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Gordon M. Ambach Education Policy Papers


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
The majority this series documents Gordon Ambach's efforts as Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to influence federal education policy. Also included are records from advisory boards of education consortiums, the Harvard Seminar on Equality of Educational Opportunity Report (SEEOR) and records related to the Yonkers desegregation. Ambach's personal papers detail his personal biography, his work outside of NYSED and the CCSSO, and his relationships with various contacts and colleagues.
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Title:
Gordon M. Ambach education policy papers
Quantity:

173.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1927-2006
Bulk Dates:
1987-2001
Series Number:
B1829
Sponsor:
This series' description was enhanced as part of the States' Impact on Federal Education Policy Project (SIFEPP), in August 2010. The New York Community Trust - Wallace Special Projects Fund provided funding for this project.

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Gordon M. Ambach education policy papers, 1927-2006

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Detailed Description

Subseries 1: New York State Commissioner of Education records

Dates:
1943-1995
Physical Description:
8.5 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of materials from Gordon Ambach's tenure in the New York State Education Department, including the period between 1977 and 1987 in which he was New York Commissioner of Education and President of the University of the State of New York. Included are correspondence, publications, reports, texts of speeches delivered by Ambach at colleges and universities, educational conferences, and other events. Also included are correspondence and publications from the New York Board of Regents on joint initiatives and the creation of the Regents Action Plan to ensure the quality and relevance of exams. There are further subseries devoted to specific issues and events in Ambach's tenure, including the desegregation of Yonkers public schools and other New York school systems, the creation of the Harvard Seminar on Equality of Educational Opportunity, and the passage of key federal legislation related to education.

Arrangement:

Arranged into five subseries: 1. Records of Speeches and Meetings; 2. New York State Board of Regents; 3. Records of Yonkers Board of Education and Other Desegregation Cases in New York; 4. Harvard Seminar on Equality of Educational Opportunity Report (SEEOR) Records; 5. Federal Legislation of the U.S. Office of Education Records

Subseries B1829-03: Records of speeches and meetings

Dates:
1962-1984
Physical Description:
3.0 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of speeches, drafts, correspondence, memos, and background information relating to speeches given by Gordon Ambach and meetings he attended during his tenure in the New York State Education Department, including the period between 1977 and 1987 in which he was New York Commissioner of Education and President of the University of the State of New York. Speeches were given at colleges and universities, educational conferences, state events, and religious organizations, among others. Ambach attended meetings almost exclusively on educational topics, and spoke or contributed at most of these.

Arrangement:

Roughly in reverse chronological order
Dates Contents Box Folder
1986 September 19 Statement of GMA Presented at the Hispanic Heritage Week Conference, Albany 1 1
1984 September 23-24 Annual Meeting- NYS Council of School Superintendents 1 2
1984 September 22 Convocation for 104th Anniversary of School of Education at SUNY Albany 1 3
1984 September 14 Speech, Senator LaValle's College: School Partnership Conference 1 4
1984 September 13 Albany Rotary Club, Thruway House: Speech on Raising Education Standards in New York 1 5
1984 September 8 Institute for New School Board Members, Speech: Our Partnership in Education 1 6
1984 September 6 Employee Recognition Day 1 7
1984 July 8 National Conference on Instructional Technologies 1 8
1984 June 15 Speech, Menands Rotary Club 1 9
1984 June 12 SED Symposium, Women in the Workplace 1 10
1984 June 11-12 National Conference on Vocational and Special Education 1 11
1984 June 1 Imagination Celebration 1 12
1984 May 17 Legislative Advisory Committee to Assemblyman Burrows-Tuckahoe 1 13
1984 May 15 NYS Education Forum Conference "The Electronic Classroom" 2 1
1984 May 10 20th Anniversary, College for Human Services, New York City, Speech 2 2
1984 May 7 Training Seminar, Project on Excellence and Equity, Speech 2 3
1984 April 29 West Side Conference, Columbia University (Assemblyman Leichter), Speech 2 4
1984 April 28 Speech, Annual Meeting of Education Writers of America 2 5
1984 April 23 Gilligan Conference, Emma Willard Study of Adolescent Girls 2 6
1984 March 29 New England Educational Leadership Forum 2 7
1984 March 29 Speech, Local Administrators of Occupational Education 2 8
1984 March 16 New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Representative Assembly 2 9
1984 March 2 Speech, City Club of New York 2 10
1984 March 1 AVE Conference 2 11
1984 February 14 Fourth Technology Fair, Speech 2 12
1984 February 10 Conference on Bilingual Education, Speech 2 13
1984 February 10 Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC: Panel on National Reports 2 14
1984 January 30 Speech, NYS School Superintendents Mid-Winter Conference 2 15
1984 January 26 Speech, NY Association for Learning Disabled 2 16
1984 January 20 Speech, Bard College 2 17
1983 November 16 School, Community Partnership Day, NYC 2 18
1983 November 15 Speech, School Division, Association of American Publishers 3 1
1983 November 15 Conference for New School Administrators, Speech 3 2
1983 November 14 Installation Ceremonies, Albany Medical Center, Speech 3 3
1983 November 6-7 Conference on Education for Civic Values, Speech 3 4
1983 November 4 Speech, Confederated Organizations for Teacher Education (COTE) 3 5
1983 October 31 Urban Principals Conference, Speech 3 6
1983 October 18 Speech, Annual Meeting, University Hill Corporation 3 7
1983 October 17 Speech, Men's Group Luncheon 3 8
1983 October 14 NYS School Boards Association Convention, Speech 3 9
1983 October 12 Annual Conference, Continuing Education Association, Speech 3 10
1983 October 10 Dedication Ceremony, Long Island College Hospital, Speech 3 11
1983 October 4 Coalition on Critical Health Issues, Speech 3 12
1983 October 3 Catholic School Administrators Association Meeting, Speech 3 13
1983 October 2-3 Fall Conference, NYS Council of School Superintendents, Speech 3 14
1983 September 26 Financing Excellence and Equity in Education, Speech 3 15
1983 September 14 Speech, NYS Congress of School Administrator Organizations 3 16
1983 September 10 New School Board Members Institute 3 17
1983 September 7 Employee Recognition Day, Speech 3 18
1983 September 7 Working Seminar 3 19
1983 May 25 Speech, Nassau County Association of Chief School Administrators 4 1
1983 May 23 Teaching Writing Through Technology Conference, Speech 4 2
1983 May 15 Speech, B'nai B'rith, Sons of Italy Breakfast Meeting 4 3
1983 May 12 New York State Education Forum 4 4
1983 May 10 Scotia Rotary Club, Speech 4 5
1983 May 4 Speech, Empire State Organization of Youth Employment Services 4 6
1983 April 24 Speech, Conference of NYS Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 4 7
1983 April 16 New York State School Boards- BOCES Conference, Speech 4 8
1983 April 10 150th Anniversary of New Paltz College, Speech 4 9
1983 April 8 Speech, SUNY Distinguished Faculty 4 10
1983 April 1, April 17 Eulogy & Celebration Service 4 11
Items Re Harvey, Photos of Ambach with Staff 4 12
1983 March 25 Schoharie County Superintendents Conference Day, Speech 4 13
1983 March 18 Speech- New York Press Association 4 14
1983 February 19 Human Services Workshop, Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Annual Meeting 4 15
1983 January 24 Speech, Mid-Winter Conference of School Superintendents 5 1
1979 Miscellaneous Speeches 5 2
1983 Public Letters to the Commissioner [1 of 2] 5 3
1983 Public Letters to the Commissioner [2 of 2] 5 4
1972 Bonnie Pruden, "Fitness from Six to Twelve" 5 5
1979-1982 Children's Fitness Publication and Background on Author 5 6
1984 November 10-13 CCSSO- 1984 Annual Meeting, Delaware (Assessment & Evaluation Program) 5 7
1984 CCSSO, Policy and Priorities Committee, 1984 Annual Meeting [1 of 2] 5 8
1984 CCSSO, Policy and Priorities Committee, 1984 Annual Meeting [2 of 2] 6 1
1984 CCSSO, GMA Items for Bill Pierce 6 2
1984 CCSSO Annual Meeting: Assessment and Evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education in the United States 6 3
1976 Personal: Associated Harvard Alumni, Continuing Education Committee [1 of 2] 6 4
1976 Personal: Associated Harvard Alumni, Continuing Education Committee [2 of 2] 6 5
1967 Changes in Regents Procedures 6 6
1967 Changes in Regents Procedures: The New York State Education Department 1900-65 6 7
1967 Changes in Regents Procedures: Education and the 1967 Constitutional Convention 6 8
1967 Changes in Regents Procedures: Publications on Education issues before NY State Constitutional Convention 6 9
1962 October 25 Changes in Regents Procedures: Proposed Reorganization of the New York State Education Department 6 10

