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         Meeting the needs of emergent readers: Bert and Ernie to the rescue!
         PreK-12 Standards: Keys to Learning
         Lesson Plan Library
         Whelmers: McREL's Accessible Science Series
         Awash in a Sea of Standards
         Collaboration for a Change: Teacher-Directed Inquiry about Performance Assessments
         Does Your District Need a Technology Audit? (Learning & Leading with Technology, April 2007)
         High School Standards and Expectations for College and the Workplace
         How Do You Know --- Scientifically Speaking?
         Issues Brief: Digging Deeper: Where Does the Public Stand on Standards-based Education?
         Issues Brief: Examining the Meaning of Accountability: Reframing the Construct
         McREL Insights - Professional Development Analysis
         McREL Insights - Standards-based Education: Putting Research into Practice
         McREL Insights - The Teacher Learning Continuum
         Noteworthy Perspectives on Implementing Standards-Based Education
         Noteworthy Perspectives: Out-of-School Time Programs for At-Risk Students
         Scaffolded Writing: A Successful Strategy for Promoting Children's Writing in Kindergarten
         Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom
         Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom (Learning & Leading with Technology, March 2007)
         The Fall and Rise of Standards-Based Education: A National Association of School Boards of Education (NASBE) Issues in Brief
         Using Strategy Instruction to Help Struggling High Schoolers Understand What They Read
         Changing Schools, Fall 2002
         Changing Schools, May 2000
         Changing Schools, September 2000
         Changing Schools, Summer 2002
         Changing Schools, Summer 2003
         Changing Schools, Summer 2004
         Changing Schools, Summer 2006—Preparing students for a technology-rich, global marketplace
         Changing Schools, Summer 2008—Great Teachers, Great Teaching
         Changing Schools, Winter 2002
         Changing Schools: Fall 2001
         Changing Schools: Fall 2003
         Changing Schools: March 2000
         Changing Schools: Spring 2001
         Changing Schools: Spring 2004
         Changing Schools: Summer 2001
         Changing Schools: Winter 2001
         Why one size doesn't fit all [Fall 2007 Changing Schools article]
         Policy Brief - Early Literacy: New Issues and New Challenges
         Policy Brief - Improving Teacher Quality: Issues and Policies
         Policy Brief - Is a Laptop Initiative in Your Future?
         Policy Brief - Raising the Achievement of Low-Performing Students
         Policy Brief - Rural Schools: Diverse Needs Call for Flexible Policies
         Policy Brief - The Impact of Technology on Learning: Making Sense of the Research
         Policy Brief - Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Teacher Quality
         Policy Brief: Fulfilling the Promise of the Standards Movement
         Policy Brief: High-Stakes Testing: Trends and Issues
         Policy Brief: Standards-Based Accountability Systems
         State Policy Support for Professional Development in the Central Region
         Using Teacher Supply and Demand Analysis in Policymaking
         A Look at the Condition of Rural Education Research: Setting a Direction for Future Research
         Alternative Teacher Education: A Review of Selected Literature
         Alternative Teacher Education: Trends and Implications in Policies and Practices
         Changing Omaha Classrooms: Collaborative Action Research Efforts
         High School Standards and Expectations for College and the High-Skills Workplace [Research in Brief]
         Laying the Groundwork: Kansas Teacher Qualifications and Demand
         Mathematics Lesson Interactions and Contexts for American Indian Students in Plains Region Schools: An Exploratory Study
         Recruiting and Retaining Teachers with Alternative Pay
         Rural Schools that Beat the Odds: Four Case Studies
         Scaffolding Emergent Writing in the Zone of Proximal Development
         School Practices for Helping Children Meet Language Arts Standards: Preliminary Findings from McREL's Study of High-Performing, High-Needs Schools
         Standards in Classroom Practice Research Synthesis
         Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of Secondary Teachers in Central Region Rural Schools
         Systematic Evaluation for Continuous Improvement of Teacher Preparation
         Teacher Supply & Demand in the State of Colorado
         Teacher Supply and Demand in the State of Wyoming
         Teacher Survey of Standards-Based Instruction: Addressing Time
         The Influence of Standards on K-12 Teaching and Learning: A Research Synthesis
         The McREL Rural Technology Initiative: Research and Evaluation Study
         The Tools of the Mind Project: A Case Study of Implementing the Vygotskian Approach in American Early Childhood and Primary Classrooms
         Thinking & Learning Skills: What Do We Expect of Students?
         What Americans Believe Students Should Know: A Survey of U.S. Adults
         A Technical Guide for Revising or Developing Standards and Benchmarks
         Beginning with the end in mind: Aligning elementary literacy instruction with secondary literacy needs
         Can sea water freeze? [Lesson plan from Fall 2007 Changing Schools]
         Challenging Standards in English: Are High Schools Missing Essential Content?
         Challenging Standards in Mathematics: What Are High Schools Missing?
         Chopsticks and Counting Chips: Do Play and Foundational Skills Need to Compete for the Teacher's Attention in an Early Childhood Classroom?
         Classroom Instruction that Works desktop background/wallpaper
         Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education
         Developing Self-Regulation in Kindergarten: Can We Keep All the Crickets in the Basket?
         Eight Questions You Should Ask Before Implementing Standards-Based Education at the Local Level
         Levers for Change: Transforming Teacher Preparation
         Make-believe play versus academic skills: a Vygotskian approach to today's dilemma of early childhood education
         Models of Standards Implementation: Implications for the Classroom
         Noteworthy Perspectives: Keeping the Focus on Learning
         Noteworthy Perspectives: Teaching to the Core—Reading, Writing, and Mathematics
         Professional Development Criteria: A Study Guide for Effective Professional Development
         Professional Development: Learning from the Best
         Scaffolding Early Literacy Through Play: How to Strengthen Play, Increase Oral Language, Encourage More Symbolic Thinking, and Support the Development of Concepts of Print and Writing
         Scaffolding Emergent Writing in the Zone of Proximal Development
         Self-regulation: A Foundation for Early Learning
         Standards for Career Education
         Teacher Quality Toolkit
         Teacher Quality Toolkit 2nd Edition
         The Systematic Identification of Performance Standards
         Uniquely Preschool
         What Works in Classroom Instruction
         Teaching Reading in Science (A Supplement to Teaching Reading in the Content Areas)
         Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who?