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Technical Assistance Contracts

Project Director: John Copenhaver

Contract Manager: Conna Meeker

Arizona — Technical Assistance

TAESE is participating as a partner with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) in building an online data management system that will aid educators, administrators, and ADE officials in using data driven information to boost student performance. The web based service will provide real time performance/assessment/intervention documentation on students and classes that can be used to target improvement strategies for all learners. Curriculum based measurement information in reading, mathematics, and writing will be collected in grades K-12 for the participants in Response to Intervention (RTI) training.

Montana — Technical Assistance on State Data Collection

TAESE is working with the Montana's Office of Public Instruction, Measured Progress, WestEd, Children's Progress, the MT Technical Advisory Committee, and the MT Special Education Advisory Committee to identify students in need of modified achievement standards and develop valid assessments to create clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP in determining which students should be assessed.

New Mexico — Level 3 Year 2 School Districts

TAESE is assisting New Mexico by providing technical assistance for professional development, Special Education Technical Assistance Teams (SETAT), membership in the Assessment System for K-12 (ASK-12) Network, and preparation of training documents for Local Education Agencies and the NMPED.

North Dakota — Technical Assistance Contract