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1. Conference Dates/Locations
2. Goals
3. Handouts
4. Agenda

In October 2002, the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education  hosted a series of four regional meetings as part of its work to ensure the  effective implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.

|October 2-4   | Orlando, FL    | Southeast Regional Meeting              
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|October 7-9   | Washington, DC | Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Regions Meeting
|October 23-25 | Denver, CO     | West and Northwest Regions Meeting      
|October 28-30 | Chicago, IL    | Midwestern and Plains States Meeting    

The goals of the Student Achievement and School Accountability conference were to:

- Provide states and districts with the expert information and tools necessary to implement NCLB successfully.
- Allow state and district-level team participants to work together to develop an understanding of effective ways to implement NCLB.
- Create a common base of knowledge about evidence-based interventions, new requirements of NCLB, and proven improvement strategies that can be applied in any Title I school.
- Engage states and large school districts as partners in a national movement to improve academic achievement for all students.

Accountability and Adequate Yearly Progress

- On the Horizon: State Accountability Systems
- Accountability and AYP
- Strategies for Making Annual Yearly Progress - Using Curriculum-Based Measurement for Progress Monitoring
- Strategies for Making Annual Yearly Progress - Using Curriculum-Based Measurement for Progress Monitoring Annotated Bibliography[downloadable files]MS WORD (36K)

ESEA Funding

- ESEA Funding Opportunities by Eligible Applicant[downloadable files]PDF (24K)

Evidence-Based Education

- Evidence-Based Education

Flexibility and Transferability

- New Flexibility Provisions Under NCLB
- Final Guidance on the Transferability Authority (August 16, 2004)[download files]MS WORD (366K)

Improving Teacher Quality

- Highly Qualified Teachers
- Strategies for Improving Teacher Quality
- Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Non-Regulatory Draft Guidance (June 6, 2002)[downloadable files]MS WORD (1M)

Math & Science Partnerships

- Mathematics and Science Partnerships Scientifically Based Research in Mathematics

Paraprofessionals

- Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals

Participation of Eligible Children in Private Schools

- Presentation:  Title I, Part A, Providing Services to Eligible Private School Children
- Handout: Title I, Part A, Providing Services to Eligible Private School Children[downloadable files]MS WORD (19K)
- Title I, Part A, Section 1120 of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as reauthorized by the NCLB
- The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Benefits to Private School Students and Teachers, Office of Non-Public Education[downloadable files]MS WORD (55K)
- Participation of Eligible Children in Private Schools, Draft Regulations[downloadable files]MS WORD (43K)

Research-Based Instruction in Reading

- Research-Based Instruction in Reading

School Choice

- Public School Choice Questions and Answers[downloadable files]MS WORD (28K)
- Choice Provisions in No Child Left Behind

Schoolwide Programs

- Making the Most of Title I Schoolwide Programs

Standards and Assessments

- Standards & Assessments -- Regulations
- Title I as a Model for Reform
- Standards and Assessment Issues

Supplement not Supplant/Comparability

- Federal Education Funding Opportunities and Requirements[downloadable files]PDF (65K)

Supplemental Services

- Supplemental Services Handout[downloadable files]MS WORD (34K)

Unsafe School Choice

- Unsafe School Choice Option Handout[downloadable files]MS WORD (28K)

What Works Clearinghouse

- What Works Clearinghouse Handout[downloadable files]MS WORD (41K)
- What Works Clearinghouse Presentation

Questions? Please email: SASAconference@ed.gov

Archived Agenda

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