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Assessments and Testing
Accountability/Adequate Yearly Progress
Charter Schools and NCLB
Community Learning Centers
Complaint Procedures
Comprehensive School Reform
Data Collection and Reporting Requirements
Education Technology
ESEA Consolidated Application
ESEA Consolidated End-of-Year Report
Even Start Family Literacy Programs
Flexibility and Transferability
Grant and Funding Information
Highly Qualified Teachers
Homeless Education
Individual Student Enrollment System
Limited English Proficient Students
Mathematics & Science Partnerships
Migrant Education
Military Access
Monitoring (state monitoring of LEAs)
New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition
Paraprofessionals
Parents and NCLB
Private School Participation
Public School Choice
Reading First
Reauthorization of ESEA
Rural Education Initiatives
Sanctions
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
School Prayer
Schools Identified for Improvement
Service-Learning and NCLB
Special Education and NCLB
State Consolidated Application
Student Surveys
Supplemental Educational Services
Title I Supplemental School Improvement
Unsafe School Choice Option
Wisconsin Alternate Assessment

Assessments and Testing

WKCE scores up, especially mathPDF Document
News Release May 22, 2007 All DPI News Releases

Assessments and Testing in Wisconsin (DPI Office of Educational Accountability Web page)

Wisconsin Alternate Assessment

DPI Guidelines to Facilitate the Participation of Students with Special Needs in State Assessments (April 2005)

Standards, Assessment, and Accountability (ED Web site)

Accountability/Adequate Yearly Progress

Schools receive preliminary progress reportsPDF Document
News Release June 12, 2007 All DPI News Releases

WKCE scores up, especially mathPDF Document
News Release May 22, 2007 All DPI News Releases

Schools receive preliminary progress reports for educational accountability requirementsPDF Document
News Release June 13, 2006 All DPI News Releases

Memo to districts from Superintendent Burmaster regarding recent changes to Wisconsin's Accountability Plan for 2005-06

Recent Changes to Wisconsin's Accountability Plan - April 27, 2006

Adequate Yearly Progress 2005 PowerPoint Document (September 2005)

Preliminary progress report issued for schools PDF Document (2004-05 school year)
News Release June 14, 2005 All DPI News Releases

Accountability Timeline Under No Child Left Behind

Memo to districts re: recent changes to Wisconsin's Accountability Plan MS Word documentMarch 18, 2005

Annual Review of School or District Performance

Preliminary AYP notification sent to schools and districts PDF Document News Release September 17, 2004 All DPI News Releases

An AYP Primer PDF Document

AYP Update PowerPoint Document (November 2004)

Wisconsin's Accountability Plan PDF Document

Wisconsin's Accountability Plan PDF Document News Release May 21, 2003 All DPI News Releases

Wisconsin Schools Identified for Improvement

Corrective Action and Restructuring for Schools Identified for Improvement (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 04.02)

Sanctions for Title I Schools Not Making AYP MS Word document

Sanctions for Title I Districts Not Making AYP MS Word document

Schools and Districts Notified of their AYP Status PDF Document News Release September 22, 2003 All DPI News Releases

DPI's Office of Educational Accountability Web page

Standards, Assessment, and Accountability (ED Web site)

Charter Schools and NCLB

Burmaster awards $9.48 million in charter grantspdf document News Release October 10, 2005 All DPI News Releases

Wisconsin gains $17 million federal charter school grant PDF Document News Release August 2, 2005 All DPI News Releases

Title I - Charter Schools Non-Regulatory Guidance MS Word document (released July 2004)

Charter Schools in Wisconsin

ESEA 2R Charter - Overview PowerPoint Document

Community Learning Centers

Burmaster announces grants to fund new community learning centers for after-school activities next fall PDF Document News Release July 21, 2004 All DPI News Releases

21st Century Community Learning Centers

Complaint Procedures

Wisconsin Administrative Procedure for Complaints or Appeals under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) MS Word document - These complaint procedures are created for the use of individuals or organizations who wish to register a complaint that the state education agency (SEA) or local education agency (LEA) has violated laws and/or regulations governing state-administered programs funded under NCLB.

No Child Left Behind Complaints Policy and Procedure MS Word document (as required by 20 USC 1231 b-2)

Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter PI 1 - Complaint Resolution and AppealsPDF Document - This policy and procedure applies to any program under which federal financial assistance is provided to or through the DPI to be expended in accordance with the State Plan approved by the Secretary of Education. This policy and procedures applies to LEAs that applied for or received such funds.

