No separate funding is available for the evaluation. A letter dated December 30th addressed to planning schools and external evaluators should have been received advertising the three institutes. The intent is to provide timely assistance to help schools seek out and decide how to use research-based strategies and models, and the development of the action plans. The information should be on the department s PSAA website. CSRD is moving along pretty well.
Schools call with occasional problems.
There are lots of resources at the department s CSRD website, including links to federal site with resources. Word is also out that there may well be augmentation funding for CSRD, available in next the fiscal year, but the federal budget not finalized. The CDE is thinking of pushing CSRD applications into spring in order not to create undo rush for school districts. Only one recommendation made by the Advisory Committee concerning the exclusion of ELL students SAT9 data was rejected by the state board. Right now the plan is to mail API ratings to school district superintendents by January 14th, and to provide a press release and have everything on the Internet on January 25th.