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WHAT: California Business for Education Excellence will promote its
plan for reforming California's public schools.
The eBus is a 40-foot retrofitted computer lab, equipped with two-way
Internet connectivity via satellite."
Clea Owens, eBus program coordinator and a former foster youth herself who
is studying for her master's degree, will conduct workshops and offer
counseling aboard the eBus that will facilitate outreach activities at
educational institutions , community and faith-based organizations and job
sites.

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WHEN: Monday , April 18, 2005, 10 a.

WHERE: California Business Roundtable Conference Room
1215 K Street, Suite 1570

California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) was founded in 1999 by
major business and business organizations to represent the business community
in state education policy-making and restore excellence to California public
schools.

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For more information about the ETS Visiting Scholars Program, visit
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"The Visiting Scholars program opens a dialogue where both the scholars and
ETS staff learn to think about fairness and testing from different
perspectives," explains Lew Shumaker, ETS Senior Diversity Consultant.
"This is an exciting project that combines technology and educational
resources to deliver improved outcomes for some of our most vulnerable youth
aging out of the foster care system," said Dennis Boyle, director of CDSS.

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California Business for Education Excellence Releases Roadmap for Education Reform in California

WHO: Bill Hauck, president, California Business Roundtable and
chairman of CBEE Greg Jones, senior vice president of State
Farm Insurance Companies in California; board chair of the Los
Angeles Urban League; board member of Operation Hope and CBEE
vice chairman Jim Lanich, Ph.org

Participants in the ETS Visiting Scholars Program receive a $3,500
honorarium paid over the four-week term of service, plus compensation for
further work as agreed.

ABOUT ETS

ETS is a nonprofit institution with the mission to advance quality and
equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and
related services for all people worldwide.

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PRESS RELEASE ETS Taking Applications for Visiting Scholars Program

ETS Visiting Scholars work at ETS for a month each summer studying fairness
and other issues related to test design and development while learning to
write and review test questions for a variety of testing programs.

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Chafee ETV grants are available to foster youth and provide up to $5,000
per student for college or vocational training expenses, such as tuition ,
books, clothing, transportation, computers and room and board.

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Retrofitted Bus Provides Online Educational and Job Training Services

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
"The eBus makes it possible to deliver enhanced online access to
educational, job search and mentoring resources directly to foster youth in
their local community," said Owens.

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A major focus of the reforms is using hard data to guide
educational instruction and identify "best practices " among
school districts, schools and teachers. In order to
qualify, applicants must have been in foster care between their 16th and 18th
birthdays and must be at least a part-time student with satisfactory academic
progress.

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Titled "Closing
Achievement Gaps at All Grade Levels; The Next Phase in
Improving California's Public Schools," it includes immediate
and longer-term reforms to help close achievement gaps and
ensure all students reach "grade level proficiency" -- not just
"growth" targets in meeting state standards.
ETS, the world's largest educational
measurement and research organization , is seeking applicants from
underrepresented groups to study test fairness and equity issues as
Visiting Scholars, company officials announced today.

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Founded in 1947, ETS today
develops, administers and scores more than 24 million tests annually in
more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide .

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This data should be more widely used to identify and
provide help to students falling behind and to help schools and
teachers identify what is, and what is not, working in the
classroom.

"Our new eBus fills a critical need in helping to motivate and support foster
youth as they prepare for independence and a successful future.

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They also receive round-trip airfare and ground
transportation, accommodations in a hotel suite and other arrangements. Youth will have the opportunity to use any one of the 13 workstations
on board to apply online for grants, colleges, vocational schools and more.

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org. Between now and February 2006, the eBus
will travel statewide, stopping at designated locations to provide resource
assistance to foster youth pursuing post-secondary education with the aid of
Chafee ETV grants .
Also, bilingual resource materials and Spanish-speaking staff are available. "All youth served by the eBus will
receive useful materials to aid them in their academic or professional
careers .

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Applicants should be experienced university or community college teachers
of English, ESL, foreign languages, mathematics, statistics, science, or
social science.

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Department of Social Services Unveils eBus to Assist Foster Youth in Accessing Higher Education

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Using Data, Best Practices and Increased Accountability to Close Achievement
Gaps and Ensure All Students Are Meeting Grade Level Proficiency

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
"Best of all, after scholars return to their institutions, they can choose
to continue to serve as links between ETS and the academic world by
activities such as contributing test questions, reviewing test content, and
serving on committees . In serving individuals,
educational institutions and government agencies around the world, ETS
customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher professional development
products and services, classroom and end-of-course assessments, and
research-based teaching and learning tools.

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The deadline for applications is Jan.ets., As part of its Foster Care
Awareness Month activities, the California Department of Social Services
(CDSS), in partnership with the California Community College Foundation , today
unveiled the Chafee Educational Training Voucher (ETV) eBus that will provide
educational , financial and community resources to foster youth in a more
personalized format.