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High School Initiative
NYSCEA has a separate page detailing discussion and developments on the New York State High School Initiative. View »
Latest: The EMSC/VESID Committee has produced a list of five key strategies which they believe should should serve as the foundation of the New York State High School Initiative. This list went before the Board of Regents in September 2005. Read more »
Focus on the Wonder Years
To view/download (155 page document) a copy of the Focus on the Wonder Years: Challenges Facing the American Middle School, click on the link below:
http://www.rand.org/research_areas/education/
A short summary in Acrobat (PDF) format can be viewed here:
http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG139/MG139.sum.pdf 
Produced by the RAND Corporation's Education Research Area
Middle Level Review
The Board of Regents, at its May 2005 meeting, adopted amendments to Sections 100.3 and 100.4 of the Commissioner’s Regulations. The amendments implement the three-model middle-level strategy to implement the Regents Policy Statement on Middle-Level Education adopted by the Regents in February. The three-model strategy provides a continuum of options based upon the need and capacity of a district and a school to adapt its curriculum and instructional practices.
The Board have now added details and application materials for those districts planning to implement a Model B or Models C-1 or C-2 strategies in September 2006.
Implementing the Three-Model Middle-Level Education Strategy:
How to Submit a Model B, C-1 or C-2 Application (for School Districts Interested in Beginning Implementation in September 2006)
Questions and answers about Models B, C-1, and C-2 
Middle Level Indicators of Achievement
Checklists for the
Non-Tested Content Areas
Middle Level Education Strategy Approved
2/8/05: At the Regents meeting on February 7th 2005, the EMSC Committee voted unanimously to move the MLE vote to the full Board at the following day's Regents' meeting, where, after 38 months of advocacy on behalf of the non-tested areas, the Strategy to Implement the Regents Policy Statement on Middle Level Education dated January 20th was finally approved.
Note: If your school district is attempting to implement model B or C without filing an application with the State Education Department please show them the update from The Desk of Deputy Commissioner Jim Kadamus (see last paragraph).