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Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality

 

The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education’s Chapter 405 Project is contracted through the New York State Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) to develop, implement, and assess a process of providing comprehensive technical assistance and professional development trainings to New York State School Districts that are addressing issues of Disproportionality. 

Chapter 405’s work includes building the capacity of regions and districts in understanding the root cause and systemically addressing the disproportionate assignment of various subgroups in special education.  This entails providing professional development trainings, coaching, training follow-ups, materials and resources.  The resources include a Web-Based Clearinghouse and a Disproportionality Data Repository.

 
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Teacher Professional Development in 1999-2000: What Teachers, Principals, and District Staff Report

This report uses data from the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey to address how teacher professional development was organized and managed, what kinds of activities were available to teachers, and which ones they participated in.  Major topics covered include planning and implementation of professional development, selection and evaluation of professional development activities and support for teacher professional development.

To download, view and print this report as a PDF file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006305

Parents' Reports of School Practices to Provide Information to Families: 1996 and 2003 

This report focuses on parent-reported school information practices and examines these in relation to the frequency of parent involvement at their children's schools. In addition, these information practices are examined in relation to school, family, and student characteristics.  
To download, view and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006041

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