How Do States Provide Technical
Assistance to Districts and Schools?
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How Do States Provide Technical Assistance to Districts and Schools? |
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States have never had the funding to provide technical assistance to much more than low performing schools and districts, and with continuing constraints in state budgets, states will be challenged by how best to positively impact more schools and districts. Web-based technical assistance is one way to provide quality resources to all educators for a fraction of the cost in disseminating these same resources in traditional staff development and/or paper documents. Web-based technical assistance is one way to provide all educators and other stakeholders simultaneous access to guidance and resources. Using a web site to provide online professional development and information to the public is a strategy that has several advantages:
Technical Assistance in Understanding State Assessments Technical Assistance in Understanding AYP Technical Assistance in Analyzing and Using Data Technical Assistance in Understanding Content Standards Technical Assistance in Monitoring Student Progress Technical Assistance in Leading the School Improvement Process Technical Assistance in Understanding State Assessments    Many states release test items to the public so that they can better understand what the state assessment measures and what looks like. The following are some examples: Maryland has released several forms of the High School Assessments. http://mdk12.org/mspp/high_school/look_like/index.html  School Assessments also released test items in other content areas: Biology, Algebra/Data Analysis, Geometry, and Government. http://mdk12.org/mspp/high_school/look_like/index.html Washington State provides Test and Item Specifications for 4th, 7th, and 10th Grades. http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/assessproginfo/subdocuments/testspec.asp  [top] Technical Assistance in Understanding AYP  [top] Technical Assistance in Analyzing and Using Data     [top] Technical Assistance in Understanding Content Standards Many states have placed their content standards online. Some states have provided additional support in the form of related assessments, guided explanations of how to define proficiency or use rubrics to measure successful attainment of the standards. Illinois has created performance descriptors and classroom assessments for their Illinois Learning Standards. All Performance Descriptors and Classroom Assessments [top] Technical Assistance in Understanding Content Standards  [top] Technical Assistance in Leading the School Improvement Process   Washington State provides guidance on how schools are to set reading and mathematics improvement goals for 2004. http://www.k12.wa.us/curriculuminstruct/goals/ |
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