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Download full textLouisiana Department of Education, 2020
All students deserve an education that prepares them for postsecondary success and a lifetime of unlimited opportunity, and Louisiana educators are leading the nation in raising the expectations for what all students can learn and achieve through designing and delivering standards-aligned instruction. Despite this overall progress, the performance…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Achievement Gap, Educational Strategies, Disability Identification
Kyrie E. Dragoo – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the main federal statute governing special education and early intervention services for children with disabilities from birth through age 21.1 IDEA consists of four parts. Part A contains general provisions, including the purposes of the act and definitions. Part B contains provisions…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
Louisiana Department of Education, 2017
All students deserve an education that prepares them for postsecondary success and a lifetime of unlimited opportunity, and Louisiana educators are leading the nation in raising the expectations for what all students can learn and achieve through designing and delivering standards-aligned instruction. Despite this overall progress, the performance…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Educational Strategies, Educational Quality, Individualized Education Programs
Burrell, Sue; Warboys, Loren – 2000
This bulletin summarizes provisions of federal law as they pertain to special education and juvenile justice. It discusses provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997 including: the definition of disability; free appropriate public education; identification, referral, and evaluation; the individualized education program…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Definitions, Delinquency
Wosnack, Niki – 2002
The Alberta Standards for Special Education are effective in September 2003 and require school boards to effectively identify and deliver programs for students with special needs in grades 1-12. Emphasis is on consistent and enhanced educational practice within the Canadian province so that students with special needs will receive appropriate…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Boards of Education, Disabilities
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Direction de l'education francaise. – 2003
This document, in French, presents the Alberta Standards for Special Education, which are effective in September 2003 and require school boards to effectively identify and deliver programs for students with special needs in grades 1-12. Emphasis is on consistent and enhanced educational practice within the Canadian province so that students with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Boards of Education, Disabilities
Direct linkKauffman, James M., Ed.; Hallahan, Daniel P., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Special education is now an established part of public education in the United States--by law and by custom. However, it is still widely misunderstood and continues to be dogged by controversies related to such things as categorization, grouping, assessment, placement, funding, instruction, and a variety of legal issues. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Design