Comprehensive School Reform

Five schools receive Comprehensive School Reform grants for 2005-06 PDF Document News Release June 28, 2005 All DPI News Releases

Comprehensive School Reform Grants Approved for 2004-05 PDF Document News Release August 6, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Title I, Part F - Comprehensive School Reform Program

Data Collection and Reporting Requirements

Wisconsin Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS) and NCLB (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 03.08)

Wisconsin's Individual Student Enrollment System: Answers to Parents' Questions About New Federal Data Collection Requirements

Meeting ESEA Report Card Requirements - Information for Districts

Meeting Report Card Requirements of ESEA (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.10)

Sample statement to parents regarding accessing school performance MS Word document

data on WINSS MS Word document

Report Cards, Title I, Part A, Non-Regulatory Guidance MS Word document (released September 12, 2003)

Education Technology

16 projects share $2.4 million in Enhancing Education through Technology grantspdf document - News Release August 15, 2005 All DPI News Releases

17 Projects Share $3.1 Million in Federal Enhancing Education through Technology Grants PDF Document - News Release July 16, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Wisconsin receives grant under NCLB's Enhancing Education through Technology Program PDF Document - News Release February 5, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Enhancing Education through Technology: Needs Assessment/Accountability for Ed Tech (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 03.05)

DPI's Instructional Media and Technology - Ed Tech Web page

ESEA Consolidated Application

ESEA Consolidated Application for LEAs (entitlement funds)

ESEA Consolidated End-of-Year Report

ESEA Consolidated End-of-Year Reporting

Even Start Family Literacy Programs

22 family literacy projects receive federal funds PDF Document - News Release November 12, 2004 All DPI News Releases

DPI's Even Start Family Literacy Grant web page

Flexibility and Transferability

Transferability Authority Final Guidance MS Word document (released August 16, 2004

Flexible Use of ESEA Program Funds Across Titles (Transferability) (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.13)

Transferability for State and Local Educational Agencies (ED Web site)

Flexibility and Waivers (ED Web site)

Grant and Funding Information

Overview of ESEA Grant and Funding Information

ESEA Consolidated Application for LEAs (entitlement funds)

2004-05 NCLB Competitive Grants

Formula Allocation Spreadsheets

Carryover Information
Claiming Funds

ESEA Consortia (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 04.01)

Fiscal Agent Information

Forms

Maintenance of Effort

DPI Staff Contacts for Title-specific technical assistance under ESEA PDF Document

Highly Qualified Teachers

Reminder of Parent Notification Requirements Related to Teacher Qualifications (Memo dated October 25, 2007)pdf document

Wisconsin's Highly Qualified Teachers Plan (Revised September 21, 2006)pdf document

Title II, Part A - Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting (ESEA Information Bulletin No. 06.01)pdf document

Letter to District Administrators regarding High Quality Prfessional Development requirement PDF Document (March 2004)

Enclosures:
Wisconsin's highly qualified teachers are the foundation for educational excellence PDF Document News Release October 22, 2003 All DPI News Releases

ESEA Provisions for Highly Qualified Teachers (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.04)

Title II Part A Improving Teacher Quality Draft Non-Regulatory Guidance MS Word document (revised draft September 12, 2003

Sample letter to parents regarding Right to Receive Teacher Information MS Word document

DPI's Teacher Licensing Web page

Homeless Education

Homeless Education: Identification of Children and Youth in Homeless Situations (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 03.06)

Draft Non-Regulatory Guidance for the Homeless Children and Youth Program MS Word document (March 2003)

Information that must be included in a notice to parents regarding homeless children MS Word document

Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program - Web page on DPI's Successful Schools Team

Individual Student Enrollment System (ISES)

Wisconsin's Individual Student Enrollment System: Answers to Parents' Questions About New Federal Data Collection Requirements

Meeting ESEA Report Card Requirements - Information for Districts

Meeting Report Card Requirements of ESEA (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.10)

Limited English Proficient Students

New! Required Two-Year Monitoring for Former English Language Learners (ESEA Information Update Bulletin #08.01) pdf document

Memo to District Administrators and Educators of English Language Learners regarding New ESEA Information Update Bulletins (August 28, 2007) pdf document

Identification of Students as English Language Learners (Entry) (ESEA Information Update Bulletin #07.01) pdf document

Criteria for Reclassification of English Language Learner Students as Fully English Proficient (Exiting) (ESEA Information Update Bulletin #07.02) pdf document

Information that must be included in a notice to parents regarding limited English proficient students MS Word document

More information on Bilingual/ESL Education

Mathematics & Science Partnerships

New partnership grants to fund mathematics and science professional development News Release August 4, 2008 pdf document All DPI News Releases

