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Aligning IEP Goals to Standards without Standardizing: Avoiding the Legal Risks Associated with Aligning Each Goal with an Individual Content Standard
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Alarcon, Arthur Lance; Luckasson, Ruth – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2017
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) issued a Dear Colleague Letter (Letter) on November 16, 2015, to "clarify that an individualized education program (IEP) for an eligible child with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) must be aligned with the State's academic content standards for the grade in…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Individualized Education Programs, Legal Problems, Students with Disabilities
Professional Misconceptions of the Supreme Court's Decision in "Endrew F."
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Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2019
A persistent problem in the professional literature in school psychology and related fields, such as special education, is the insufficient treatment of legal issues in terms of not only quantity (e.g., Zaheer & Zirkel, 2014) but also quality (e.g., Zirkel, 2014). The quality dimension is illustrated in the coverage of the Supreme Court's…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Current Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education
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Bateman, David F., Ed.; Yell, Mitchell L., Ed. – Corwin, 2019
School leaders and special educators are expected to be experts on all levels and types of special education law and services, types of disability, and aspects of academic and functional programming. With the increasing demands of the job and the ever-changing legal and educational climate, many administrators and teachers are overwhelmed, and few…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Legal Problems, Special Education, Program Implementation
Don't Blame the Help: Calling out Special Education Malpractice in a Predominantly Black Urban School District
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Eddie, April L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study explores how institutional practices within a school district limit general education teachers' ability to comply with special education policies. While numerous special education issues exist within the school district studied here, my research examined institutional practices that negatively impacted inclusion of exceptional students…
Descriptors: Special Education, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Educational Malpractice, Compliance (Legal)