People, Groups, and Projects
Federal Regulations, Guidance, and Letters
Publications

People, Groups, and Projects

• State Support Team Network
  CCSSO's State Support Team Network (SSTN) assists states in their efforts to equip state staff with the skills and knowledge necessary to provide high-quality support to low-performing schools and districts.
• Extended Learning and Development Opportunities
  CCSSO actively supports states efforts toward extended learning opportunities, particularly in low-performing, high-poverty schools, by providing critical information in this area.
• Community-Based Organization (CBO) High Schools Project
  With grant funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and in partnership with the Academy for Educational Development, CCSSO assists states in examining their statewide, district- and school-level policies related to alternative and CBO high schools.
• Immigrant Students and Secondary Schools Reform Project
  With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, CCSSO assists states in improving educational services for English language learners (ELLs) enrolled in high schools undergoing reform.
• High-Poverty Schools Initiative
  This CCSSO initiative focuses on building the capacity of state education agency officials and their local partners to implement various federal education programs aimed at improving outcomes for students in high-poverty schools.
• National Clearinghouse on Comprehensive School Reform (NCCSR)
  Supported by the U.S. Department of Education, NCCSR maintains an extensive web site with a literature library, tools for planning and implementing school reform programs, a school reform models catalog, publications, and other materials.
• Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia
  Supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia program consists of ten regional service providers to help improve mathematics and science education throughout the Nation.

Federal Regulations, Guidance, and Letters

• Guidance on school and LEA improvement
  January 7, 2004
• Regulations on AYP, corrective action, supplemental services, and teacher quality
  December 2, 2002

Publications

• Study of State Support for Low-Performing Schools
  CCSSO
  March 2003
  Analysis of technical assistance strategies and factors affecting a state's ability to provide assistance to low-performing schools; based on a study conducted in Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, and Texas.
• State Support Team Network: Improving Achievement in Low-Performing Schools
  CCSSO
  February 2003
  Report and recommendations for state education agency action to improve systems of school support for low-performing schools and districts.
• CBO High Schools: Their Value and Their Needs in an Era of Accountability
  Kali-Ahset Amen, Michael DiMaggio, & Linda Brown Warren with CCSSO CBO High Schools Project
  2003
  Reports on the results of a survey of six high schools sponsored by the Community-Based Organization (CBO) and the local and state educational agencies that support them support. Includes an overview of the functional program strategies common to CBO high schools; major issues and challenges, with special attention to funding, staffing, and assessment and accountability; and recommendations to policymakers for increased state and district support.
• The Opportunity to Leave No Child Behind in the Middle Grades
  CCSSO with AED and the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform
  July 21-23, 2002
  Proceedings from a conference on NCLB implications for the middle grades. The conference took place on July 21-23, 2002, and was sponsored by CCSSO, the Academy for Educational Development, and the National Form to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform.
• SEA Toolkit on Supplemental Educational Services
  CCSSO and Education Quality Institute
  June 2002
  This toolkit provides approval criteria, tools, and advice for state education agencies to use as they approve supplemental educational service providers as required by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).
• Extended Learning Opportunities in Fostering Academic Achievement: Selected School Profiles
  CCSSO
  2002
  Profiles of extended learning programs in five high-performing, high-poverty schools. Includes analyses of program origins and goals, links between the extended learning program and the school day, funding and sustainability, and challenges to implementation.
• State and District Support to Low-Performing Schools: Selected Presentations from a Working Conference of the High Poverty Schools Initiative
  CCSSO
  March 2002
  Proceedings from a conference that focused on how states and districts can support low-performing schools. The conference was held in May of 2001 and was sponsored by CCSSO, the National Clearinghouse on Comprehensive School Reform, and IDEA Partnerships.
• Summary of Findings from SSI and Recommendations for NSF's Role with States: How NSF Can Encourage State Leadership in Improvement of Science and Mathematics Education
  CCSSO
  2000
  Report on how the National Science Foundation (NSF) can work with states to advance statewide improvement of mathematics and science education based on standards for student learning.
• Every Child Reading: A Professional Development Guide
  Learning First Alliance
  2000
  Guidance for planners of professional development for reading and language arts education from the Learning First Alliance.
• Extended Learning Opportunities
  CCSSO
  November 1999
  Summary of state extended learning developments and a statement of CCSSO's goal of expanding state efforts for extended learning, particularly in low-performing schools.