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1973 July 13-15 Ditchley Foundation Conference on Education and Youth Problems

Subseries B1829-03: Records of New York State Board of Regents

Dates:
1977-1991
Physical Description:
1 cubic foot of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of pamphlets, catalogs, drafts of reports, publications, and correspondence illustrating the relationship between the New York Board of Regents and Gordon Ambach as the New York Commissioner of Education. It includes information about several joint initiatives, including new certification requirements for elementary and secondary school teachers to begin in 1993, reports on the status of New York schools for the governor and legislature, and the documentation of the Regents Action Plan to ensure the quality and relevance of exams.

Arrangement:

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Dates Contents Box Folder
1977-1985 Regents Program Directions 7 1
1989 New Teacher Certification Requirements 7 2
1991 Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. Catalogs 7 3
1988 September Journal of NYS School Boards Association, Inc. 7 4
1989 Regents Action Plan on Certification Implementation 7 5
1990 October 26 NY Statewide Profile of the Educational System, Draft 7 6
1990 February Evaluation of the Implementation of the Regents Action Plan, Fourth Annual Report 7 7
1966 Education and the 1967 Constitutional Convention, Analysis 7 8
2001 Federal Legislation and Education in New York State 7 9
1983-1984 Regents Action Papers 7 10
1983 December 7 Regents Proposed Action Plan to Improve Elementary and Secondary Education Results in New York 7 11
1970-1986 Major Recommendations of the Regents for Legislative Action [1 of 5] 8 1
1970-1986 Major Recommendations of the Regents for Legislative Action [2 of 5] 8 2
1970-1986 Major Recommendations of the Regents for Legislative Action [3 of 5] 8 3
1970-1986 Major Recommendations of the Regents for Legislative Action [4 of 5] 8 4
1970-1986 Major Recommendations of the Regents for Legislative Action [5 of 5] 8 5

Subseries B1829-03: Records of Yonkers Board of Education and other desegregation cases in New York

Dates:
1970-1995
Physical Description:
2 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

The records in this subseries, 1960-1995, consist primarily of correspondence of the Commissioner of Education with the Superintendent of the Yonkers schools, members of the Board of Regents and others. Also included are court depositions of the Commissioner, reports and transcripts of court cases related to the Yonkers schools, papers related to desegregation of schools in Buffalo, Rochester, Rockville Center and Syracuse, statements of the Regents on integration of the schools, and a chronology of desegregation activities in New York State.

Arrangement:

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Dates Contents Box Folder
1990-1995 Yonkers Case (GMA- Commissioner NY State), Official Transcript of Proceedings [1 of 3] 9 1
1990-1995 Yonkers Case (GMA- Commissioner NY State), Official Transcript of Proceedings [2 of 3] 9 2
1990-1995 Yonkers Case (GMA- Commissioner NY State), Official Transcript of Proceedings [3 of 3] 9 3
1994 April 12-May 12 Correspondence, Official Statements and Reports, and Ambach Deposition on Yonkers Case 9 4
1980 Department of Justice's Conclusions on Yonkers Case 9 5
1981-1985 Correspondence on Magnet School Proposal and Possible School Shutdown 9 6
1969-1981 Ambach Deposition Exhibits 9 7
1969-1974 Reviews, Papers, and Statements on Racial Integration 10 1
1975-1980 Efforts of Education Department in Desegregation 10 2
1968-1977 Ambach's Views on How SED Should Proceed with Integration 10 3
1970 Executive Deputy Commissioner Ambach's Responsibilities 10 4
1975 Counsel Stone's Recommendation to the Commissioner to Issue an Integration Order in the Rochester School District 10 5
1983 SED Intervention and Review of Yonkers Athletic Program Following the Death of a Student 10 6
1976-1977 Authority Questions, Board of Regents and Commissioner of Education 10 7
1984 SED Interaction with Yonkers About Threatened School Closing 10 8
1977-1981 SED Communications with Yonkers 10 9
1980-1985 SED Interaction with Yonkers on Racial Balance Issues Under Commissioner Ambach 10 10
1971-1974 Commissioner Ewald Nyquist's Views on How SED Should Proceed with Desegregation, Including "Master Plan" 10 11
1985 SED Funding for Desegregation Under Commissioner Ambach 10 12
1976-1981 Correspondence on the Buffalo School Desegregation Case 10 13
1983-1984 Interscholastic Athletics, Requirements from SED 10 14
1981 September 15 Report on Federal Activities Affecting Education in NY State 10 15
1982 February The Impact on Yonkers Public Schools of Reduced State and Federal Support for Education, Report to NYS Education Department 11 1
1970-1981 Major Recommendations of the Regents for Legislative Action 11 2
1970-1980 Correspondence on Integration Plans of Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, and NYC 11 3
1983-1984 Correspondence on Yonkers Magnet School Program and Rockville Center Union Free School's Transportation Issues 11 4
1960-1975 Regents Integration Statements 11 5
1990 April 25 Ambach's Deposition Before U.S. District Court [1 of 2] 11 6
1990 April 25 Ambach's Deposition Before U.S. District Court [2 of 2] 11 7
1972-1973 Correspondence and Articles on Rockville Center School District's Desegregation Issues 11 8
1965-1980 Chronology of Desegregation Activities in Various Districts Across NY State 12 1
1982 School District Segregation Reports 12 2
1988 November 10 Examination Prior to Trial of Kenneth Clark Before U.S. District Court on Yonkers case 12 3
1976 November 17-19 Journal of a meeting of the Board of Regents, November 17-19, 1976 12 4
1981 Vasbinder Case, Bob Stone, Counsel 12 5
1980 Yonkers Public Schools, Reports and Statistics 12 6

