About Our Office

Student Achievement and School Accountability Program (SASA) Office supports systemic efforts to improve academic achievement in schools that serve low-income communities. This is accomplished primarily through the administration of programs under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, providing over $13.8 billion in FY 2008 to improve teaching and learning in public schools throughout the nation.

The Office promotes accountability for improving student achievement by ensuring that States implement rigorous systems of standards, assessments, and accountability that motivate educators to assume responsibility for getting each and every student to achieve at high levels. As well, the Office builds the fiscal, pedagogical, and technical capacity of States, school districts, and schools to get all students (especially those most in need) to meet their State's high academic standards.

Fiscal capacity is supported through the flow of both formula and discretionary grants to States and school districts. Pedagogical capacity is supported through the promotion of effective research-based instructional approaches. Technical capacity is supported through efforts to help educators make good instructional use of all of the flexibility provided in legislation.

SASA Management Staff

Director (Zollie Stevenson Jr.,)

Staff Assistant (Jean Toye)
Responsible for scheduling for the director and provides support for the deputy director.

Group 1 - Monitoring (Patricia McKee)

Group 2 - Title III State Consolidated Grants (Acting, Zollie Stevenson Jr.,)

Group 3 - Policy Coordination (Susan Wilhelm)

Group 4 - Instructional Change (Gary Rutkin)

Group 5 - Standards and Assessments (Acting, David Harmon)

Group 6 - Accountability (Patrick Rooney)

Deputy Director (Gregory T. Jackson)

The primary responsibility of the Deputy Director of Title I is to assist the Director in carrying out the responsibilities of the Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs (SASA). These responsibilities are carried out through facilitation and coordination of activities that include formulating, developing and implementing office policy, budget, staffing and representing the Director in her absence. Additional responsibilities include the day-today management of the office and as liaison between SASA and other offices.

Management Support Specialist (Claire Hunkin)
Responsible for assigning, tracking and quality control for all correspondence.

Management Operations Specialist (Patrice Washington)
Responsible for personnel and travel, budget management, and providing support for discretionary and formula grant programs.

