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Student Transition from Middle to High School

A parent's involvement in the transition from middle school to high school makes a difference in a student's academic success. This fact sheet will give parents information on how to stay involved from middle school through high school.

Filed under Parents Schools Higher Education and tagged with family family engagement family school partnership education high school teachers Supporting Student Success Title 1 testing ESEA school readiness student performance middle school on October 13, 2011 #

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How To Help Your Child Become a Better Reader - Espanol

As a child learns to read, your role is to help young readers experience joy and begin to view reading as a pleasurable experience. You can also help children become independent readers through praise and encouragement provided while reading. It is critical that children realize success while reading. This booklet will help children become better readers through offering guidance and giving you tips on how to encourage and support a child’s reading. This is the Spanish version.

Filed under Parents Schools Espanol and tagged with family engagement family literacy Title 1 Order from KPIRC tips parent involvement phonics testing fluency on November 03, 2010 #

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Toolkit for Kansas Schools: Involving Parents in No Child Left Behind; Creating Family, School, Community Partnerships

This document is intended to be a useful resource for district and building-level teams of teachers, parents, administrators, and community members to review, as they consider ways to carry out NCLB mandates, school improvement goals and family, school, partnerships that help every child learn. The most effective activities and goals will be those that respond directly to the unique characteristics and needs of your school’s children and families.

Filed under Schools and tagged with accountability NCLB Order from KPIRC school choice supplemental education services teachers national standards testing Toolkit on December 18, 2008 #

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College Board for Parents

Each year, the College Board serves over three million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT®, the PSAT/NMSQT®, and the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®).

Filed under Parents and tagged with college SAT AP testing on October 17, 2008 #

College Planning with ACT

This website is ACT on College Planning and what information you need to have when your child is a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior. From the home page, click on For Parents, then Plan for College.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with testing on October 17, 2008 #

Kansas State Assessments for Parents

This brochure from the Kansas state Department of Education provides parents and care-givers, of students with special needs, information regarding the Kansas standards and assessments. It also provides tips on helping your student do well on the assessments and meet grade level standards.

Filed under Parents and tagged with testing tips on October 17, 2008 #

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The National Center for Fair & Open Testing

A new report out from FairTest details the fundamental errors in the conception and execution of the federal No Child Left Behind law. The report goes on to propose a better system of accountability to serve as the basis of a comprehensive overhaul of NCLB.

Filed under Parents and tagged with testing NCLB on October 17, 2008 #

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