Helpful and Informational Links

Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania Accountability System
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/pas/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=94580&pasNav=|6132|
&pasNav=|6325|

Pennsylvania State, District and School 2007-2008 Report Cards
http://paayp.emetric.net/

School Matters
Find public district and school achievement data information nationwide.
http://www.schoolmatters.com/

National Center for Education Statistics
The Nation's Report Card
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/studies/gaps/

Addressing the Achievement Gap: A Challenge for Washington State
Educators
:
http://www.k12.wa.us/research/pubdocs/pdf/Achievementgapstudy.pdf

Learning Point Associates
North Central Regional Educational Laboratories
Closing the Achievement Gaps
All Students Reaching the Top: Strategies for Closing Academic
Achievement Gaps - A Report of the National Study Group for the
Affirmative Development of Academic Ability
http://www.ncrel.org/gap/studies/thetop.htm

Urban Education Network of Iowa
An Addendum to
Raising Achievement: Closing the Education Gap
Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gap
http://www.uen-ia.org/strategies.pdf#search=%22strategies%20for%20closin
g%20the%20achievement%20gap%22

MSAN Minority Student Achievement Network Data
Research: Read a summary of the results of a student survey of over
30,000 participants across 15 districts.
 
http://www.msanetwork.org/pub/edexcel.pdf

Focus On Children: Boston Public Schools
"Proficiency for All"
Closing the Achievement Gap in Boston Public Schools
http://boston.k12.ma.us/gap/proficiency.ppt

ERIC Identifier: ED460191
Publication Date: 2001-12-00
Author: Schwartz, Wendy
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education New York NY.
Closing the Achievement Gap: Principles for Improving the Educational
Success of All Students
. ERIC Digest.
http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-3/gap.htm

It Takes More Than Testing: Closing the Achievement Gap
A Report of the Center on Educational Policy
http://www.cep-dc.org/improvingpublicschools/closingachievementgap.pdf

National Education Association
Closing the Achievement Gap Resources
http://www.nea.org/webresources/gaps050707.html

Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gap for High School Students with
Disabilities: What High Performing High Schools Do
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/leadership_policy_system_changes/_ppt/Orlando.pp
t

Closing Achievement Gaps
By Ron Haskins and Cecelia Rouse
The Future of Children
Princeton-Brookings
Policy Brief Spring 2005
http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/Policy_Brief__SPRING_2005pdf.pdf#s
earch=%22strategies%20for%20closing%20the%20achievement%20gap%2
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School Improvement Network
Closing the Achievement Gap and Increasing Minority Student Achievement
http://www.schoolimprovement.com/topics/achievement-gap.html

The NEA Foundation
Closing the Achievement Gap
Selected Resources
http://www.neafoundation.org/closingthegap_resources.htm

aha! Process Inc.
Dr. Ruby Payne
http://www.ahaprocess.com/
AchievementGap.info