NYSED and USDOE Updates
jdelucia | February 19, 2010
There have been many new announcements from both NYSED and the US DOE in recent weeks. Below please find the links to those of greatest importance for your perusal and convenience:
1. New York State Joins Mass Insight, Five Other States, to Develop Partnership Zones to Turn Around Low Achieving Schools http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/NYJoinsPartnershipZone.html
2. Update on Changes to 2009-10 School Year AYP Determinations for the Students with Disabilities Subgroup
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/nyc/APA/Memos/Update_on_SWD_stat_adj.html
3. Procedures for Administering the June 2010 Regents Examination in Algebra 2/Trigonometry
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/hsgen/610/algebra2trigmemo.pdf
4. Elementary- and Intermediate-Level Testing Schedule for the 2010−11 School Year
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/schedules/2011/3-8schedule1011-021010.pdf
5. An update on the 2009-10 and 2010-11 Grades 3-8 Testing Program
http://www.regents.nysed.gov/meetings/2010Meetings/February2010/0210emscd2.htm
6. A Message from the New York State Education Commissioner on Homeless Students and State Assessments http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/Feb2010message_homeless_students_assessments.html
7. Attachment A: Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/attacha_jan2010.html
8. Education Commissioner Announces 57 Schools Identified as “Persistently Lowest Achieving” and Eligible for New Funding for Turnaround; Schools to be Focus of Race to the Top and School Improvement Efforts
http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/PersistentlyLowAchiev2010.html
9. U.S. Department of Education Opens Race to the Top Competition http://www2.ed.gov/print/news/pressreleases/2009/11/11122009.html
