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Download full textOffice of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide an annual overview of activities funded under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"), Part D (National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities), subparts 2 and 3 (P.L. 108-446). "IDEA", Part D, includes programs that support…
Descriptors: Awards, Disabilities, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
Family Reflections on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Summary Report
Stewart, Thomas; Wolf, Patrick; Cornman, Stephen Q.; McKenzie-Thompson, Kenann; Butcher, Jonathan – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2009
During the spring of 2004, the first federally funded voucher program--the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP)--was established. The School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) recognized that publicly-funded school vouchers represent a relatively new and unstudied approach to school choice and education reform. To address …
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Access to Education, School Choice, Focus Groups
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2008
The purpose of this report is to provide an annual overview of activities funded under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"), Part D (National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities), subparts 2 and 3 (P.L. 108-446). "IDEA", Part D, includes programs that support personnel…
Descriptors: Awards, Disabilities, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
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This one-page guide provides a handy reference to help you understand state and federal accountability program terminology. Terms defined herein are: (1) Academic Performance Index (API); (2) Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP); (3) Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program (CSRD); (4) California Standards Tests (CSTs); (5) High Priority…
Descriptors: Accountability, Glossaries, Federal Programs, Educational Indicators
Christensen, Gayle S. – US Department of Education, 2007
The reauthorization of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" ("ESEA") as amended by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" ("NCLB") relied on two notable policy instruments to improve education: accountability and flexibility. "NCLB" complements accountability with several new flexibility…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Demonstration Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Regulation
Peer reviewedHamann, Edmund T.; Lane, Brett – Educational Policy, 2004
As the variety of state education agency (SEA) responses to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 demonstrates, different SEAs interpret the same federal educational policy differently. Nonetheless, little research has depicted how federal policies are changed by SEA-based policy intermediaries. Using an "ethnography of educational policy"…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, Demonstration Programs, School Restructuring
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2007
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of national activities to improve the education of children with disabilities funded in fiscal year (FY) 2005 under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"), Part D, Subparts 2 and 3 (P.L. 108-446). "IDEA", Part D (National Activities) includes…
Descriptors: Awards, Disabilities, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
Christensen, Gayle S.; Feehan, Kathleen; Loss, Daniel – US Department of Education, 2007
Flexibility and accountability are two levers for change that occupy an increasingly prominent place among federal strategies for educational improvement. In return for introducing higher academic standards and performance-based accountability systems, states and districts have been granted increasing flexibility over how they may use the funding…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