Subseries B1829-03: Harvard Seminar on Equality of Educational Opportunity Report (SEEOR) records

Dates:
1967-1968
Physical Description:
1 cubic foot of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

The subseries includes a Ambach's personal copy of the Coleman Report with a few annotations; a memo to Ambach and others from James E. Allen, Commissioner of Education, concerning the reorganization of the Office of Education; update memos to the Seminar participants about progress of the report of the Seminar, 1967-68; a list of the participants in the Seminar; proposals for the funding of the Seminar's work; drafts of chapters for the 1972 report; newspaper and journal articles on segregation and educational opportunity; reports by participants in the Seminar; Notebook of the Harvard Seminar, including meeting notes, points of discussion at meetings, statements about the Coleman report, a memo from Moynihan and Pettigrew to Sizer requesting establishment of the Seminar; reports of the data analysis, particularly for ninth grade students in the Northeast, and the Code Book with questions for the students and master tape location.

Arrangement:

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Dates Contents Box Folder
1966 Equality of Educational Opportunity Report, Published 13 1
1969 Notes and Correspondence About the Equality of Educational Opportunity Report. 13 2
1967-1968 Ambach Equality of Educational Opportunity Survey, Personal 13 3
1966 Ambach Harvard SEEOR Material, References "R" 13 4
1966-1967 SEEOR, Introduction and Notes "N" [1 of 3] 13 5
1966-1967 SEEOR, Introduction and Notes "N" [2 of 3] 13 6
1966-1967 SEEOR, Introduction and Notes "N" [3 of 3] 13 7
1966-1967 Data Analysis Tables "DA" [1 of 3] 14 1
1966-1967 Data Analysis Tables "DA" [2 of 3] 14 2
1966-1967 Data Analysis Tables "DA" [3 of 3] 14 3
1966-1967 Reports to be Made to Congress 14 4

Subseries B1829-03: Federal legislation of the U.S. Office of Education records

Dates:
1943-1985
Physical Description:
1.5 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries is comprised of federal records of the U.S. Office of Education concerning legislation, primarily from 1961-1973, and the relationship of the office of the NYS Commissioner of Education to their shaping and passage. Records include legislative bills with comments by Gordon Ambach and others, summaries of federal education budgets and their impact, correspondence, notes, and reports. Of note is material from the Britain-based Ditchley Journal from 1973 detailing findings from Ditchley Conferences V and VI of that year, devoted to the study of education and youth problems, and from the collaborative work of the Education Policy Research Center. The creation and passage of both the Vocational Education Act (1917) and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965) is documented.

Arrangement:

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Dates Contents Box Folder
1969 January Redeployment of Federal Government Supergrades 15 1
1917-1965 Legislative Activity on Education (Reports on) [1 of 4] 15 2
1917-1965 Legislative Activity on Education (Reports on) [2 of 4] 15 3
1917-1965 Legislative Activity on Education (Reports on) [3 of 4] 15 4
1917-1965 Legislative Activity on Education (Reports on) [4 of 4] 15 5
1943-1962 Major Federal Aid to Education Bills 15 6
1957 June 27 Adverse Effects of Federal Aid to States for Education 15 7
1965 The Office of Education and the Education Act 15 8
1971 Annual Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Education, Fiscal Year 1971 15 9
1950 October A Report on An Administrative Survey of the U.S. Office of Education of the Federal Security Agency 16 1
1961 April A Federal Education Agency for the Future, April 1961 16 2
1965-1969 Commissioner: Washington, President's Task Force on Education 16 3
1968-1969 Guidance for Reorganization of Office of Assistant Secretary, Education and United States Office of Education 16 4
1969 April 15 Commissioner: Washington Education Budget 16 5
1969 Commissioner: Washington Legislative Program 16 6
1973 The Ditchley Journal [1 of 5] 16 7
1973 The Ditchley Journal [2 of 5] 16 8
1973 The Ditchley Journal [3 of 5] 16 9
1973 The Ditchley Journal [4 of 5] 16 10
1973 The Ditchley Journal [5 of 5] 16 11
1966 December Major Recommendations of the State Board of Regents for Legislative Action 16 12
1964 April 15 Catalog of Federal Aids to State and Local Governments 16 13
1963 The Federal Government and Education 17 1
1963 July A Directory of Federally Financed Student Loans, Fellowships and Career Training Programs in the Field of Higher Education in the U.S. 17 2
1965 May 20 Student Assistance Handbook 17 3
1964 January 7 Reports to be Made to Congress on Areas of Federal Education 17 4
1975-1985 Federal Legislation and Education in New York State [1 of 3] 17 5
1975-1985 Federal Legislation and Education in New York State [2 of 3] 17 6
1975-1985 Federal Legislation and Education in New York State [3 of 3] 17 7
1981-1987 Federal Legislation and Education in New York State [1 of 3] 17 8
1981-1987 Federal Legislation and Education in New York State [2 of 3] 17 9
1981-1987 Federal Legislation and Education in New York State [3 of 3] 17 10

