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NCLB NYS
Field Memo
#07-2003

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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234
Johanna Duncan-Poitier Deputy Commissioner Office of Higher Education Office of the Professions	James A. Kadamus Deputy Commissioner Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education

NYS NCLB Field Memo: Date:	#07-2003 September 23, 2003
To:	Charter Schools; Deans, Directors and Chairs of Teacher Education; District Superintendents of Schools; New York State Standards and Practices Board for Teaching; Nonpublic School Administrators; Regional Certification Officers; Superintendents of Public Schools
From:	Johanna Duncan-Poitier and James A. Kadamus
Subject:	Updated Federal Guidance on Implementing the NCLB’s Requirements for Teachers

The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) has recently issued two new draft, non-regulatory guidance documents for the NCLB that are available on its web site at http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/edpicks.jhtml?src=fp.

Improving Teacher Quality, dated September 12, is a revised version of earlier federal guidance. It addresses the definition of a “highly qualified” teacher, the “high objective uniform State standard of evaluation,” middle school teachers, demonstrating subject-matter competency and other topics. This revised guidance does not require any changes to guidance that SED has issued for New York State.

Report Cards, Title I, Part A, dated September 19, provides information on report cards required by the NCLB. In addition to student accountability information, State education agency report cards and local educational agency (LEA) report cards must contain teacher quality information. Starting this fall, SED is collecting information through its Basic Education Data System that will enable it to supplement existing State and LEA report cards with the teacher quality information required by the NCLB.

You can find all NCLB NYS field memos about teachers and paraprofessionals at http://www.highered.nysed.gov. Memos issued since June 2003 contain current information that supersedes information from earlier memos.

Please continue to send your questions about the NCLB to nclbnys@mail.nysed.gov and to send your questions about State certification to tcert@mail.nysed.gov.

http://www.highered.nysed.gov/nclb07-2003.htm