Partnership grants to improve mathematics and science achievement News Release September 17, 2007 pdf document All DPI News Releases

2007 Mathematics & Science Partnerships Preconference Booklet pdf document All DPI News Releases

Grants to increase teachers' content knowledge in mathematics and science PDF DocumentNews Release November 14, 2006 All DPI News Releases

Math and Science Partnerships 2006 Learning Network ConferencePDF Document

Grants support math and science partnerships to improve teachingPDF Document News Release November 21, 2005 All DPI News Releases

Five PK-16 Partnerships Receive Math and Science Grants PDF Document News Release February 4, 2005 All DPI News Releases

Five PK-16 Partnerships Receive Math and Science Grants PDF Document News Release February 16, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program

Migrant Education

Draft Non-Regulatory Guidance for Title I, Part C - Migrant Education Program MS Word document (October 23, 2003)

DPI's Migrant Education Program Web page

Military Access

Letter to WI district administrators from Superintendent Burmaster PDF Document (October, 2005)

Letter to WI public high school principals from Superintendent Burmaster PDF Document (February 20, 2003)

Access by Military Recruiters (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.12)

Access to High School Students and Information on Students by Military Recruiter Draft Non-Regulatory Guidance (released October 9, 2002)

Model notice for Directory Information (military recruiter access) MS Word document

Monitoring

Monitoring of District ESEA Consolidated Programs - Guidance Document for Districts pdf document

Monitoring of District ESEA Consolidated Programs - Guidance Document for Consortia pdf document

Overview of the District ESEA Consolidated Program Monitoring Process PowerPoint Document November 2004 printable version PowerPoint Document

New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition

New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition web page

144 named New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition pdf documentNews Release September 6, 2005 All DPI News Releases

138 named New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition PDF Document News Release September 21, 2004 All DPI News Releases

New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition - web site

New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition 2004 PDF Document News Release March 2, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Paraprofessionals

New! Paraprofessional Competencies and Professional Development Options PDF Document

Report on the Needs Assessment of Title I Paraprofessionals PDF Document

Paraprofessional Assessment Guidelines PDF Document

Paraprofessionals - Frequently Asked Questions (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 03.02)

New Requirements for Paraprofessionals (ESEA Information Update Bulletin bulletin No. 02.03)

Title I Paraprofessionals Non-Regulatory Guidance PDF Document (released March 1, 2004)

Paraprofessionals - Web page (DPI's Content and Learning Team)

Parents and NCLB

Reminder of Parent Notification Requirements Related to Teacher Qualifications (Memo dated October 25, 2007)pdf document

Involving Parents in No Child Left Behind: A Tool Kit for Schools PDF Document

Parental Involvement: Title I, Part A - Non-Regulatory Guidance MS Word document (released April 23, 2004)

Wisconsin's Individual Student Enrollment System: Answers to Parents' Questions About New Federal Data Collection Requirements

What is the NCLB? and Ten Other Things Parents Should Know About the No Child Left Behind Act PDF Document

An AYP Primer PDF Document

Overview of Parent Notification Requirements in NCLB (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 03.03)

Overview of Parent Involvement Requirements in NCLB (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 03.04)

Parents' Right to Receive Teacher Information (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.09)

Federal NCLB Web Site for Parents and Citizens

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education

National Network of Partnership Schools

Sample Letters and Templates

DPI Parents' Page

Private School Participation

Title I Services to Private School Students Draft Guidance MS Word document (released October 17, 2003)

Private School Student and Educator Participation in ESEA/NCLB Programs (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 03.01)

ESEA Provisions for Private Schools (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.08)

Affirmation of Consultation with Private School Officials (form PI-9550-AC) MS Word document (new 2004-05)

Public School Choice

Public School Choice Non-Regulatory Guidance PDF Document (released February 6, 2004)

Supplemental Educational Services and Public School Choice (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.07)

Information on Wisconsin's Public School Open Enrollment (inter-district choice) Program

Unsafe School Choice Option

Reauthorization of ESEA

Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Reading First

Federal Reading First Grants Distributed Statewide PDF Document - News Release April 13, 2004

27 Schools Receive Federal Reading First Grants PDF Document - News Release January 28, 2004

Information on Wisconsin's Reading First Program

Rural Education Initiatives

Title VI, Part B - Rural Education Initiative


Burmaster announces initiative to support rural schools PDF Document News Release March 18, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Two Rural Schools Receive $50,000 Improvement Grants PDF Document News Release February 17, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Grant Application for the Rural, Low-Income School Achievement Program MS Word document

Schools Eligible for Small, Rural School Achievement Program Funding 2003-04 PDF Document

