IDEA and NCLB
NCLB requires that students with disabilities as a subgroup demonstrate adequate yearly progress toward the state's goals.
Guidance, Regulations, Legislation, and Announcements
Guidance
Non-Regulatory Guidance, Alternate Achievement Standards for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities (Word)
Provides states with detailed information about how best to use and implement alternate achievement standards.
Non-Regulatory Guidance, Alternate Achievement Standards for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities (Word)
Guidance addresses only the implementation of the December 9, 2003 regulation on alternate achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. It does not address the proposed “2 percent” policy or the issue of “modified” achievement standards.
Regulations
Legislation
Announcements
IDEA Reauthorizaton Moves Forward in U.S. Congress (May 2004)
Secretary of Education Announces New Special Education Regulations (August 2006)
Related Resources from SchoolsMovingUp
Webinars
Keeping Quality Teachers: The Art of Retaining General and Special Education Teachers
May 25, 2005
Standards-Based Instruction: Could it Happen in Special Education?
April 6, 2006
IDEA and Literacy
April 27, 2006
Differentiated Instruction: An Overview and One Classroom’s Transformation
January 30, 2007
Response to Intervention (RTI) and the Connections to Neurodevelopment
February 7, 2007
Standards-Based Instruction: Is It Possible for Students with Disabilities? (Encore Presentation)
July 18, 2007
Tips to Go
Full Inclusion Helps All Students
Special education teachers team with general education teachers to raise achievement for all students at a California high school.
Articles
Focus on Special Education
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: WestEd
A Study of MCAS Achievement and Promising Practices in Urban Special Education: Report of Field Research Findings
Publication Date: 2004, October
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
Tales from a Fourth-Grade Classroom: Collaboration Brings Personal Satisfaction, Improves Scores
Author: Boswell, S.
Publication Date: 2005, February
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
CEC Resources on "Highly Qualified" Requirements for Special Education Teachers
Author: Council for Exceptional Children
Publication Date: 2005
Differentiated Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementation
Author: Hall, T., Strangman, N., & Meyer, A.
Publication Date: 2003
Publisher: CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)
Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation
Author: Batsche, G., Elliott, J., Graden, J.L., Grimes, J., Kovaleski, J.F., Prasse, D., et al.
Publication Date: 2005
Publisher: National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc.
Expecting Success: Self-Assessment and Resource Guide for Improving Service Delivery
Author: Council of Chief State School Officers
Publication Date: 2002, August
Publisher: Council of Chief State School Officers
Principals of Inclusive Schools
Author: Salisbury, C., McGregor, G.
Publication Date: 2005, November
Publisher: National Institute of Urban School Improvement
Pathways to Inclusive Practices
Author: Salisbury, C., Strieker, T., Roach, V., McGregor, G.
Publication Date: 2001
Publisher: Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices
Determining Policy Support for Inclusive Education
Author: Strieker, T., Salisbury, C., Roach, V.
Publication Date: 2001
Publisher: Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices
Curricular and Instructional Considerations for Teaching Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms
Author: Giangreco, M. F., Doyle, M. B.
Publication Date: 2000
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
2005 State Special Education Outcomes: Steps Forward in a Decade of Change
Author: Thompson, S. J., Thurlow, M. L., Johnstone, C. J., Altman, J. R.
Publication Date: 2005, November
Publisher: National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
Effective Instruction for Struggling Adolescent Readers
Author: Center on Instruction
Publication Date: 2007-2008
Publisher: Center on Instruction
Using Technology to Improve the Literacy Skills of Students With Disabilities
Author: Thompson, J. R., Bakken, J. P., Fulk, B. M., Peterson-Karlan, G.
Publication Date: 2004, December
Publisher: Learning Point Associates
Using Flexible Technology to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners
Author: Wahl, L., Duffield, J.
Publication Date: 2005
Publisher: WestEd
Technology and Teaching Children to Read: What Does the Research Say?
Author: Sherman, D.
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Northeast & the Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium
Useful Links
IDEA Law and Resources
Offers useful and timely information to help professionals and families understand and implement IDEA '97. A service of the ASPIIRE and ILIAD IDEA Partnership Projects.
The Access Center
Connects states, districts, and schools with each other and with research-based practices, tools, videos and readings that can help build state and local capacity to improve access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities. Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) of the US Department of Education.
California Services for Technical Assistance and Training (CalSTAT)
Offers information related to collaboration between general education and special education, technical assistance, family partnership projects, leadership institutes, regionally coordinated training programs, and many other resources. A project of the Special Education Division of the California Department of Education.
Northeast Regional Resource Center (NERRC)
Provides information to state education agencies (SEAs) on their services, links and reports related to special education, information for parents, and more. NERRC, one of six such centers that help states improve special education, is a project of Learning Innovations at WestEd.
NCEO's Accountability for Students with Disabilities
Provides an overview of the issues of accountability under NCLB for students with disabilities, links to state accountability policies, and a list of reports and other resources that focus on designing and building educational assessments and accountability systems taking into account students with disabilities. Developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes.
Center for Prevention & Early Intervention
Provides information about nationally recognized training and technical assistance, staff development, related websites, and numerous early intervention resources.
Special Connections
Provides tools and resources that support students with special needs in general education settings.
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
Highlights CAST's research and development Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and assessment as related to learning differences, and relevant professional development, policy and practice, products, and publications.
Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Provides PowerPoint presentations, materials, conference information, and an online library to assist schools identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Provides information on IDEA and on effective practices, programs, and services for infants, children, and youth with disabilities.
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
Includes publications, events, government relations, and resource links to help state agencies promote and support specially designed instruction and related services for children and youth with disabilities.
From WestEd.org
Related Services
From WestEd.org
The federal No Child Left Behind act requires states to have highly qualified teachers in every classroom. This issue of R&D Alert draws on WestEd's work to offer solutions for recruiting new teachers, retaining highly qualified teachers, and improving teacher quality through professional development.