Subseries 2: Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) records

Dates:
1928-2006
Physical Description:
163 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains materials documenting the administration and activities of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) under Gordon Ambach's leadership as executive director from 1987 to 2003. The CCSSO's membership is comprised of the public officials in charge of elementary and secondary education in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and the Department of Defense education program. During Ambach's tenure, these members met at Annual Meetings, at Summer Institutes devoted to a specific educational issue, and Legislative Conferences where the chiefs met with U.S. Congresspeople and federal education officials. Additionally, the chiefs formed committees focusing on specific educational issues and activities. CCSSO staff members worked to keep members informed on developments in the education field, provided professional development opportunities for members, conducted and supported research, collected and analyzed data, and drafted recommendations for federal legislation supporting the goals of the chiefs. Included in the subseries are notes from staff meetings and board meetings, memoranda, and other records from the daily operations of the CCSSO. There are also records from numerous advisory boards for CCSSO projects such as the National Teacher of the Year program and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC), as well as advisory boards for outside organizations such as the National Education Goals Panel, the Pew Forum on Education Reform, and the Learning First Alliance. In addition, there are subseries devoted to educational issues with which the CCSSO was especially engaged. These include the development of common educational standards, the development of assessments, international education, and comparative studies of educational systems in different countries. There is also a significant amount of material documenting CCSSO's efforts to influence education policy at the federal level. These include correspondence, notes, and other materials from meetings with U.S. Congresspeople, Secretaries of Education, and other U.S. Department of Education staff.

Arrangement:

Arranged into seven subseries: 1. CCSSO Administrative Records; 2. Advisory Boards; 3. Development of Assessments and Standards; 4. Elementary and Secondary Education Act; 5. Federal Education Legislation in U.S. Congress; 6. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement; 7. Education Issues

Subseries 2003: CCSSO administrative records

Dates:
1928-2006
Physical Description:
45.5 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of records documenting the administration of the CCSSO during Gordon Ambach's tenure as executive director. Included are correspondence produced by Ambach and other staff members, reports, speeches, meeting notes, clippings, and other types of materials. Many of these records document the everyday operation of the Council, including staff meetings, project proposals, and board meetings. Also documented is the creation of annual conferences of the chief state school officers, as well as CCSSO Summer Institutes on specific educational issues. The subseries contains a small amount of material from the National Council of Superintendents, the precursor of the CCSSO.

Arrangement:

Arranged into eight subseries: 1. Papers of the Executive Director; 2. Records of Correspondence; 3. Records of Meetings and Conferences; 4. Records of Speeches and Panels; 5. Records of the Summer Institute; 6. Publications; 7. National Council of Superintendents (Early CCSSO); 8. Subject Files and Miscellaneous Papers of the Executive Director Dates: 1983-2001 Physical Description: 19 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches and presentations, meeting notes, and news articles chronicling Gordon Ambach's duties and accomplishments as CCSSO's Executive Director. Prominent subjects include meetings with state governors and legislatures, CCSSO's dealings with the media, meetings for NAEP and Goals 2000, Investment 21 reports, studies and recommendations on education in the state of New York, speeches at colleges and universities in New York, and the agenda of CCSSO in pushing through education reform at both the state and national levels.

Arrangement: Unarranged.
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Records of correspondence Dates: 1988-2001 Physical Description: 11 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of correspondence and related materials produced by Ambach and other CCSSO staff between 1988 and 2000, arranged chronologically. The bulk of the correspondence deals with programs and activities conducted by CCSSO and include meeting minutes, reports and drafts of project proposals.

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Records of meetings and conferences Dates: 1964-1966; 1987-2001 Physical Description: 9.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes correspondence, speeches, schedules, minutes, agendas, personal notes, and background materials for meetings and conferences on education attended by Gordon Ambach in his capacity as a member and Executive Director of the CCSSO. These include CCSSO group meetings, such as executive group, staff, and annual board meetings, as well as conferences attended jointly with other organizations.

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Records of speeches and panels Dates: 1987-2000 Physical Description: 1.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes speeches, correspondence, meeting notes, reports, and background materials for meetings, panels, conferences where Gordon Ambach gave speeches in his capacity as an official in the CCSSO. Of note are his ongoing relationships with and appearances for the Association of American Publishers, the American Educational Research Association, and the Carnegie Corporation, as well as Ambach's extensive lists of press contacts from 1990-1994.

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Records of the Summer Institute Dates: 1985; 1989-2001 Physical Description: 1.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes documentation of most CCSSO Summer Institutes during those years, including planning sessions, development of themes, papers and presentations submitted, funding issues, invitations, and post-event reactions. Most years that are present have extensive material about that Summer Institute, with the exception of the 1985, 1998, and 2000 events, for which there is comparatively little information.

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Publications Dates: 1977-2001 Physical Description: 1 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of publications created by the CCSSO, including directories, surveys, reports, policy papers and recommendations, state indicators, instruction manuals, and advocacy pamphlets.

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National Council of Superintendents (Early CCSSO) Dates: 1928-1954; 1963-1967 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains records of the National Council of Superintendents from its inception in 1927 to its incorporation into the CCSSO in 1948, and CCSSO records chronicling the importance of the NCS. These include early records of annual meetings from 1927-1928 and 1963-1964, documentation of both the formation of the NCS and its change into the CCSSO, organizational bylaws, publications, correspondence with federal government offices, and an organizational timeline of important dates, events, and personnel.

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Subject files and miscellaneous Dates: 1988-1999 Physical Description: 1.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains correspondence, reports, clippings, and advertisements about miscellaneous subjects relating to Gordon Ambach and the CCSSO. Broad subjects include the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), community service, the State Education Agency (SEA), Congressional lobbying, and HIV/AIDS prevention efforts and education.

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Subseries 2003: Advisory boards

Dates:
1983-2006
Physical Description:
34.5 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains correspondence, reports, publications, memoranda, and other materials produced by CCSSO advisory boards. Included are advisory boards for CCSSO-led projects, as well as boards for outside organizations and project with which Gordon Ambach was involved as Executive Director of CCSSO. CCSSO programs documented include the National Teacher of the Year program; the Federal Liaison Representatives, who advocated CCSSO positions at the federal level; and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC). Among the organizations outside of the CCSSO are the National Policy Board for Educational Administration, which was concerned with strengthening professional standards for school administrators; the National Education Goals Panel, a group created under the impetus of President George H. W. Bush and the National Governors Association to raise educational standards and increase the use of data to monitor educational progress; national education summits held in 1989, 1996, and 1999; the Connecting Schools and Employment Program; the Pew Forum on Education Reform; and the Learning First Alliance.

