| Supporting the Performance of Diverse Learners March 26-28, 2006 |
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March 26-28, 2006 Miami, FL The Supporting the Performance of Diverse Learners conference was sponsored by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Partnership at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, the Consortium for School Improvement at the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, and the Comprehensive School Reform Support and Capacity Building Program at the Education Alliance at Brown University. Dr. Pedro A. Noguera of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education at New York University framed the conference with a dynamic keynote focused on the conditions that education stakeholders must create in order for diverse learners to succeed. The breakout presentations and facilitated reflection sessions focused on the conference's four goals:
(Linked Resource) Click here to view the Participants (Linked Resource) The IDEA Partnership sponsored a group of 20 participants which included
(Linked Resource) Day 1: Sunday, March 26, 2006
Projects Related to School Improvement at CCSSO (Linked Resource) Elaine Bonner-Tompkins, Director of Special Education, Council of Chief State School Officers The CSR Support and Capacity Building Program (Linked Resource) Brett Lane, Project Director, The CSR Support and Capacity Building Program at The Education Alliance at Brown University The IDEA Partnership (Linked Resource) Joanne Cashman, Project Director, The IDEA Partnership at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement (Linked Resource) Hugh Burkett, Director, The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement Day 2: Monday, March 27, 2006
Joint Statement from All Conference Partners (Linked Resource) Julia Lara, Deputy Executive Director, Council of Chief State School Officers The Role of State Government in Supporting Struggling Schools (Linked Resource) Pedro Noguera, Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University Response to Intervention (RtI) in General, Remedial and Special Education (Linked Resource) Daniel Reschly, Professor of Education and Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Promising Practices for African-American Students: Research Findings (Linked Resource) Olatokunbo S. Fashola, Senior Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC; Adjunct Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Findings from the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth (Linked Resource) Diane August, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Applied Linguistics Creating a Model for Systemic Change in Schools that Results in Significant Improvement in Academic Achievement on the Part of Students with Disabilities (Linked Resource) Mike Jones, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services Diana Walsh-Reuss, Director, Special Education Dawn Walsh, Project Monitor, Focused Monitoring Facilitated Districts Grant Project Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, CA Extended Learning Opportunities – Summer Adventures in Learning: A Comprehensive Program to Close the Achievement Gap (Linked Resource) Chrisandra Richardson, Director, Academic Support, Federal and State Programs Felicia Lanham-Tarason, Principal, Wheaton Woods Elementary School Montgomery County Public Schools, MD Native American High Performance Learning Communities: A School Improvement Process Focused on Culturally Appropriate School Improvement Strategies (Linked Resource) Patricia Stone, Director, Native American High Performance Learning Communities Developing a Strategic, Integrated, and Multilevel Approach for English Language Learners from Pre-K to 12th Grade (Linked Resource) Susan McGilvray-Rivet, Director Sara Hamerla, Assistant Director Bilingual Education, English as a Second Language and Sheltered English Programs, Framingham School District, MA Day 3: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Concurrent Sessions Scaling up Access to the General Education Curriculum for Diverse Learners (Linked Resource) Anita Buckley Commander, Director, Classroom Improvement, Alabama State Department of Education Closing Achievement Gaps in Norfolk Public - Journey to World Class Part 1 (Linked Resource) Part 2 (Linked Resource) Part 3 (Linked Resource) Gloria P. Hagans, Senior Director, Compensatory Education Programs Bythella Hickman, Supervisor, Title I Schoolwide Programs Rhonda Ambrose, Early Literacy Specialist Sarah Peoples-Perry, Principal, Campostella Elementary Kathy Gradeles, Instructional Specialist, Campostella Elementary, Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA Universal Education (Linked Resource) Elizabeth W. Bauer, Member, Michigan State Board of Education Response to Intervention in Pennsylvania (Linked Resource) Judy Marquette, Program Director, Pennsylvania Department of Education and Pennsylvania Training & Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) Addressing the Disproportionate Representation of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in Special Education (Linked Resource) Edward Fergus, Director, Research and Evaluation, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, New York University Comprehensive School Reform Support and Capacity Building Program: Developing a Framework for Inclusive and Sustainable School Improvement (Linked Resource) Brett Lane, Project Director Phyllis Hardy, Program Planning Specialist Maria Pacheco, Director, Equity and Diversity Projects The CSR Support and Capacity Building Project, The Education Alliance at Brown University Critical Challenges and Promising Practices Identified by States and Districts The conference gave participants three formal opportunities to network and reflect on what they heard from the plenary and breakout sessions. Facilitated by content experts, these sessions grouped participants across states and roles, by comprehensive center regions. The following critical challenges and promising practices emerged from these conversations. Critical Challenges Monday’s plenary and breakout sessions applied research to strategies for diverse learners. The following obstacles were repeatedly cited in relation to the implementation of research- and evidence-based strategies:
Supplemental Resources Several participants requested access to the following resources focused on becoming critical consumers of research: CPRE Policy Briefs: The Use of Research Evidence in Instructional Improvement (Linked Resource) Tom Corcoran Consortium for Policy Research in Education November 2003 Show Me the Evidence: Effective Programs for Elementary and Secondary Schools (Linked Resource) Robert Slavin Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University September 2005 Using Scientifically-Based Research in Schools (Linked Resource) The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement October 2005 In this section, participants have submitted additional resources that relate to the conference's focus on diverse learners: Our Impoverished View of Educational Reform (Linked Resource) *You must purchase this article, but a complimentary abstract is available. David C. Berliner Arizona State University August 2005 |