Standards and Assessments

Name Telephone Number and E-Mail Address	Position	State Assignments
Zollie Stevenson Jr. 260-0826 Zollie.Stevenson@ed.gov	Director	all for group
Gregory T. Jackson 260-7400 Gregory.T.Jackson@ed.gov	Deputy Director	all for group
Jean Toye 260-0826 Jean.Toye@ed.gov	Staff Assistant	none
David Jackson 260-0836 David.Jackson@ed.gov	Documents Clearance/Policy Development	MI/WY/ Outlying Territories
Vacant 260-0826	Education Program Specialist	none
Audit Resolution
Edward Simermeyer 205-2189 Edward.Simermeyer@ed.gov	Audit	BIE/AZ
Patrick Smith 401-0311 Patrick.Smith@ed.gov	Audit	GA/KY
Adrienne Smith 205-9189 Adrienne.Smith@ed.gov	Audit	CO/IA
Mary Moran 260-0940 Mary.Moran@ed.gov	Audit	DC/HI/NJ
Vacant 260-0826	Audit
Monitoring
Paticia McKee 260-0991 Patricia.McKee@ed.gov	Group Leader/Monitoring	all for group
Shevine Holeman 260-0999 Shevine Holeman	Technical Asst Monitoring	ND/OH/TX
Kim Hicks 260-0973 Kim.Hicks@ed.gov	Technical Asst Monitoring	LA/NY/SC
Nola Cromer 205-41586 Nola Cromer@ed.gov	Technical Asst Monitoring Services to Private School Children	FL/ ME/UT
Tanesha Hembrey 260-1719 Tanesha.Hembrey@ed.gov	Technical Asst Monitoring	CA/MD/VA
Gay Ojugbana 260-1461 Gay.Ojugbana@ed.gov	Monitoring	CT
Title III State Consoildated Grant
Vacant 260-0826	Group Leader	all for group
Millicent Bentley-Memon 401-1427 Millicent. Bentley-Memon@ed.gov	Title III	AL/CO/FL/IL ME/MA/NY/RI VT/WI
Elizabeth Bailey 401-1429 Elizabeth.Bailey@ed.gov	Title II	CT/IN/KS/MN NV/OH/OR/PA
Petraine Johnson 401-1432 Petraine.Johnson@ed.gov	Title III	AR/DE/DC/KY MD/NC/SC/VA WV
Sue Kenworthy 401-1433 Sue.Kenworthy@ed.gov	Title III	AK/AZ/HI/MI ND/SD/TN/VI WA/
Ruben Vazquez 401-1434 Ruben.Vazquez@ed.gov	Title III	MO/MT/NE/NJ OK/PR/TX/UT WY
Amy Weinmann 401-1435 Amy.Weinmann@ed.gov	Title III	CA/GA/ID/IA LA/NH/NM
Vacant 260-0826	Title III
Policy Coordination
Susan Wilhelm 260-0984 Susan.Wilhelm@ed.gov	Group Leader	all for group
Paul Brown (Sandy) 260-0976 Paul.Brown@ed.gov	Comparability	WI
Todd Stephenson 205-1645 Todd.Stephenson@ed.gov	Maintenance of Effort Requests	IL
Anna Hinton 260-1816 Anna.Hinton@ed.gov	Contracts	KS/OK
Virginia Berg 260-0926 Virginia.Berg@ed.gov	Private Schools/Paraprofessional/Highly Qualified Teachers	OR
Instructional Change
Gary Rutkin 260-4412 Gary.Rutkin@ed.gov	Group Leader	all for group
Bill McGrady 205-4780 Bill.McGrady@ed.gov	School Improvement/Targeted Assistance	SD/NH
Ronald Friend 358-1440 Ronald Friend	Public School Choice/School Improvement	PA/WA
Debra Little 260-1629 Debra.Little@ed.gov	Health Issues	MN/NM
Rosie Kelley 260-0911 Rosie Kelley	Parental Involvement/PIRCs	VT/NC
Danita Woodley 260-8735 Danita.Woodley@ed.gov	School Improvement/Schoolwide	AL/AK
Carlas McCauley 260-0824 Carlas.McCauley@ed.gov	School Improvement Fund Applications/Grant Applications	MO
Lorraine Wise 260-1406 Lorraine.Wise@ed.gov	Parental Involvement	MA/MS
John McLaughlin 401-0962 John McLaughlin	Homeless/NorD	MS/RI
Julia Keleher 205-0826 Julia.Keleher@ed.gov	Schoolwide/School Reform	PR
Vacant 260-0826	Group Leader	all for group
David Harmon 205-3354 David.Harmon@ed.gov	Acting Group Leader	WV
Sue Rigney 260-0931 Sue.Rigney@ed.gov	Student Assessment Standards/Assessment of Students with Disabilities	DE
Grace Ross 260-0967 Grace.Ross@ed.gov	Student Assessment Standards	AR
Sharon Hall 260-0998 Sharon.Hall@ed.gov	Assessment of Students with Disabilities	ID
Collette Roney 401-5245 Collette.Roneyl@ed.gov	Assessment of English Language Learners	IN
Spencer Warren 260-0971 Spencer.Warren@ed.gov	Student Assessment and Standards	NE/TN
Valeria Ford 205-2213 Valeria.Ford@ed.gov	Student Assessment and Standards	MT
Clayton Hollingshead 260-1539 Clayton.Hollingshead@ed.gov	Student Assessment and Standards	NV
Accountability
Patrick Rooney 260-1440 Patrick.Rooney@ed.gov	Group Leader	all for group
Victoria Hammer 260-1438 Victoria.Hammer@ed.gov	Accountability
Vicki Robinson 205-5471 Vicki.Robinson@ed.gov	Accountability

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