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Agenda; conceptual framework; "America's Next Achievement Test: Closing the Black-White Test Score Gap," American Prospect, September-October 1998; handwritten notes

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Agenda; Comprehensive District Education Plan; letter from Commissioner Mills to Cortese inviting her to participate on council, January 21, 1999; handwritten notes

Scope and Contents Congressional testimony, "National Education Standards and Testing: A Response to the Recommendations of the National Council on Education Standards and Testing," Daniel M. Koretz, RAND, et al., 1992; "The British Experience with 'Authentic' Testing," George F. Madaus and Thomas Kellaghan, Phi Delta Kappan, February 1993; "Does Your Testing Match Your Teaching Style?" Instructor, September 1994;...

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State Education Department summary of discussions of subcommittee

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Regents discussion item re student performance on elementary and middle-level assessments, October 29, 2001; NYSUT Task Force on Time survey results

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Presenters' outlines for SUNY conference, "Leave No Child Behind: Improving Under-Performing Urban Schools"

Scope and Contents 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...

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State Education Department briefing paper on No Child Left Behind Act; discussion paper for Regents on uses of disaggregated data in closing the performance gap (reporting performance data by racial, ethnic, and other demographic characteristics); list of members of Subcommittee on Strengthening Instruction; statistical materials

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Summary of issues discussed at meetings of Subcommittee on Strengthening Instruction; report by subcommittee: "Closing the Gaps in Student Academic Performance"

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Agenda for Subcommittee on Strengthening Instruction meeting; Regents report, "Strategies to Close the Gaps in Student Performance," February 2002; comparison of Regents report and report of Subcommittee on Strengthening Instruction; Regents status report of middle-level education in NYS; issue outline, "Improving Middle-Level Instruction"; final report of the NYSUT Task Force on Time, June 2002