Other/General Resources

• USOeC Webinar: Open Source in K12
  Slides from the US Open e-Learning Consortium's 1-20-05 live webinar with SAS on open source in k12. Full AV archive available at BetterManagement.com site.
• SIF v1.5 Specification
  Washington D.C. -March 05, 2004 - The Schools Interoperability Framework, (SIF), is proud to announce the release of the new 1.5 specification version.
• 1-6-04 SIF NCLB State CoP Slides
  Slides providing the context for this community of practice.
• CCSSO DSAC Framework
  This paper explains the framework that CCSSO's Decision Support Architecture Consortium will use profile participating states and identify collaboration points.
• CCSSO DSAC White Paper
  This white paper explains the thinking that went into the formation CCSSO's Decision Support Architecture Consortium.
• Chrys Dougherty White Paper
  How States Can Use Information Technology to Support School Improvement Under NCLB.
• Glynn Ligon White Paper
  A Technology Framework to Support Accountability and Assessment -- How States Can Evaluate Their Status for No Child Left Behind.
• Individual Growth and School Success
  
• NCES Nonfiscal Data Handbook for Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
  The NCES Nonfiscal Data Handbook was developed to provide guidance concerning the consistent maintenance of student, staff, and education institution information. This handbook defines data elements and definitions describing students, staff, schools, LEAs, IEUs, and SEAs in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education.
• SIF v1.5 USOeC Primer
  These slides are being used for the March USOeC open call and provide an overview of the SIF's v1.5 spec.
• Software Enabling Student Data Analysis
  In this report, the authors consider issues surrounding the use of student data and data based decisionmaking, describing the state of the field and possible future directions, present reviews of a range of commercially available software for analyzing student data, and provide and maintain a website that will contain ongoing updates of software reviews.
• The Real Value of Teachers
  Education Trust's compelling description of TN's initiative to use 'Value Added" data to drive teeacher quality.
• VES RFP
  The MA Virtual Education Space design team developed this RFP released in April 2000 calling for a statewide open enterprise e-learning portal.
• VES White Papers
  These three white papers written in 1999 launched the open enterprise portal movement in Massachusetts.
• Virtual Laptop for Every Kid
  Greg Nadeau's vision delivered at the 2002 National Conference of Lt Governors and printed as an article in the National Association of State Board of Education journal.