Press Releases

• Press Release: Additional Growth Model Pilots Approved (January 8, 2009)
• Press Release: Additional Growth Model Pilots Approved (June 10, 2008)
• Press Release: Secretary Spellings Invites Eligible States to Submit Innovative Models for Expanded Growth Model Pilot (December 7, 2007)
• Press Release: Secretary Spellings Approves Additional Growth Model Pilots for 2006-2007 School Year (July 3, 2007)
• Press Release: Secretary Spellings Approves Additional Growth Model Pilots for 2006-2007 School Year (May 24, 2007)
• Press Release: Secretary Spellings Approves Additional Growth Model Pilots for 2006-2007 (November 9, 2006)
• Press Release: Letter to Chief State School Officers Reminding of the Opportunity to Participate in the Department's Growth Model Pilot for the 2006-07 School Year (October 11, 2006)
• Press Release: Tennessee and North Carolina Growth Model Pilots Approved (May 17, 2006)
• Press Release: Under No Child Left Behind, States Submit Growth Model Proposals, Outside Peer Reviewers Selected (February 22, 2006)
• Press Release: Secretary Announces Growth Model Pilot (November 18, 2005)

Letters

• Letter to Chief State School Officers Regarding Peer Reviewer Recommendations for Improving Growth Model Proposals. (September 23, 2008)
• Letter to Chief State School Officers Regarding the Opportunity to Participate in the Department's Growth Model Pilot for the 2008-09 School Year. (August 18, 2008)
• Letter to Chief State School Officers: Assessment Requirements of NCLB and the Growth Model Pilot Project (Feb 21, 2006)

Guidance

• Guidance for States to Include Growth Models in AYP Determinations (January 12, 2009)
  MS WORD (772K)
• Cross Cutting Document (May 2006)
  MS Word (50K)
• Cross Cutting Guidance: Growth Model Proposal Peer Recommendation for the NCLB Growth Model Pilot Applications (September 23, 2008)
  MS WORD (136K)

Fact Sheets

• Growth Models: Peer Review and Application Approval Information (March 8, 2007)
• Growth Models: Ensuring Grade-Level Proficiency for All Students by 2014 (May 2006)
• Archived fact sheets

Reports

• Evaluation of the 2005-06 Growth Model Pilot Program
  MS WORD (833K)

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