Arrangement:

Arranged into twenty subseries. Records of the National Teacher of the Year Award (NTOYA) Dates: 1983-1998 Physical Description: 1.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries, covering the years 1983-1998, includes correspondence about the National Teacher of the Year program; memoranda of agreements between the sponsors of the program; lists of state coordinators for the program; lists of National Teachers of the Year since 1952; biographical and other information about some National Teachers, including photographs; correspondence about content of the application form for the program; arrangements for meetings of various committees involved in the program; copies and drafts of remarks made by Gordon M. Ambach and others at meetings of state coordinators of the program and at annual awards ceremonies; invitations to Ambach to Encyclopedia Britannica awards dinners; news-clippings and press releases re: to the NTOY program; correspondence related to issues such as the proposed boycott of sponsor Encyclopedia Britannica by librarians in Virginia and controversy about Britannica's sponsorship of a video program about the Soviet Union.

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Records of the Association of Prefectural Board of Education Superintendents (APBES) Dates: 1985-2001 Physical Description: 2.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, proposals, financial reports, speech transcripts, Japanese education publications, conference outlines and programs, and news articles, 1985 to 2001, on educational exchange meetings conducted between the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Association of Prefectural Board of Education Superintendents of Japan. The purpose of these meetings was for delegations from each country to learn about the others' public school system and the major issues concerning them. Discussions and exchanges of information were initiated with the objective of improving education governance and administration in the United States and Japan.

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Records of Federal Liaison Representatives (FLR) Dates: 1987-1991 Physical Description: 1.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes reports from the FLR annual and quarterly meetings and Steering Committee meetings. The series also contains statements and recommendations made to Congressional committees concerning pending legislation, including reauthorization of the ESEA, the Perkins Vocational Education Act and other education legislation. Correspondence and statements by CCSSO to Congress about various education bills are included as well.

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Records of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) and Arts Education Dates: 1987-2000 Physical Description: 1 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains correspondence, reports, memos, publications, and notes about support for arts and music education in schools by the INTASC division of the CCSSO, as well as other organizations, including the Getty Foundation, VH1, MENC, the Department of Education, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Most material documents the mission of these organizations to justify and publicize the need for greater funding for the arts in elementary and secondary schools.

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Records of National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA) Dates: 1988-2000 Physical Description: 3 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes reports by the NPBEA on professional standards and certification of educational leaders, correspondence, press releases, brochures and newsletters of NPBEA, minutes of the NPBEA board, and meeting minutes of work groups of NPBEA and NCATE. The NPBEA's involvement in the development of new standards and assessments for school principals from 1993-2000, working with the CCSSO and the Interstate Principals' Licensure Consortium, is especially well documented.

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Partnerships with private foundations Dates: 1988-1999 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains correspondence, advertisements, programs, and personal notes about meetings, forums, and events about education sponsored by private-sector foundations. Of note are correspondence about the appearance of Vice President Al Gore at the Benton Foundation Roundtable, and the Mellon Foundation's correspondence noting the limitations on what they could provide funding for.

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Records of the Scholastic, Inc. National Advisory Council Dates: 1988-1990 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This series focuses on Gordon Ambach's membership in the National Advisory Council of Scholastic, Inc. It includes reports on meetings in 1988 and 1989, correspondence on corporate sponsorship in education, drafts and print copies of the Stanley Elam Lecture given by Ambach for the Educational Press Association of America, and correspondence about other Scholastic programs.

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Records of the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) Dates: 1989-1999, 1989-1992 Physical Description: 4.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes correspondence, publications, reports, meeting briefings, memos, legislation, newspaper clippings, and background materials relating to the establishment of the National Education Goals Panel. The majority of the materials in this subseries were created from 1990-1991. Correspondence from the White House and the offices of several state governors are included. Reports generated by NEGP detailing the progress at the state and national levels towards education goals over time may be of interest to researchers. Also, related files for the Education and Child Care Legislation series can be found, especially related to the Equity and Excellence in Education Act of 1990. Finally, there are copies of the annual statistical analysis "National Education Goals Report: Building a Nation of Better Learners," for most years from 1992-1999.

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Records of the World Conference on Education For All (WCEFA) Dates: 1989-1990 Physical Description: 2 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of materials from planning meetings and forums of the World Conference on Education for All, 1989-1990. Records include correspondence between WCEFA members, memoranda, publications both as WCEFA products and as background materials, documentation of WCEFA conferences in Boston, Thailand, and Senegal, and a videotape produced by the Conference. Also documented are notes, speeches, and presentations created by Gordon Ambach.

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Records of the National Education Summit Dates: 1989-1999, 1996-1999 Physical Description: 1.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains correspondence, speeches, briefing books, press releases, newspaper clippings, and booklets relating to three National Education Summits. The majority of the subseries concentrates on the Summits in 1996 and 1999, and includes material generated for use at the Summits. Much of the history of each National Education Summit is self-documented within the material pertaining to it.

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Records of the Investment 21 Federal Education Funding Group Dates: 1990-1993 Physical Description: 2 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains meetings, correspondence, and publications by the Investment 21 group. Several types of meetings are included, such as steering committee meetings, meeting with other education and funding related groups such as the Economic Policy Institute, and periodic progress meetings. Of particular note are the publication, use, and reaction to two joint Investment 21/EPI papers, "Economic Competitiveness and the Human-Capital Investment Gap" and "Investment in Learning: An Assessment of the Economic Return".

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Records of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Dates: 1990-1996 Physical Description: 2 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda and publications, 1990-1996, related to mathematics and science studies conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement with the assistance of the Board of International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE). The subseries documents TIMSS background, development and findings, the IEA's relationship with BICSE, and questionnaires used in the study.

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Records of Connecting School and Employment Program Dates: 1991-1996 Physical Description: 2.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes a variety of documentation concerning youth apprenticeship and school-to-work programs. There are press releases, correspondence, notes by Gordon Ambach for speeches, records of guidelines by CCSSO for various projects and grant programs, and published reports. There is some material about apprenticeship programs in Denmark and Germany used for research purposes, and pilot programs in Massachusetts and Wisconsin.

