No Child Left Behind: Iowa's Approaches

This program from October 2003 focuses on Iowa's plans for complying with the NCLB, including the state-level implementation of Reading First.

Other NCLB programs

Moderator:

Jim Marshall
Associate Dean for Education
 

Panelists:

Steve Dunbar
Professor, Measurement and Statistics
 
Linda Fielding
Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Links

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (www.ncrel.org)

• Ahead of the Curve: Emerging Policy Issues - NCREL's online resource designed to help education leaders, policymakers, and educators at all levels respond to and understand the shifting world of education policy. (www.ncrel.org/policy/curve)

U.S. Department of Education

• NCLB (www.nclb.gov/)
• No Child Left Behind: A Desktop Reference (www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/index.html?src=rt 4)
• Links to Reading resources (www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/az.html#R)
• Reading First (www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html)
• Early Reading First (www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html)

Reading Web Sites

• The National Reading Panel (www.nationalreadingpanel.org)
• The National Institute for Literacy (www.nifl.gov)
• International Reading Association (www.ira.org)
• Ask Eric search engine (ericir.syr.edu/Eric/adv_search.shtml)
• Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (www.ciera.org)

State of Iowa Web Sites

• NCLB (www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/nclb)
• Reading First (www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/is/rf/)

Testing

• Iowa Testing Programs (www.uiowa.edu/~itp)
• ACT, Inc. (www.atc.org)

Miscellaneous

• Educational Testing Services (www.ets.org/aboutets/child)
• Education Commission of the States (nclb.ecs.org/nclb/)
• Center on Education Policy - several articles as web pages or downloadable pdf files. (www.cep-dc.org/nclb/)
• American Federation of Teachers - Slide presentation on No Child Left Behind Act, January 15, 2002. (Summary of major provisions) (PDF 276K) (www.aft.org/edissues/downloads/TitleI_PPC_Jan02.pdf)
• From The White House - NCLB (www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html)