This guidance on the Transferability Authority updates the Draft Guidance of October 4, 2002. It clarifies certain existing policies and re-formats many examples within the text to a side-by-side format in shaded text boxes. (MS Word)

This letter and attachments remind Chiefs of the amendment process and provides guidance on identifying districts in need of improvement and on addressing accountability implications that result from transitioning to grade 3-8 annual testing versus grade span testing.

The purpose of this guidance is to inform States of the peer review process that is designed to help ensure that the States accepted into the growth model pilot have technically sound growth models, a high probability of success in incorporating measures of student growth into school accountability systems, and models that are consistent with the spirit of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). (PDF) (PDF)

The purpose of this guidance is to inform States of the peer review process that is designed to help ensure that the States accepted into the growth model pilot have technically sound growth models, a high probability of success in incorporating measures of student growth into school accountability systems, and models that are consistent with the spirit of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). (MS Word) (MS WORD)

This page provides the allocation levels of funds made available to assist institutions of higher education defray the cost of enrolling students displaced by Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. (MS Excel)

RSA Technical Assistance Circular, RSA-TAC-06-01, "Factors State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies Should Consider When Determining Whether a Job Position Within a Community Rehabilitation Program is Deemed to be in an "Integrated Setting" for Purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program." (PDF)

RSA Technical Assistance Circular, RSA-TAC-06-01, "Factors State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies Should Consider When Determining Whether a Job Position Within a Community Rehabilitation Program is Deemed to be in an "Integrated Setting" for Purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program." (MS Word)

Implementation of the Office of Special Education Programs\' Focused Monitoring during Calendar Year 2003. Letters of Clarification interpreting IDEA Law and Regulations Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)--MS Word.

Implementation of the Office of Special Education Programs\\\' Focused Monitoring during Calendar Year 2003. Letters of Clarification interpreting IDEA Law and Regulations Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) (PDF).