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Records of the Educational Leaders Consortium (ELC) Dates: 1992-1996 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries focuses on minutes, agendas, correspondence, and notes from meetings of the Educational Leaders Consortium. The goals and intended agendas for the future of the organization are documented in early meetings. Also noted are advocacy for educational legislation such as the reauthorization of the Hawkins/Stafford bill, work towards improving educational assessment and standards through reform of Standard Aptitude Tests (SATs) and Goals 2000, as well as ELC's relationship with other educational organizations such as CCSSO and NSPRA.

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Records of the Pew Forum on Education Reform Dates: 1992-1996 Physical Description: 2.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

The records in this subseries document the meetings held by the members of the Pew Forum on Educational Reform from 1992 to 1996. These records consist of correspondence, notes kept by Gordon Ambach as a member of the Forum at the meetings, as well as conference agendas and background readings received by members prior to the meetings. Topics at the Forum conferences included curriculum frameworks, national examination systems, school reform in Chicago and other cities, education for disadvantaged children, teacher development and quality standards, Saturn Car Company and its management practices, higher education and its role in school reform, School-to-Work programs, and the state of education reform.

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Records of the World Bank Dates: 1992-1996 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains correspondence about the 1992 and 1996 World Bank meetings, and briefing documents for review prior to those meetings. Also included are several publications of the World Bank related to education, as well as some publications critical of the World Bank's education work, received by Ambach in preparation for the 1996 inaugural meeting.

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Records of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Dates: 1993-1995 Physical Description: 1 cubic foot of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes correspondence, reports, press releases and other material documenting the work of the APEC Education Forum and the Education Network (EDNET). There are summary reports of EDNET meetings, reports, statistics and surveys of education and standards in countries in the Asia-Pacific region. A copy of the report, Toward Education Standards for the 21st Century, 1992, is also included.

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Records of the Education First Alliance (EFA) Dates: 1995-1996 Physical Description: 2 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, proposals, and news articles, 1995-1996, on the EFA's lobbying efforts to block $67 million in proposed cuts by Congress to the federal education budget. The records include reports on the impact of such cuts and Alliance strategies to combat them. The EFA's efforts to garner public support for federal education and the development and publication of the Citizen's Election Guide to Education Issues are also documented.

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Records of the Learning First Alliance (LFA) Dates: 1997-1998 Physical Description: 3.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of correspondence, staff, board and steering committee meeting minutes, reports, memoranda, publications, press releases, promotional brochures, press kits and newspaper clippings, 1997-1998, relating to CCSSO's collaboration with other education organizations through the Learning First Alliance. It also contains records of similar FEOL meetings from 1990 to 1996 (B182). The development and publication of two EFA action plans, Every Child Mathematically Proficient and Every Child Reading and the formation of the EFA from the Forum of Educational Organization Leaders are well documented.

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Records of the Newspaper Association of America Foundation (NAA) Dates: 2001-2006 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries largely consists of agenda, reports, and readings from meetings of the Newspaper Association of America Foundation board of trustees.

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Subseries 2003: Development of assessments and standards

Dates:
1983-2002
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Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, and other materials related to the efforts of CCSSO in the development and improvement of standards, policies, and assessment tools for local, state, national and international education. Included in these efforts are Goals 2000, a 1994 act of Congress that set eight nationwide goals for U.S. schools to achieve by 2000, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The subseries includes materials documenting the CCSSO's cooperative efforts with organizations concerned with educational standards, such as the National Governors Association, the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing, the National Council on Education Standards and Testing, and the State Collaborative on Assessments and Student Standards.

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Arranged into eight subseries: 1. Records related to assessments and standards; 2. National Assessment of Educational Progress files; 3. Records of the National Governors' Association; 4. Records of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing; 5. Records of the National Council on Education Standards and Testing; 6. Records of the State Collaborative on Assessments and Student Standards; 7. Records of the National Test Panel; 8. Records of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Records related to assessments and standards Dates: 1983-2001 Physical Description: 5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

These records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, publications, press releases and newspaper clippings, 1983 to 2001, relating to the administration of CCSSO's work in the development and improvement of standards, policies and assessment tools for local, state, national and international education. The records also document CCSSO's efforts to assist Congress and the National Governors Association (NGA) in the implementation of education reform programs such as Goals 2000: The Educate America Act and National Education Goals.

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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) files Dates: 1986-1999 Physical Description: 5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries documents NAEP proposals at both the state and national levels, including early planning stages, trial runs, and implementation. This includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, reports and publications generated by NAEP as background material, and plans for action. Also contained is the CCSSO's reaction to NAEP's proposals and the level of support it gave NAEP's recommendations in terms of legislative advocacy.

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Records of the National Governors' Association (NGA) Dates: 1986-1995 Physical Description: 1.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes reports and recommendations related to education (particularly National Education Goals) generated for NGA meetings, reports from NGA Action Teams on School Readiness, briefing books for NGA School Delivery Standards meetings, and materials on Opportunity-to-Learn Standards.

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Records of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) Dates: 1987-1997 Physical Description: 1 cubic foot of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes material documenting CRESST's mission, goals and an overview of its programs; reports of the National Advisory Board meetings, grant proposals for student assessment; speeches by G. M. Ambach and Christopher Cross about national testing standards; materials from 1994 CRESST conference and a copy of the CRESST product catalog.

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Records of the National Council on Education Standards and Testing (NCEST) Dates: 1991-1992 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes staff reports, briefing books for the September and October 1991 NCEST meetings, a report by the American Association of School Administrators on testing and assessment, and a small amount of correspondence. The full January 1992 version of NCEST's publication Raising Standards… is not with the papers; only a partial Executive Summary of the report is present.

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Records of the State Collaborative on Assessments and Student Standards (SCASS) Dates: 1992-1999 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes issues of the Exchange, the SCASS newsletter; correspondence, proposals, project descriptions and other items related to assessment of health education, physical education and science education.

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Records of the National Test Panel (NTP) Dates: 1997 Physical Description: 1 cubic foot of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes material documenting meetings of the NTP relating to reading and mathematics tests, including specifications for test designs and material on the development of the NTP. There is a small amount of correspondence and press releases concerning the NTP, particularly related to a controversy with Chester Finn about the creation and mandate of the NTP.

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Records of National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) Dates: 1996-2002 Physical Description: 0.25 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains agenda, minutes, and other materials from biannual meetings of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. These materials document issues surrounding the recognition of accrediting agencies, such as the American Bar Association, the National Collegiate for Accreditation of Teacher Education, and the New York State Board of Regents.

