NCLB Knowledge Base

I. CEEE contributions to the NCLB knowledge base can be found on the following Web page:

• NCLB presentations

In addition to onsite expertise, CEEE staff draw upon the following resources to inform its NCLB knowledge base when provide technical assistance and professional development services:

II. The US Department of Education offers several Web sites

• U.S. Department of Education's No Child Left Behind Web site
  
• Innovations in Education Book Series -- Publications address issues of school choice, supplemental educational services (SES), charter schools, magnet schools, alternate routes to teacher certification, and innovative pathways to school leadership.
• Guiding principles (issued April 2005) to help states with the implementation of NCLB.

III. Other organizations that offer supporting resources and research on NCLB include:

• Council of Chief State School Officers -- CCSSO represents and works on behalf of the public officials who lead state education agencies. The site contains policy statements, links to state education agencies, and special programs, as well as information specifically on teaching and content standards.
  
  
• Center for Education Policy -- Provides technical assistance to states on NCLB.
  
  
• Education Commission of the States (ECS) -- Includes reports on the 50 states and DC. Recent NCLB publications include the ECS Report to the Nation: State Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act.

The following organizations provide up to date research on policy issues such as accountability and teaching and learning which can help inform the work of states, districts and schools as they implement NCLB.

• Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) --Created in 1985, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) unites researchers from five of the nation's leading research institutions -- the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison -- in an effort to improve elementary and secondary education through practical research.
  
  
• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP) -- Knowing how schools, districts, states, professional groups, and institutions enable high-quality teaching and learning is critical to the welfare of the nation's education system and the young people it serves. To this end, the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy studies efforts to improve the quality of teachers, teaching, and learning, as it is enacted in various contexts and at multiple levels of the system. The goal of the Center's research is to identify ways that leaders, policymakers, teacher developers, and the reform community can support teachers' work and careers and, ultimately, the quality of young people's learning opportunities, in U.S. elementary and secondary schools.