Continuous Improvement and Accountability (National)  Education Week - No Child Left Behind (NCLB) (2005)    Guidance on Accountability Systems from the Council of Chief State School Officers (Website)    SNAPSHOTS on Minnesota Youth    Healthy Alternatives to Chairs and Desks    Intervention Programs Can Have Powerful Effects by Eric Camburn from WCER    Schools Moving Up: Ideas In Action by WestEd    Fast Facts: Helpful Back-to-School Statistics (2008) by Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education    Uncommonly Successful English/Language Arts Programs Share Common Instructional Features by Dr. Judith Langer    Limiting The Unintended Consequences of High Stakes Testing by Stuart S. Yeh (2005)    USDE NCLB Evaluation of Title I Accountability Systems and School Improvement Efforts (2002-03)    Changing NCLB District Accountability Standards: Implications for Racial Equity (2005) by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University    Advancing System-wide Instructional Reform: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning (2005) by J. Marsh, K. Kerr, G. Ikemoto, H. Darilek, M. Suttorp, R. Zimmer and H. Barney    AERA- Standards and Tests: Keeping Them Aligned (2003)    America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005 by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics    Communities and Schools: A New View of Urban Education Reform (2005) by Mark R. Warren, Harvard University    The Condition of Education (2005)    A Practical Guide to Promoting America's Public Schools (2004) by Learning First Alliance    Getting Back on Course: Standards-based Reform and Accountability (2005) by Lauren Resnick and Chris Zurawsky from American Educator    Decentralized Decision-making for Schools: New Promise for an Old Idea? (2005) by RAND Corp.    Similar Students, Different Results (June 2006) by EdSource (Introduction)    Similar Students, Different Results (June 2006) by EdSource (Full Report)    Public Attitudes Toward Public Schools; 38th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll by Lowell Rose & Alec Gallup    Studies Give Teachers Barely Passing Grade in Classroom by Greg Toppo, USA Today    Minnesota Proficiency Report (2007) by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute    The Proficiency Illusion Full Report (2007) by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute    Gauging Growth: How to Judge NCLB (2007)by Bruce Fuller, Joseph Wright, Kathryn Gesicki, & Erin Kang    Instructional Coaching (2007) by Julie Kowal & Lucy Steiner    How Educators in Three States Are Responding to Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind (2007) by RAND Education    Why Some Schools With Latino Children Beat the Odds ...and Others Don’t (2006) by Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University    Reading First: Locally Appreciated, Nationally Troubled (October, 2007) by Center on Education Policy    Influence: A Study of the Factors Shaping Education Policy (December, 2006) by Christopher B. Swanson & Janelle Barlage    Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Interim Report (Full Report, 2008) by US Department of Education    Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Interim Report (Highlights, 2008) by US Department of Education    Active Education: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance (2007) by Stewart G. Trost    Learning, Arts, and the Brain: The Dana Consortium Report on Arts and Cognition (2008) by Michael Gazzaniga

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