Links & Resources

	U.S. Department of Education This website offers "one-stop-shopping" for links to legislation, Federal Register Notices, Policy Guidance, and Grant Applications for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Links to Legislation, Regulations, and Policy Guidance for programs still being implemented under the Improving America's Schools Act are also on this site.[to top]
	CDE - School Wide Programs Title One Vision for School Reform in California Schoolwide programs are a primary example of the vision for school reform reflected in Title I of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. A local education agency may use Title I, Part A, funds together with other federal, state, and local funds to upgrade a school's entire educational program. A school that implements a schoolwide program must serve an attendance area in which at least 40 percent of the children are from low-income families or at least 40 percent of the children enrolled in the school are from low-income families. [to top]
	WestEd.org WestEd is a nonprofit research, development, and service agency. The agency traces its history back to 1966 when Congress created a network of Regional Educational Laboratories. In 1995, two of those original laboratories — Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development and Southwest Regional Laboratory — joined forces to form WestEd. [to top]
	California Assistance Project The California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) is a statewide educational technology leadership initiative, providing assistance to schools and districts in integrating technology into teaching and learning. In developing CTAP, the earlier SB 1510 Education Technology Act programs were restructured in order to place control at local and regional levels. [to top]
	Advancement Via Individual Determination The mission of the AVID Program is to assist students – especially those in the middle – to succeed in a rigorous curriculum and enroll in a four year college. AVID Region IV will include 90 schools by Fall 2002 in the seven counties of the Bay Area. [to top]
	California Reading First Technical Assistance Center Reading First is a national initiative, established under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Specifically, Reading First was authorized by Title I, Part B, Subpart I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. California was approved on August 23, 2002, to receive approximately $900 million, over a six-year period, to improve K-3 classroom instruction in reading provided that "substantial progress" is made toward the goal that by the end of third grade, all students are grade level proficient readers in English. [to top]
	The Education Trust The Education Trust advances its mission along several fronts, from raising its voice in national and state policy debates to helping teachers improve instruction in their classrooms. Regardless of where it occurs, our work maintains a relentless focus on improving the education of all students, and particularly those students whom the system has traditionally left behind. The Education Trust provides: • advocacy that encourages schools, colleges, and whole communities to mount effective campaigns so that all their students will reach high levels of academic achievement; • analysis and expert testimony on policies intended to improve education; and writing and speaking for professional and general audiences about educational patterns and practices — both those that cause and those that close achievement gaps between groups of students; • research and wide public dissemination of data identifying achievement patterns among different groups of students; • assistance to school districts, colleges, and community-based organizations to help their efforts at raising student achievement, especially among minority and poor students.[to top]
	Center for Performance Assessment The mission of the Center for Performance Assessment is to improve student achievement by building the knowledge and skills of educators and school leaders. We are the world's preeminent source of professional development in the areas of standards, assessment, and accountability. The Center approaches its work based on the seven keys to effective professional development, and each of these keys is necessary for the investment of time and resources to be effective in improving student achievement. [to top]
	The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Founded in 1943, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents 175,000 educators from more than 135 countries and more than 60 affiliates. Our members span the entire profession of educators—superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.[to top]