ERIC Number: ED386957
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 182
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COMSIS Mid-Atlantic Multifunctional Resource Center. Contract Year Three, 1994-1995. Annual Report.
COMSIS Corp., Wheaton, MD.; Mid-Atlantic Multifunctional Resource Center, Silver Spring, MD.
This report details and evaluates the third year of the Mid-Atlantic Multifunctional Resource Center, a program providing training and technical assistance to educators and parents of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in an area including Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The program's ultimate goal is to increase the effectiveness of instruction to maximize LEP student learning and achievement. Providing services to such a diverse area required flexibility of programs, continuous clarification of needs, and well-thought-out plans for internalizing and institutionalizing training. In the third year, the program completed all deliverables in its baseline management plan, conducted 93 major training and technical assistance activities, and responded to 998 quick action requests. Training participants numbered 1,653, with teachers the most common participants, and administrators and project directors a substantial proportion. A major activity was long- and short-term local staff development planning. Coordination with other agencies was another major focus of effort. Trends and issues fared currently include changes in school governance, collaboration across programs, alternative assessment, assessment aligned to high standards and revised curricula, and effective use of educational technology. (MSE)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: COMSIS Corp., Wheaton, MD.; Mid-Atlantic Multifunctional Resource Center, Silver Spring, MD.
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