E-Newsletter
Your Access to the Region, the quarterly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes West Comprehensive Center, is focused on providing timely information on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) status of Illinois and Wisconsin, updates on the ongoing collaboration between Great Lakes West and the states, and useful and relevant resources to help inform educators in the region.
2008
July 2008 E-Newsletter (Adobe® Reader® PDF 408 KB)
In this issue: This issue of Great Lakes West Comprehensive Center's newsletter
features an article by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (TQ Center) that provides both a national and a regional
perspective on induction and mentoring. Highlights include Wisconsin's 2008 Initial Educator Data Seminar and the Wisconsin Research Seminar
"Closing the Gap: Highly Qualified to Highly Effective."
April 2008 E-Newsletter (Adobe® Reader® PDF 408 KB)
In this issue: This issue of Your Access to the Region focuses on English
language learners and assessments. Highlights include a summary of Advancing
Assessment and Accountability: A Research to Action Forum; information
regarding emerging state work on assessments; a profile of Stanley
Rabinowitz, director of the Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive
Center; and a timely policy article on aligning assessment policy and
practice.
January 2008 E-Newsletter (Adobe Reader PDF 305 KB)
In this issue: This issue of Your Access to the Region focuses on providing assistance to state education agencies (SEAs) in the implementation of research-based policies and practices, and Monique Chism, Ph.D., addresses the role of SEAs in closing achievement gaps in a feature article. In the National Perspective section, Paul Kimmelman, Ed.D., considers leveraging partnerships to improve student achievement. In addition, a new feature of the e-newsletter, a quarterly update from REL Midwest, is introduced.
2007
October 2007 E-Newsletter (Adobe Reader PDF 403 KB)
In this issue: This issue of Your Access to the Region focuses on adolescent literacy and high school innovation, including a feature article on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and adolescent literacy and a national perspective article on high school leadership at the state level and how such leadership may be affected by NCLB reauthorization.
July 2007 E-Newsletter (Adobe® Reader® PDF 306 KB)
In this issue: Your Access to the Region focuses on statewide systems of support, including a feature article and an additional resources page. In addition, this issue features the first National Perspective section by Paul Kimmelman, Ed.D., with a look at national education policy issues.
April 2007 E-Newsletter (Adobe® Reader® PDF 306 KB)
In this issue: Your Access to the Region will focus on Response to Intervention (RTI) and implications of implementation as well as introduce Paul Kimmelman, Ed.D., who will begin writing for the e-newsletter in July.
January 2007 E-Newsletter (Adobe® Reader® PDF 346 KB)
In this issue: The first featured topic focuses on supplemental educational services (SES) providers and SES evaluation with an article from the American Institutes for Research.
2006
October 2006 E-Newsletter (Adobe Reader PDF 387 KB)
In this issue: As Great Lakes West begins its second year as a comprehensive assistance center, staff reflect on Year 1 and look ahead to Year 2 and beyond.
July 2006 E-Newsletter (Adobe Reader PDF 299 KB)
In this issue: July 2006 introduces the new quarterly e-newsletter from Great Lakes West, Your Access to the Region. The newsletter will provide valuable insight into the work of Great Lakes West with Illinois and Wisconsin as well as information on No Child Left Behind within the region and across the country.
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