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THE DEPARTMENT IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE AND MAKE AVAILABLE QUALITY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE 2011
HIGHEST-RATED i3 APPLICANTS

Through www.data.ed.gov, the Department has already posted selected information on each i3 application received. With the announcement of the highest-rated i3 applicants, the Department continues its commitment to transparency by posting additional information. Specifically, we are adding a link to each highest-rated applicant’s abstract on www.data.ed.gov and in the chart below. Also in the chart below, we are posting application narratives and reviewers' comments and scores for all highest-rated applicants, as well as providing information on whether they have indicated to the Department that they have already secured their private sector match.

Press release announcing i3 program's highest rated applicants.

Description of information provided in the table below download files MS Word (36KB).

* Information identified as either personal or proprietary was redacted from these narratives and technical review forms.


Highest-Rated Scale-Up Applications


Applicant Information Match Commitment Submitted & Confirmed? Application Narratives Comments and Scores

Applicant Name
Old Dominion University Research Foundation

Project Name
Technology-facilitated Scale Up of Proven Model of Math Instruction in High Need Schools

Raw Score:
86.33

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Highest-Rated Validation Applications


Select the files below to download individual application narratives and reviewers' comments and scores.

Applicant Information Match Commitment Submitted & Confirmed? Application Narratives Comments and Scores

Applicant Name
University of Alaska Statewide Office of K-12 Outreach

Project Name
Alaska Statewide Mentor Project Urban Growth Opportunity

Raw Score:
96.67

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
National Math and Science Initiative

Project Name
Partnership to Increase Student Achievement and College Readiness in STEM Education

Raw Score:
96.17

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
New Visions For Public Schools, Inc

Project Name
New Visions - Accessing Algebra Through Inquiry

Raw Score:
97.00

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.
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Applicant Name
Regents of the University of Minnesota

Project Name
Midwest Expansion of the Child-Parent Center Education Program, Preschool to Third Grade

Raw Score:
91.67

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.
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Applicant Name
North Carolina New Schools Project

Project Name
Validating Early College Strategies (VECS)

Raw Score:
87.67

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.
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Highest-Rated Development Applications


Select the files below to download individual application narratives and reviewers' comments and scores.

Applicant Information Match Commitment Submitted & Confirmed? Application Narratives Comments and Scores

Applicant Name
Aspire Public Schools

Project Name
Transforming Teacher Talent: Aspire Public Schools Comprehensive Approach to Effective Teaching in Low-Income

Raw Score:
97.50

Abstract

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Texas Tech University

Project Name
Competency-based Educator Preparation & School Intervention

Raw Score:
95.17

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Ed.

Project Name
Exceptional Coaching for Early Language and Literacy -Enhanced (ExCELL-E): Refining an Effective, Research-Based

Raw Score:
94.00

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
New York City Board of Education

Project Name
InnovateNYC

Raw Score:
99.00

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
New York Hall of Science

Project Name
SciGames: A Technology-enhanced Model for Bridging Informal and Formal Science Learning

Raw Score:
98.50

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Baltimore City Public Schools

Project Name
Middle School STEM Summer Learning Program

Raw Score:
94.83

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Fresno County Office of Education

Project Name
From Rhetoric to College Readiness: The Expository Reading and Writing Course

Raw Score:
98.83

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
The College Board

Project Name
Student Success in AP Biology: Expanding the STEM College Readiness of High-Need Students (SSAP-BIO)

Raw Score:
98.17

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Oakland Unified School District

Project Name
Oakland Accelerates

Raw Score:
97.33

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Ounce of Prevention Fund

Project Name
Ounce Professional Development Initiative (PDI)

Raw Score:
97.17

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
The Metropolitan Education Commission

Project Name
The Wisdom Project

Raw Score:
100.50

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores..

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Applicant Name
Boston Public Schools

Project Name
Turnaround using Increased Learning Time (TILT)

Raw Score:
95.00

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Success for All Foundation

Project Name
Around the Corner: A Technology-Enhanced Approach to Early Literacy

Raw Score:
94.50

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Del Norte Unified School District

Project Name
Responding Effectively to Assessments with Curriculum and Teaching (REACT)

Raw Score:
97.67

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Berea College

Project Name
Accelerating Academic Achievement in Appalachian Kentucky

Raw Score:
95.50

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative

Project Name
Career and College Readiness Transformations

Raw Score:
94.50

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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Applicant Name
KnowledgeWorks

Project Name
Creating a Corridor of Innovation: Changing the Equations of Success in Rural, High Need High Schools

Raw Score:
94.33

Abstract 

Yes

Application
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Reviewers' comments and raw scores.

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