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Parental Involvement Programs

Standards and Assessment

Goals 2000--Assessment Development and Evaluation Grants

This program provides grants to help defray the cost of developing, testing, and evaluating state assessments tied to content standards. Grants will be awarded to support development, testing, and evaluating state assessments tied to content standards.

Joseph C. Conaty
OERI
Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Room 510
Washington, DC 20208-5573
(202) 219-2079

National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment

The Institute was established to support the development and distribution of research based information to teachers, schools, policy makers, and parents engaged in education reform. Grants from the Institute will support basic and applied research, planning, training, surveys, evaluations, and demonstrations in education.

Jacqueline Jenkins
National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20202
(202) 219-2079

Opportunity-to-Learn Development Grants

This program provides grants to develop voluntary national opportunity-to-learn standards and a listing of model programs. Various consortia are eligible to apply for funds under this grant. To the extent possible, each consortia applying for a grant under this program must include the participation of:

• state-level policy makers, such as governors, state legislators, chief state school officers, and state school board members
• local policy makers and administrators, such as local school board members, superintendents, and principals
• teachers (especially teachers involved in the development of content standards) and related services personnel
• parents and individuals with experience in promoting parental involvement in education
• representatives of business
• experts in vocational-technical education
• representatives of regional accrediting associations
• individuals with expertise in school finance equity, educating at-risk children, trainers of teachers and school administrators
• curriculum and school reform experts
• representatives of advocacy groups, including student and civil rights groups
• representatives of higher education; and
• secondary school students.

Joseph Conaty
OERI
Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208-5573
(202) 219-2079

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