Closing the Performance Gap Committee 2000-2002, 2000-2002

Cortese talking points for April 30 meeting of Closing the Performance Gap Committee; press release from State Education Department, "Vast Majority of High School Seniors Pass Regents English, Math Exams to Graduate," with attached statistical charts, December 19, 2001; agenda for meeting of Subcommittee on Strengthening Instruction; draft document by Regents and Statewide Performance Advisory Council, "Strategies to Close the Gaps in Student Performance," with similar cover letters to Cortese from Commissioner Mills, October 22, 2001, and January 9, 2002; report by Comptroller H. Carl McCall, "Higher Standards for All: New York State's Educational Performance Gap and Necessary Reforms," July 2000; related student achievement data; handwritten notes