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May Newsletter Links

• Learning, Arts and the Brain
• Mapping Texas's Educational Progress 2008
• Organized Communities, Stronger Schools
• SchoolTube
• Technology Counts 2008
• Texas Education Agency RtI

Other News

• 2008 Accountability Manual
• 2008 TAKS Scores Show Steady Progress at Most Grades
• 2008-2009 National Board Certification Federal Subsidies
• 2007-2008 Flowchart of Process for Exiting Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students Receiving Special Education Services from Bilingual/ESL Programs
• Additional Reporting Requirements for NCLB Title II, Part D
• MD Anderson Environmental Health Sciences Summer Institute for Teachers
• New ELA/Reading Curriculum Standards Approved
• Requirements of HB 2237, Section 6 – Grade 7 Reading Assessment for those Students Not Demonstrating Proficiency on Grade 6 TAKS
• Statewide TAKS Summary Reports
• TEA Launches Best Practices Clearinghouse
• TEA Posts TAKS-M TETN
• TELPAS Rater Training for 2008-09
• Texas PK-16 Information Resource Announced
• Texas Principal Excellence Program Seeks Learning Coaches
• U.S. Census Bureau Reports Texas’ Per Pupil Spending Less Than National Average