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Tuan D. Nguyen; Christopher Redding; Allison F. Gilmour; Elizabeth Bettini – Remedial and Special Education, 2024
Drawing on eight waves of the Schools and Staffing Survey and the National Teacher and Principal Survey, we used a difference-in-differences research design to examine special education teachers' (SETs) responses to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the subsequent reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA was…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
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Kramarczuk Voulgarides, Catherine; Aylward, Alexandra; Tefera, Adai; Artiles, Alfredo J.; Alvarado, Sarah L.; Noguera, Pedro – Sociology of Education, 2021
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ([IDEA] 2004; IDEA Amendments 1997) is a civil rights--based law designed to protect the rights of students with disabilities in U.S. schools. However, decades after the initial passage of IDEA, racial inequity in special education classifications, placements, and suspensions are evident. In this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Racial Differences, Disproportionate Representation, Discipline
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law that secures special education services for children with disabilities from the time they are born until they graduate from high school. The law was reauthorized by Congress in 2004, prompting a series of changes in the way special education services are implemented. These…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
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Wiegand, Sarah D.; Brown, Jennifer A. – Young Exceptional Children, 2023
Early intervention (EI) teams can use Implementation Science to choose, implement, and sustain the use of evidence-based strategies and programs. Smith et al. (2014) described Implementation Science as "the study of the processes needed to bring new practices into widespread use" (p. 4). Programs work through four stages: exploration,…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Student Evaluation, Outcomes of Education, Early Intervention
Moore, Joann L.; Schnieders, Joyce Z. – ACT, Inc., 2022
This study examined the performance, demographics, and contextual factors of students taking the ACT® test with accommodations compared to students taking the ACT without accommodations. We examined the prevalence of accommodations provided and disability categories as well as performance by disability type. We also examined demographic…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, College Entrance Examinations, Context Effect, Student Characteristics
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Suhrheinrich, Jessica; Melgarejo, Melina; Root, Brittney; Aarons, Gregory A; Brookman-Frazee, Lauren – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Research regarding variables influencing evidence-based practice implementation within school services for students with autism spectrum disorder is limited. Using qualitative methods, the current study applies the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment framework to characterize factors impacting the implementation of practices…
Descriptors: Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders