- Colorado Springs School District 11
- What We Believe

The purpose of Title I is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.
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This purpose can be accomplished by:
Posted by:Ensuring that high-quality academic assessments, accountability systems, teacher preparation and training, curriculum, and instructional materials are aligned with challenging State academic standards so that students, teachers, parents, and administrators can measure progress against common expectations for student academic achievement
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Posted by:Meeting the educational needs of low-achieving children in our Nation's highest-poverty schools, limited English proficient children, migratory children, children with disabilities, Indian children, neglected or delinquent children, and young children in need of reading assistance; -
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Posted by:Closing the achievement gap between high- and low-performing children, especially the achievement gaps between minority and non-minority students, and between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers; -
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Posted by:Holding schools, local educational agencies, and States accountable for improving the academic achievement of all students, and identifying and turning around low-performing schools that have failed to provide a high-quality education to their students, while providing alternatives to students in such schools to enable the students to receive a high-quality education; -
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Posted by:Distributing and targeting resources sufficiently to make a difference to local educational agencies and schools where needs are greatest; -
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Posted by:Improving and strengthening accountability, teaching, and learning by using State assessment systems designed to ensure that students are meeting challenging State academic achievement and content standards and increasing achievement overall, but especially for the disadvantaged; -
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Posted by:Providing greater decision-making authority and flexibility to schools and teachers in exchange for greater responsibility for student performance; -
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Posted by:Providing children an enriched and accelerated educational program, including the use of school-wide programs or additional services that increase the amount and quality of instructional time; -
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Posted by:Promoting school-wide reform and ensuring the access of children to effective, scientifically based instructional strategies and challenging academic content; -
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Posted by:Significantly elevating the quality of instruction by providing staff in participating schools with substantial opportunities for professional development; -
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Posted by:Coordinating services under all parts of this title with each other, with other educational services, and, to the extent feasible, with other agencies providing services to youth, children, and families; and -
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Posted by:Affording parents substantial and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children.