May 2003 — Special Feature
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Implementing the Complexities of NCLB
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\par \par\par Details about many of the items referred to in this article are available at www.dpi.state.wi.us, as well as on our team Web page at www.dpi.state.wi.us/dltcl/imt. Another great resource is Wisconsin's Information Network for Successful Schools (www.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/index.html), which is made up of four sections: "Standards and Assess-ment," "Data Analysis," "Continuous School Improvement" and "Best Practices."
\par \par\par Neah J. Lohr is director of the Instructional Media and Technology Team at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. She can be reached by e-mail at neah.lohr@dpi.state.wi.us.
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\par SETDA Releases NCLB Technology Toolkit
\par \par\par In April, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), the principal association representing the state directors for educational technology, released the SETDA National Leadership Institute (NLI) Toolkit titled "States Helping States Implement No Child Left Behind." SETDA has been working to provide assistance to states in implementing NCLB. In December 2002, SETDA hosted the first annual National Leadership Institute on Evaluation where state participants worked together with research and evaluation experts and U.S. Education Department staff to produce the Toolkit. During the workshop, participants carefully examined five areas of the act:
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- Evaluating Effective Teaching and Learning \par \tab
- National Education Technology Plan \par
\par Each chapter of the SETDA NLI Toolkit provides an overview of the topic discussed, a set of tools for education leaders, and a set of "next steps" for continuing to help states in implementing the NCLB Act. \f1 Members may access t\f0 he SETDA NLI Toolkit online at www.setda.org/content.cfm?sectionID=56.
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