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DATES: Submit comments on or before June 23, 2008.

From the Federal Register:

Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not accept comments by fax or by e-mail. Please submit your comments only one time, in order to ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies. In addition, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments.

[Docket ID ED–2008–OESE–0003]

Proposed rule changes, 26 page pdf format:

 April 23, 2008 - Proposed Rules: Title I—Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged, Federal Register.

Proposed rule changes, plain text format (copies into MS Word at 59 pages)

April 23, 2008 - Proposed Rules: Title I—Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged, Federal Register Online via GPO Access.

Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery
Address comments to:
Zollie Stevenson, Jr.
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W230
Washington, DC 20202-6132

Privacy Note: The Department's policy for comments received from members of the public (including those comments submitted by mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery) is to make these submissions available for public viewing in their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal. All submissions will be posted to the Federal eRulemaking Portal without change, including personal identifiers and contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Zollie Stevenson, Jr. at 202-260-1824.
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INVITATION TO COMMENT

We invite you to submit comments regarding these proposed regulations. To ensure that your comments have maximum effect in developing the final regulations, we urge you to identify clearly the specific section or sections of the proposed regulations that each of your comments addresses and to arrange your comments in the same order as the proposed regulations.

We invite you to assist us in complying with the specific requirements of Executive Order 12866 and its overall requirement of reducing regulatory burden that might result from these proposed regulations. Please let us know of any further opportunities we should take to reduce potential costs or increase potential benefits while preserving the effective and efficient administration of the program.

During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public comments about these proposed regulations by accessing the Federal eRulemaking Portal.

You may also inspect the comments, in person, in room 3W202, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday of each week except Federal holidays.

Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities in Reviewing the Rulemaking Record
On request, we will supply an appropriate aid, such as a reader or print magnifier, to an individual with a disability who needs assistance to review the comments or other documents in the public rulemaking record for these proposed regulations. If you want to schedule an appointment for this type of aid, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

We also will provide opportunities for public input during regional public meetings; the dates, times, and locations of these meetings will be announced in a separate notice in the Federal Register.

Specifically, the proposed regulations address the following key areas:

• Assessing higher-order thinking skills through multiple measures.
• Increasing subgroup accountability.
• Ensuring that States and local educational agencies (LEAs) include State data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on State and local report cards.
• Establishing a uniform and accurate method that States must use to calculate high school graduation rates and setting high school graduation rate goals for AYP purposes.
• Including disaggregated graduation rates in AYP calculations.
• Permitting the inclusion of measures of individual student academic growth in a State's definition of AYP.
• Creating a National Technical Advisory Council to advise the Secretary on complex issues related to State assessment and accountability systems.
• Identifying schools and LEAs for improvement.
• Ensuring that parents receive the information they need to exercise their public school choice and SES options.
• Providing information to the public about participation in SES and public school choice.
• Strengthening the requirements for schools in restructuring.
• Requiring States to be more transparent about how they monitor LEAs' implementation of SES and strengthening the evidence that States must consider when approving and monitoring SES providers.
• Using SES and school choice funds for parent outreach.
• Maximizing use of funds for public school choice-related transportation and SES.

Issuing regulations that strengthen Title I implementation in these areas will help bring about higher-quality assessments and stronger accountability for results, as well as provide parents with the information they need to make informed decisions about public school choice and SES. We look forward to receiving your comments on these proposed regulations to ensure that they accomplish our intended objectives.