1/3/07 - Comprehensive Educational Plan Template for Upstate/Long Island Schools:  All school districts and buildings identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring, as well as those requiring academic progress or under registration review, must complete a CEP and submit it to the Department's Office of School & Community Services (Regional) within 90 days of being identified.  For additional information and a CEP template, please go to http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osi/.

9/9/04 - Schools in Need of Improvement (SINI) and Schools Requiring Academic Progress:  Below are links to the Department's press release and lists of SINI schools: Year 1 and Year 2; and Schools Requiring Academic Progress: Year 1; Year 2; and Year 3, 4, 5.  Also, below is a list of Schools in Need of Improvement, 2004-2005, Causes for Identification. Districts that have schools either added or dropped from last year's list were notified earlier this week. Additional information regarding accountability rules are available at: www.emsc.nysed.gov/irts.

• Press Release

• SINI Schools Year 1

• SINI Schools Year 2

• Corrective Action, Planning for Restructuring, or Restructuring

• Schools Requiring Academic Progress Year 1

• Schools Requiring Academic Progress Year 2

• Schools Requiring Academic Progress Year 3, 4, 5

• Newly Identified Schools in Need of Improvement, Causes for Identification

9/10/03 - Press Release:  State Education Department releases Schools In Need Of Improvement.  All files are in PDF format.

1. REVISED Title I - Schools in Need of Improvement (Year 1): these schools are subject to public school choice provision under NCLB.

2. REVISED Title I - Schools in Need of Improvement (Year 2): these schools are subject to public school choice and the provisions of supplemental education services under NCLB.

3. REVISED Schools in Corrective Action or Restructuring: these schools are subject to corrective action or restructure plans under NCLB.

4. REVISED Schools Requiring Academic Progress:  these schools are subject to school improvement planning requirements under State regulation.

5. REVISED Schools Under Registration Review (SURR): these schools are farthest from State standard and most in need of improvement.

8/29/03 - Press Statement:  Schools Notified About Status "In Need of Improvement" under NCLB.  The State Education Department has contacted school districts that have schools that meet the identification criteria for schools in need of improvement.  Schools are being given an opportunity to verify their data.  The Department will make public the statewide list of schools on September 5.

1/7/02 - Newly Identified Schools Under Registration Review (SURR) and Schools Removed from Registration Review