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The U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, has announced a pilot program where interested and qualified states may submit proposals for developing growth models for determining whether schools make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. As part of the pilot, the Department will approve a maximum of 10 high-quality growth models in 2005-06. In the near future, they will be releasing a letter outlining the key elements that states must meet in submitting a growth model proposal. These models could enable states to credit schools for the academic growth of individual students even if their test scores fall short of state standards. For more information, please view the press release on the the Department of Education's Web site or contact Catherine D. Clarke, ASHA's Director of Education and Regulatory Advocacy, via e-mail at cclarke@asha.org or by phone at 800-498-2071, ext. 4159.
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