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Conference Materials

Meeting the Challenge: All Students Achieving Proficiency by 2014
The Southwest Comprehensive Center held a regional conference for SEA leadership teams from our five states on April 4-5, 2006. As the centerpiece of the conference, CC staff worked with Content Centers to identify research studies; and then prepared summaries that provide an overview of reform strategies and schools that have shown success in narrowing or closing achievement gaps for various target groups.

Useful Links

Includes other websites that will help with NCLB implementation.

Comprehensive Centers Program
This program awards discretionary grants to establish comprehensive technical assistance centers to help low-performing schools and districts close achievement gaps and meet the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

Regional Comprehensive Centers

Content Comprehensive Centers

No Child Left Behind - ED.gov
The U.S. Department of Education's web site provides information about the No Child Left Behind legislation including an overview, an A-Z index, and information on stronger accountability, more local freedom, proven methods, and choices for parents. This site also includes specific tabs for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.

Regional Educational Laboratory Program
The Regional Educational Laboratory Program consists of a network of ten laboratories that serve the educational needs of a designated region by providing access to high quality scientifically valid education research through applied research and development projects, studies, and other related technical assistance activities.

U.S. Department of Education (ED)
ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. Its original directive remains its mission today — to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation.

The web site offers a range and an ever-growing collection of information about the department, including initiatives and priorities, grant opportunities, offices, publications, and research and statistics.

What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is a project of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, established to provide educators, policymakers, and the public with a central and independent source of scientific evidence of what works in education.

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