

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 2 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/ |

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