Draft Guidance on the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) MS Word document (released June 13, 2003

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities

Non-Regulatory Draft Guidance for Implementing the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) MS Word document (January 2, 2003)

Safe and Drug-Free Schools - Essential for Student Success (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.05)

Information on Wisconsin's Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program

Sanctions

Sanctions for Title I Schools Not Making AYP MS Word document

Sanctions for Title I Districts Not Making AYPMS Word document

An AYP Primer PDF Document

Corrective Action and Restructuring for Schools Identified for Improvement (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 04.02)

DPI's Office of Educational Accountability Web page

School Prayer

Letter and certification form regarding constitutionally protected prayer in schools PDF Document (August 2003)

Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools PDF Document (released February 7, 2003)

Schools Identified for Improvement

Preliminary progress report issued for schools PDF Document (2004-05 school year) News Release June 14, 2005 All DPI News Releases

Preliminary AYP notification sent to schools and districts PDF Document News Release September 17, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Memo to districts re: recent changes to Wisconsin's Accountability Plan MS Word document March 18, 2005

Corrective Action and Restructuring for Schools Identified for Improvement (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 04.02)

28 Schools Receive Title I School Improvement Grants PDF Document - News Release January 23, 2004 All DPI News Releases

LEA and School Improvement Non-Regulatory Guidance PDF Document (released January 7, 2004)

Wisconsin Schools Identified for Improvement

Sanctions for Schools Not Making AYP MS Word document

Sanctions for Districts Not Making AYPMS Word document

Schools and Districts Notified of their AYP Status PDF Document - News Release September 22, 2003 All DPI News Releases

DPI's Office of Educational Accountability Web page

Standards, Assessment, and Accountability (ED Web site)

Service-Learning and NCLB

Service-Learning and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 PowerPoint Document (November 2004)

Opportunities for Service-Learning in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 MS Word document (article by Shelley H. Billig and Stephany Brown, RMC Research Corporation, Denver)

Linking Service-Learning & No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Title I - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged PDF Document

Linking Service-Learning & No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Title IV - Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities PDF Document

Linking Service-Learning & No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Title V, Part A - Innovative Programs PDF Document

More Service-Learning Information on DPI's Bright Beginnings Family-Community-School Partnership Web page

Special Education and NCLB

IDEA and NCLB - The Connection PowerPoint Document

Wisconsin Alternate Assessment

DPI Guidelines to Facilitate the Participation of Students with Special Needs in State Assessments (April 2005)

DPI's Special Education Team Web page

State Consolidated Application

Wisconsin's State Consolidated Application to USED

Consolidated State Information (ED Web site)

Student Surveys

Bulletin No. 02.14-Student Surveys

Sample parental permission forms (active and passive) for Student Surveys MS Word document

Supplemental Educational Services

DPI's Supplemental Educational Services Web page

Title I Supplemental School Improvement

Title I Supplemental School Improvement Grant web page

La Crosse to receive $150,000 in continuous improvement grantsPDF Document News Release October 25, 2006 All DPI News Releases

36 schools received $50,000 Title I School Improvement Grants PDF Document News Release October 11, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Two Rural Schools Receive $50,000 Improvement Grants PDF Document News Release February 17, 2004 All DPI News Releases

28 Schools Receive Title I School Improvement Grants PDF Document News Release January 23, 2004 All DPI News Releases

Unsafe School Choice Option

ESEA Intradistrict Safe School Transfer Option (bulletin No. 03.07)

ESEA Intradistrict Safe School Transfer Options - Chapter PI 23 MS Word document

Unsafe School Choice Option Non-Regulatory Guidance MS Word document (released May, 2004)

Wisconsin Alternate Assessment

DPI Guidelines to Facilitate the Participation of Students with Special Needs in State Assessments (April 2005)

Special Education Bulletin No. 05.01 - Guidelines for Complying with the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities-Part 7

Final Regulations - Alternate Assessment (Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 236 dated December 9, 2003)

Special Education Bulletin No. 04.06 - Guidelines for Complying with the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities-Part 6: District Waiver to Exceed One Percent Cap for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

Special Education Bulletin No. 04.01 - Guidelines for Complying with the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities-Part 5: Title I Regulations on Alternative Achievement Standards

Special Education Bulletin No. 03.07-Guidelines for Complying with the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities-Part 4

Special Education Bulletin No. 03.04-Guidelines for Complying with the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities--Part 3

Guidelines for Complying with the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment, Part 2 (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.11)

Guidelines for Complying with the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment, Part 1 (ESEA Information Update Bulletin No. 02.06)

DPI's Special Education Team Web page

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