This page provides links to reports and resources highlighted in this issue of Education Week. The headlines show the Education Week stories in which the references appear. The links below them will take you to resource materials on other Web sites.
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Disability Less Likely to Hold Back Youths Following High School
- Read “Changes Over Time in the Early Postschool Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities” from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2.
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Survey Finds Spiraling Health-Care Costs
- View the results of the health care survey from the Association of School Business Officials International.
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Most Students With Disabilities Take State Tests
- “Most Students With Disabilities Participated in Statewide Assessments, but Inclusion Options Could Be Improved,” is online from the Government Accountability Office.
Business Coalition Focuses on Math, Science Careers
- “Tapping America’s Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative,” is posted by Business Roundtable.
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New Skills Pushed For Md. Principals
- “Maryland Instructional Framework,” is available from the Maryland State Department of Education.
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Report Roundup
- States Seen To Fall Short on Vision Care:
“Making the Grade? An Analysis of State and Federal Children’s Vision Care Policy,” is available from the Vision Council of America.
“Exposure to the Mass Media, Body Shape Concerns, and Use of Supplements to Improve Weight and Shape Among Male and Female Adolescents” is available from Pediatrics.
“Teens and Technology: Youth Are Leading the Transition to a Fully Wired and Mobile Nation” is available from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
More information on the youth poll is available from the Gallup Organization.
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Title I Allocations Reveal Gains and Losses
- “Title I Funds—Who’s Gaining and Who’s Losing,” is available from the Center on Education Policy.
