Resources
- Do you have questions concerning the latest information about
technology, teaming, or middle school curriculum? Do you have
a question concerning some aspect of middle school instruction
and are wondering where to go? These resources will help. Need quality professional development for your
school or district? Please e-mail Dr. Anna Renfro, our Director of Professional Development at pd@ncmsa.net.
Our online resources are grouped as follows:
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 US Department of Education Resources
- NC Department of Public Instruction Resources
- NC Middle School Association Research Bulletins
- NMSA Research Summaries
- NMSA Policy Statements
- National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades
Reform Policy Statements
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 US Department of Education Resources
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- The US
Department of Education's Survival Guide for New Teachers
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- NC Department of Public Instruction
Resources
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- NCDPI Website
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NC Middle School Association Reports & Research
Bulletins
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- Click here
to read the very first NCMSA newsletter from 1976!
- Dr. William Alexander presented a seminal paper, "The Junior High School: A Changing View," in 1963.
Click here to read this historic document-- one of the FIRST presentations on middle schools!
- Last Best Chance 2004: Educating Young Adolescents for the 21st Century
Click here to read The Report of the North Carolina Middle Grades Task Force.
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Abstract of New Evidence for the
Middle School
Advisor-Advisee
Diversity and Multiculturalism
Discipline
Exploratory Programs
Heterogeneous Grouping
Interdisciplinary Teaming
Middle School Improvement
Multigrade Teaming
Parental and Community Involvement
Portfolio Assessment
Scheduling
Schoolwide Discipline
Technology and Instruction
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National Middle School Research Summaries
- Grade Configuration
Flexible Scheduling
Number of Middle Schools & Students
Components of an Exemplary Middle School
Young Adolescents Developmental Needs
Heterogeneous Grouping
Middle Level Licensure
Grade 5 in the Middle School
Advisory Programs
Sports in Middle Grades
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Programs
Academic Achievement
Comprehensive School Health Programs
The Impact of Inclusion on Students
and Staff
Is Multi-Age Grouping Beneficial to
Middle School Students?
- What Are Appropriate Assessment
Practices For Middle School Students?
- What Types of Block Schedules Benefit
Middle School Students?
- Parent Involvement and Student
Achievement at the Middle Level
- Technology in the Middle School
- What Works to Improve Student Achievement
- Interdisciplinary Teaming
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- NMSA Policy Statements
- Academic
Achievement
- Curriculum Integration
- Diversity
- Middle
Level Curriculum: A Work in Progress
- Middle
Level Teacher Preparation
- Quality
Teacher Preparation
- Student
Teaching
- Tobacco-Free
Children
- Transition
to Middle School
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- National Forum Policy Statements
- Ability Grouping
- High-Stakes Testing
- Small Schools & Small Learning Communities
- Teacher Preparation, Licensure, & Recruitment
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