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Subseries 2003: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Dates:
1987-2001
Physical Description:
34 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries documents the CCSSO's influence on the reauthorization and revision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the main federal legislation related to education. Included are drafts of legislation for the reauthorization of ESEA in 2000-2001 with comments from Ambach, CCSSO members, and other education experts. It also includes correspondence between experts and legislators, analyses of related education bills, and notes from meetings with educational advocacy groups and members of Congress. A separate subseries is devoted to ESEA legislation concerned with vocational and technical education, particularly the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

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Arranged into three subseries: 1. ESEA Reauthorization Files; 2. Chapter 1 Program Improvement Files; 3. Vocational Education Files ESEA reauthorization files Dates: 1987-2001 Physical Description: 19 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains drafts of legislation for the reauthorization of ESEA in 2000-2001 with comments from Ambach, CCSSO members, and other education experts. It also includes correspondence between experts and legislators, reports and publications used as background materials, analyses of related education bills, proposals for additions to ESEA, and news articles showing public reaction to the bill and proposed changes to it.

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Chapter 1 Program Improvement files Dates: 1987-1993 Physical Description: 4 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of records of meetings with educational advocacy groups, and more prominently with members of Congress, with the goal of improving the education programs funded by Chapter 1 of the ESEA. Materials include correspondence, meeting notes, and drafts of legislation with comments by all parties.

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Vocational education files Dates: 1990-1998 Physical Description: 11 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains records of ESEA legislation dealing with vocational and technical education, as well as related bills such as the Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This includes drafts of legislation with comments by CCSSO members, records of task forces devoted to vocational and technical education, correspondence between legislators and education experts, testimony to Congress, and publications and reports used as background materials.

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Subseries 2003: Federal education legislation in U.S. Congress

Dates:
1982-2001
Physical Description:
11 cubic feet of textual records

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This subseries consists of materials documenting proposed federal legislation related to education, as well as the CCSSO's interaction with federal education policymakers in the legislative and executive branches of government. Included are legislative drafts, correspondence, studies, and other records related to proposed legislation from the late 1980's, including the "Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1989", the "Act for Better Child Care Services", and the "Equity and Excellence in Education Implementation Act." This legislation is also documented in copies of the Congressional record included in the subseries, and also include testimony from Gordon Ambach at Congressional hearings. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence, press releases, reports, and other materials about the role of the federal government in funding education, particularly the conflicting philosophies of the 1995 Republican Congress and President Bill Clinton. Also included are records documenting the CCSSO's relationship with the presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, in particular with the Secretaries of Education of these administrations.

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Arranged into four subseries: 1. Education and Child Care Legislation; 2. Federal Funding for Education; 3. U.S. Department of Education; 4. Congressional Documents Records related to education and child care legislation Dates: 1986-1992 Physical Description: 3 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes legislative drafts, correspondence, studies, newspaper articles (mainly opinion pieces), and background materials concentrating on the "Smart Start," "Act for Better Child Care," and "Equity and Excellence in Education Implementation Act" bills. Drafts of bills include comments by relevant Senators and House Committee members, as well as suggested changes by CCSSO members and education experts. Correspondence revolves around the topics of the best language for the bills, reactions from Congress and the public, and the chances of passage. Some additional material can be found in the National Educational Goals Panel subseries.

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Records related to federal funding for education Dates: 1993-1998 Physical Description: 3 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes budget reports, correspondence, clippings, press releases, and proposals about the role of the federal government in funding education. The majority of records document the conflicting philosophical approaches to the budget of the Republican Congress and the Democratic President Bill Clinton. Both attempted cuts and increases to the federal education budget are included, and of note is the reaction of legislators and educators to the impact of the shutdown of the federal government in 1995 (B2).

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Records of the U.S. Department of Education Dates: 1987-1992 Physical Description: 4 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes correspondence, publications, reports, meeting briefings, newspaper clippings, and background materials detailing the relationship of Gordon Ambach and CCSSO with the United States Department of Education during the Presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Of note are materials dealing with the workings and public evaluations of the Secretaries of Education within these administrations, including Secretaries William Bennett, Lauro Cavazos, Lamar Alexander (B2), and Richard Riley. Also documented are interactions with the Department of Labor on educational goals (B1), the Department of Education's focus on research and development for the future (B4-B5), and publications by and for the Department (B6). Also included are materials from Gordon Ambach's service as chair of the Task Force on Education Department Administration and Organization for the transition team of President-elect Bill Clinton.

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Congressional documents Dates: 1982-2001 Physical Description: 1 cubic foot of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of publications of the Congressional record relating to acts and amendments affecting education. These reports documented Congressional action in areas where Gordon Ambach and the CCSSO were most influential in policy. Of note are Serial Nos. 102-8 and TTF3-C, in which Ambach's testimony before Congress on educational assessment is recorded.

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Subseries 2003: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)

Dates:
1988-2001
Physical Description:
10.25 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of reports, correspondence, press releases, photographs, and other materials documenting Gordon Ambach's work as U.S. Representative to the General Assembly of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Included are meeting minutes, proposals and reports from meetings of the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE), as well as reports and publications from various comparative studies sponsored by the IEA, including the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), Computers in Education (COMPED), the Civic Education Project, the Preprimary Project, the Second International Technology in Education Study (SITES) and the Language Education Study (LES).

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Arranged into three subseries: 1. Records of Board on International Comparative Studies in Education; 2. Records of General Assembly of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement; 3. IEA Publications Records of Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) Dates: 1988-2001 Physical Description: 2.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of documents that comprise topics of discussion on the agenda for BICSE's board meetings and includes reports, proposals, meeting minutes, correspondence and drafts of the framework for the studies. The documents contain reports on studies such as Computers in Education, (COMPED) the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and activities of the General Assembly of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), in addition to reports addressing BICSE's own methods of study.

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Records of the General Assembly of IEA Dates: 1989-2001 Physical Description: 6.25 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of correspondence, assembly and standing committee meeting minutes, reports, memoranda, publications, press releases, photographs, promotional brochures and newspaper clippings, 1989-2001, on the activities of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) General Assembly. Discussion, planning and review of the development of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, (TIMSS) Computers in Education Study, (COMPED) Civic Education Project, Preprimary Project, Second International Technology in Education Study (SITES) and the Language Education Study (LES) are well documented.

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IEA publications Dates: 1988-2001 Physical Description: 1.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of publications produced by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement from 1991 to 2001. They include reports, summaries, results and analyses of the IEA's major studies. The bulk of this subseries are publications drafted from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, (TIMSS).

