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Academic Achievement and Barriers to Learning

Closing the Achievement Gap: The Impact of Standards-based Education Reform on Student Performance

Publisher: 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

This report examines the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act in Maryland and Virginia, and its goal of meeting the educational needs of low achieving students in the nation

New Directions in Enhancing Educational Results: Policymakers' Guide to Restructuring Student Support Resources to Better Address Barriers to Learning

Publisher: 
University of California, Los Angeles

This guidebook provides information and resources for policymakers in addressing issues of restructuring student support to address barriers to learning.

Introductory Packet on Cultural Concerns in Addressing Barriers to Learning

Publisher: 
University of California, Los Angeles

The material provides perspectives and practices related to such matters as the following: 1. Why should school staff be concerned about cultural and racial differences? 2.

Resource Mapping and Management to Address Barriers to Learning: An Intervention for Systemic Change

Publisher: 
University of California, Los Angeles

Provides schools with tools for mapping and managing existing resources (e.g., personnel, programs, services, facilities, budgeted dollars, social capital).

No Excuses: Lessons From 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools

Publisher: 
The Heritage Foundation

This book profiles schools and administrators that have overcome obstacles to teaching low-income students. The book describes effective practices that have made the schools successful.

Parsing the Achievement Gap: Baselines for Tracking Progress

Publisher: 
Educational Testing Service

This policy information report identifies the factors before, during, and after school that create and perpetuate gaps in achievement among students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds and

Substance Abuse, Violence, Mental Health, and Academic Success

Authored By: 
National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention

The mission of the American school has expanded considerably over the last thirty years.