1 and non-Title 1 schools
(b) The NCLB definitions must be applied to both Title 1 and non-Title 1 schools
(c) State level assistance and resources must be provided to Title 1 and non-Title 1 schools falling into the federal definitions of consequences in order to help schools improve student achievemen
(d) Results of the interim tests must be reported publicly.
Permits the state board to use math items developed using revised math content standards during the spring of 2010 and administer an initial math test, based on the revised standards during the 2010-11 testing period to meet NCLB requirements, if approval is granted by the U.S. Department of Education. Directs the state department of education to develop and implement interim program assessments of writing programs, practical living skills and career studies, and arts and humanities in all schools during the transition period. Directs the department to finalize the process for program assessments for implementation during the 2011-12 school year. Directs the department and state board to ensure that teachers, administrators and local board members are well informed of pending changes in the assessment and accountability system during the transition period and continue to stress the importance of the quality of opportunities for all students.
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/SB1/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 1 Section 18
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Modifies the State Performance Assessment System for Students by requiring online writing assessments in grades 5 and 8. Encourages a school district or charter school, as applicable, to administer an online writing assessment to students in grade 11. Allows the state board of education to award a grant to a school district or charter school to pay for an online writing assessment and instruction program that may be used to assess the writing of students in grade 11. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0334.pdf
Title: H.B. 334
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Adopted 03/2009 | P-12 | Complies with legislative directive to implement procedures allowing student rights to appeal state assessment requirements under conditions of special, unavoidable circumstances. WASHINGTON 28944
Title: WAC 392-501-600, -601, -602
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac
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| LA | Adopted 02/2009 | P-12 | Amends rules relating to statewide assessment standards and practices, specifically, End of Course Tests (EOCT).
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v111/28v111.doc#_Toc222644588
Title: LAC 28:CXI.1801, 1803, 1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1813, 1815, 1817
Source: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Repeals the provisions for the state Academic Achievement Test Advisory Council.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/HB1045ENR.pdf
Title: H.B. 1045
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| TX | Adopted 02/2009 | P-12 | Sets the standard of satisfactory performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), as appropriate for the reading and mathematics assessments in Grades 3-8 based on the implementation of a vertical scale. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/board/adopted/0109/101-23-two.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 2.101.B.101.23
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Directs the Board of Education in prescribing Standards of Learning assessments to also provide the option of industry certification and state licensure examinations in lieu of administering tests to assess the progress of students.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2517ER
Title: H.B. 2517
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| FL | Adopted 01/2009 | P-12 | Amends rule to provide guidance relating to the statewide public school student progression law eliminating social promotion by removing the FCAT Norm Referenced Test (NRT) as an alternative assessment good cause exemption for students scoring at Level 1 on the grade three Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in Reading. Since the original rule adoption, the FCAT Norm Referenced Test (NRT) has been eliminated from the FCAT assessment program. The effect of this rule revision will be that students who score at Level 1 on the grade three FCAT Reading may be promoted to grade four if an acceptable level of performance is demonstrated on the alternative assessment (SAT-9 or SAT-10) or using a student portfolio. https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?ID=6A-1.094221
Title: FAC 6A-1.094221
Source: https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?ID=6A-1.094221
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| NM | Adopted 01/2009 | P-12 | The objective of this rule is to establish procedures for implementing the high school readiness assessment system, including: (a) the process for identifying acceptable short-cycle diagnostic type assessment instruments for grades nine and ten; (b) identification of acceptable college placement and workforce readiness assessments; and (c) specific requirements for alternate demonstration of competency in the New Mexico's academic content standards required for high school graduation.
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0007.htm
Title: NMAC 6.19.7.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6, .7, .8, .9, .10, .11
Source: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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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--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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| Cheating |
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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--Closings |
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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--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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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--Home Economics |
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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--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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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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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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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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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--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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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--Mental Health |
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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--College Readiness |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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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 |
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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--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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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 |
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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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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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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--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 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 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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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--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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| Partnerships--University/School |
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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--Textbooks |
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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 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 Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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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 |
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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 Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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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--Week |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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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--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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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 Safety--Special Education |
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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--Finance |
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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--Foster Care |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Immigrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| STEM |
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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--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
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| Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Teaching Quality--Working Conditions |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Computer Skills |
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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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| Urban--Governance |
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