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Subseries 2003: Education issues

Dates:
1953-2002, 1980-2002
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13 cubic feet of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains materials documenting Gordon Ambach and the CCSSO's involvement in varied educational issues. Included are records from meetings and seminars related to international education and comparative education studies, including the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development International Seminars. Other issues documented in the subseries include mathematics and science education, the use of information technology in education, school choice and charter schools, private sector involvement in education, and leadership development. Also included are correspondence from the CCSSO documenting their efforts to assist the District of Columbia in creating a "State Education Agency" for the purpose of gaining eligibility for federal funds.

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Arranged into seven subseries: 1. Records of International Education; 2. Learning Technology Files; 3. Records Related to Mathematics and Science Education; 4. Public/Private School Forum and School Choice; 5. Miscellaneous Publications; 6. State Action for Education Leadership Project (SAELP); 7. Records Related to Creation of State Education Agency for the District of Columbia Records of international education Dates: 1985-1999 Physical Description: 2 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of records of meetings, conferences, and seminars involving the CCSSO that were devoted to international education. Important gatherings included the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development International Seminars, the International Education Awards, and the International Dimensions of Education. In addition, CCSSO members attended meetings with representatives from France, Brazil, China, Romania, Canada, and Russia on education policy and reform. Also included is testimony and reports from international education consultant Dr. Fred Czarra.

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Learning technology files Dates: 1988-2001 Physical Description: 5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

These records consist of correspondence, minutes, listserv contributions, proposals and reports, memoranda, publications, press releases and newspaper clippings, drafts, and testimony, 1983-2002, about the use of technology for educational purposes. The records also document the CCSSO's efforts to assist Congress and the National Governors Association (NGA) in implementing education reform programs such as Goals 2000: Educate America Act and National Education Goals. Programs that are documented in this subseries include the National Educational Technology & Telecommunications (NETT) Center (B7) and the Universal Service for Schools and Libraries Fund (B7-B10), commonly known as E-Rate. The CCSSO's working relationship with the FCC and other federal institutions is displayed.

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Records related to mathematics and science education Dates: 1997-1999 Physical Description: 0.5 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries contains records of Gordon Ambach's testimony to Congress about math and science education, including correspondence asking for and about the testimony, transcripts, notes, and background materials used for informational and presentational purposes. Reports from CCSSO, NAEP, and TIMSS justifying the conclusions drawn in Ambach's testimony are included.

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Public/Private School Forum and School Choice files Dates: 1998-2000 Physical Description: 3 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes correspondence, meeting agendas, memos, reports, and publications about Public/Private School Forums. Most folders detail the agenda and main topics for meetings of each Forum. This subseries also details CCSSO's interest in the Edison Charter Schools project, and includes publications with reports and analysis about school vouchers. Other background publications, including journals, studies, and reports, that relate to these issues are also included. In addition, the positions of Gordon Ambach and the CCSSO on issues relating to school choice, vouchers, and charter schools are reflected in the annual CCSSO Federal Legislative brochures contained within.

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Miscellaneous publications Dates: 1953-2001, 1980-2001 Physical Description: 2.25 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of publications on education collected by Gordon Ambach, including pre-publication editions of Education Week, statistical studies on education topics, dissertations on the role of states in federal education, and reports and analyses from both the public and private sector.

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State Action for Education Leadership Project (SAELP) Dates: 1996-2002 Physical Description: 1 cubic feet of textual records Scope and Content Note:

This subseries includes proposals and reports to the Wallace-Readers' Digest Funds, drafts of requests for proposals, selection policies and materials used by members of independent expert panels (IEP) tasked with selecting SAELP grantees, and drafts of the State Policy and Practice Compendium. In addition, there are agenda, reports, and other materials from meetings of the National Consortium, a group of representatives from the organizations supporting SAELP. Also included are publications from the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), a precursor to SAELP supported by CCSSO and the National Policy Board for Educational Administration. The ISLLC developed a set of model standards for school leaders in 1996.

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Home: 23019; Current: 23019
Records related to creation of State Education Agency for the District of Columbia Dates: 1996-2002 Physical Description: 0.25 cubic feet of textural records Scope and Content Note:

Consists largely of correspondence with D.C. education officials giving advice from CCSSO on creating a "state education office" (SEA) for the District of Columbia. Includes advice on what SEAs are responsible for, particularly in regard to the receipt and distribution of federal funds under ESEA, IDEA, and the Perkins Vo-Tech Education Act. Also included are reports from the newly-formed District of Columbia State Education Office, delineating its structure and function, as well as notes from meetings conducted by CCSSO staff with the State Education Office and the D.C. Board of Education.

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Subseries 3: Gordon M. Ambach personal papers

Dates:
1991-2001
Physical Description:
1 cubic foot of textual records

Scope and Content Note:

This series includes personal correspondence, biographical information about Gordon Ambach, photographs, and information about the funerals and lives of several friends and associates. Folders marked "Personal" contain correspondence with President Bill Clinton, Secretary of Education Richard Riley and other Cabinet members, and several members of Congress. Also included are short biographical notes written for inclusion in articles, as well as for variety of Who's Who categories.

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Some correspondence arranged in reverse chronological order. Rest is unarranged.

  

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2000 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 1
1999 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 2
1998 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 3
1997 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 4
1995 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 5
1994 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 6
1993 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 7
1992 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 8
1991 Gordon M. Ambach, Personal 346 9
1993-1994 Correspondence with U.S. Education Secretary Richard Riley 346 10
1993-1998 Short Biographies of Ambach 346 11
1990-2002 Ambach, Who's Who Papers 346 12
2000 May 20 Rhode Island College, Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree 347 1
1996 September National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) Silver Award 347 2
1991-2000 Recommendations and References for Positions [restricted] 347 3
2001 Photographs [restricted] 347 4
2000 June 19 Memorial Service for Eileen Cooke (American Library Association) 347 5
2000 April 12 Memorial Service for Jeanne Hurley Simon (NCLIS) 347 6
1999 June 12 Memorial Service for Woody Genrich (NY Board of Regents) 347 7
1998 February 20 Memorial Service for Al MacKinnon (FLR) 347 8
1997 February 28 Memorial Service for Al Shanker (President, American Federation of Teachers) 347 9
1996 July 15 Memorial Service for Ted Bell (U.S. Education Secretary) 347 10
1991-2000 Condolence Letters to Others 347 11
1996 National Alliance of Business Notice of Death of William Kolberg 347 12