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1.	Selected COI Resources Addressing the ARRA Reform Area: Data Systems to Support Instruction [K-12]

As you apply for ARRA funds and implement your plan, COI's resources can help you identify reforms that work and how to implement them. As you advance reforms in the area of "data systems to support instruction", consider that COI's resources cover the use of data to inform instructional practices and decision making; inform professional development for teachers and administrators; and improve teacher and principal effectiveness.

Data Systems to Support Instruction (107 KB)

Published: 1/21/2010 3:17 PM

2.	Selected COI Resources Addressing the ARRA Reform Area: Turning Around Struggling Schools [K-12]

As you apply for ARRA funds and implement your plan for "turning around lowest-performing schools", COI's resources can help you understand research-based practices to provide high-quality instruction and effective intervention to reach struggling students. Our resources can also help principals understand how to plan initiatives to improve the instructional programs for students and how to serve as an instructional leader at their school.

Turning Around Struggling Schools (115.11 KB)

Published: 1/21/2010 3:11 PM

3.	Selected COI Resources Addressing the ARRA Reform Area: Effective Leaders and Teachers [K-12]

As you apply for ARRA funds and implement your plan, COI's resources can help you identify reforms that work and how to implement them. As you advance reforms in "effective leaders and teachers", consider that COI's resources cover the research on high-quality instruction and interventions; using data to inform instruction; high-quality coaching and professional development for your teachers; and how to improve teacher and principal effectiveness.

Effective Leaders and Teachers (140.49 KB)

Published: 1/21/2010 3:01 PM

4.	Selected COI Resources Addressing the ARRA Reform Area: Standards and Assessments [K-12]

As you apply for ARRA funds and implement your plan, COI's resources can guide you in your decision-making about what reforms work and how to implement them most effectively in the area of "standards and assessments". COI's resources can help you implement high-quality assessments and use information from assessments to guide classroom instruction.

Selected COI Resources Addressing the ARRA Reform Area: Standards and Assessments (108.29 KB)

Published: 1/21/2010 2:48 PM

5.	Handbook on Effective Implementation of School Improvement Grants [K-12]

This handbook, edited by the Center on Innovation and Improvement, was developed by the five national content centers (Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center, Center on Innovation & Improvement, Center on Instruction, National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, and National High School Center). The purpose of the Handbook is to bolster the effective implementation of the intervention models and strategies outlined in the 2009 School Improvement Grant (SIG) program in order to achieve the program’s clear goal—rapid improvement of persistently low-achieving schools. In particular, this Handbook offers practical explanations of the SIG’s required and recommended models and strategies, references to the underlying research, and connections to useful resources. The intended audience includes state education agencies (SEAs), local education agencies (LEAs), charter management organizations (CMOs), education management organizations (EMOs), organizational partners engaged in school improvement, and schools engaged in rapid improvement. To download the entire 210-page document, each chapter individually, or chapters by topic, click here.

Published: 1/21/2010 2:30 PM

6.	The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Opportunities for High School Improvement [8-12]

This policy brief, developed by the National High School Center, offers an overview of the major provisions of ARRA that may be used for funding high school improvement initiatives. It highlights suggestions made by the Department of Education regarding ways funds may be spent and provides best practices and resources related to these suggestions. It is available for download below.

ARRA: Opportunities for High School Improvement (410.01 KB)

Published: 11/12/2009 1:47 PM

7.	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Using ARRA Funds Provided through Part B of the Individuals for Disabilities Act (IDEA) to Drive School Reform and Improvement [K-12]

This document from the U.S. Department of Education provides guidance on possible uses of Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) Part B funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The document is available below for downloading.

Using ARRA Funds to Drive School Reform and Improvement (88 KB)

Published: 11/12/2009 1:29 PM

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