Resource Links

Recommended Sites

We recommend the following Web sites:

General Interest Education

School Choice

Charter Schools

Office of Special Education Programs Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Centers

Assessment

National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
Provides national leadership in the participation of students with disabilities in national and state assessments, standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements.

National Center on Student Progress Monitoring (NCSPM)
Provides technical assistance to states and districts and disseminate information about progress monitoring practices proven to work in different academic content areas (K-5).

Instruction

ACCESS Center: Improving Outcomes for all Students K-8
Provides technical assistance to strengthen state and local capacity to help students with disabilities effectively learn in the general education curriculum.

National Center on Student Progress Monitoring (NCSPM)
Provides information and technical assistance on the use of student progress monitoring to improve instruction.

Reading Rockets
Provides information and resources on early reading.

Teacher Quality

Center for Improving Teacher Quality (CTQ)
Provides support to states to improve the alignment of personnel preparation systems within states.

Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE)
A research center devoted to studying issues affecting teacher quality in special education.

IRIS Center
A dissemination center that provides evidence-based teaching modules to college faculty working in pre-service preparation programs in an effort to ensure that general education teachers, school administrators, school nurses, and school counselors are well prepared to work with students who have disabilities and with their families.

National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers - The Personnel Center
A technical assistance center that builds state capacity to recruit, prepare and retain highly qualified, diverse personnel for early intervention and special education programs.

High School

National Center on Secondary Education and Transtion (NCSET)
Provides support to states in program improvement and secondary transition.

National Postschool Outcomes Center (PSO)
Provides support to states in their efforts on data collection on indicators of school and post school performance.

National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
A technical assistance center to improve outcomes from youth with disabilities.

HEATH
A national clearinghouse on postsecondary education for youth with disabilities.

Other

Teacher Quality Plans
Each state has posted its plans for assessing the need for highly qualified teachers and ensuring that all students are taught by highly qualified teachers.

Title 1 Monitoring Reports
Provides information on how the U.S. Department of Education monitors use of federal funds for public schools and how Student Achievement and School Accountability (SASA) monitors use of funds by state and local educational agencies.

National Technical Assistance Center
Assists and coordinates Parent Training and Information Projects and Community Parent Resource Centers under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD)
Provides research and technical assistance on LD and response to intervention.

Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Gives schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practice.

National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt)
Provides technical assistance and professional development to close the achievement gap between students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their peers, and reduce inappropriate referrals to special education. The project targets improvements in culturally responsive practices, early intervention, literacy, and positive behavioral supports.

Regional Centers

Alaska Region Comprehensive Center
210 Ferry Way
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 1-907-586-6806
Fax: 1-907-463-3811
Mr. Jerry Schoenberger, Director
jerrys@serrc.org

Appalachian Region Comprehensive Center
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1275
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 1-800-624-9120, extension 5409
Fax: 1-703-276-0266
Dr. Sandra Angius, Director
sandra.angius@edvantia.org

California Region Comprehensive Center
1107 9th Street — 4th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 1-916-492-4039
Fax: 1-916-492-4004
Dr. Fred Tempes, Director
ftempes@wested.org

Florida and the Islands Regional Comprehensive Center
1000 North Ashley Drive, Suite 312
Tampa, FL 33602-3719
Phone: 1-800-756-9003
Fax: 1-813-228-0632
Dr. Alice Lindsay, Director
alindsay@ets.org

Great Lakes East Regional Comprehensive Center
1120 E. Diehl Road, Suite 200
Naperville, IL 60563-1486
Phone: 1-630-649-6615
Fax: 1-630-649-6700
Ms. Barbara Youngren, Director
barbara.youngren@learningpt.org

Great Lakes West Regional Comprehensive Center
1120 E. Diehl Road, Suite 200
Naperville, IL 60563-1486
Phone: 1- 800-356-2735
Fax: 1-630-649-6700
Ms. Linda Miller, Director
linda.miller@learningpt.org

Mid-Atlantic Region Comprehensive Center
1730 N. Lynn Street, Suite 401
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 1-703-528-3588
Fax: 1-703-528-5973
Dr. Charlene Rivera, Director
crivera@ceee.gwu.edu

Mid-Continent Region Comprehensive Center
555 E. Constitution, Suite 128
Norman, OK 73072
Phone: 1-405-325-1711
Fax: 1-405-325-7676
Dr. Belinda Biscoe, Director
bpbiscoe@ou.edu

New England Region Comprehensive Center
1000 Market Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 1-603-422-8888
Fax: 1-603-436-9166
Dr. Carol Keirstead, Director
ckeistead@rmcres.com

New York Comprehensive Center
43 West 23rd Street — 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 1-212-463-0400 extension 562
Fax: 1-845-638-6083
Mr. Larry Hirsch, Director
lhirsch@rmcres.com

North Central Region Comprehensive Center
1536 Hewitt Avenue, MS C-1924
St. Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 1-651-523-2763
Fax: 1-651-523-3047
Dr. Audrey Cotherman, Director
acotherman@mcrel.org

Northwest Region Comprehensive Center
101 SW Main Street, Suite 500
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 1-503-275-9594
Ms. Kathleen Peixotto, Director
peixottk@nwrel.org

Pacific Region Comprehensive Center
900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 1-808-441-1410
Fax: 1-808-441-1385
Dr. Hilda Heine, Director
heineh@prel.org

Southeast Region Comprehensive Center
512 E. 7th Street
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 1-512-476-6861
Fax:1-512-476-2286
Dr. Marie Kaigler, Director
mkaigler@sedl.org

Texas Comprehensive Center
512 E. 7th Street
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 1-512-476-6861
Fax: 1-512-476-2286
Dr. K. Victoria Dimock, Director
vdimock@sedl.org

West/Southwest Region Comprehensive Center
2020 N. Central Avenue, Suite 660
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone: 1-602-322-7004
Fax: 1-602-322-7007
Dr. Paul Koehler, Director
pkoehle@wested.org

Content Centers

Assessment and Accountability Content Center
730 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone:1-415-615-3154
Fax: 1-415-615-3200
Dr. Stanley N. Rabinowitz, Director
srabino@wested.org

The National High School Center
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone:1-202-403-5646
Fax: 1-202-403-5001
Dr. Joe Harris, Director
jharris@air.org

Innovation and Improvement Content Center
121 N. Kickapoo Street
Lincoln, IL 62656
Phone: 1-217-732-6462
Fax: 1-217-732-3696
Dr. Sam Redding, Director
sredding@adi.org

Instruction Content Center
1000 Market Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: 1-603-422-8888
Fax: 1-603-436-9166
Dr. Angela Penfold, Director
apenfold@rmcres.com

Teacher Quality Content Center
1120 E. Diehl Road, Suite 200
Naperville, IL 60563
Phone: 1-973-762-6113
Fax: 1-630-649-6722
Dr. Sabrina Laine, Director
sabrina.laine@learningpt.org