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Value of IDEA Ratings Questioned
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Samuels, Christina A. – Education Week, 2010
Just as it has every June since 2006, the U.S. Department of Education last month delivered a rating to each state and territory based on the performance of its special education programs. The ratings, intended to fulfill the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's requirement that "measurable" and "rigorous" targets be…
Descriptors: Special Education, National Standards, School Statistics, Benchmarking
RTI Method Gets Boost in Spec. Ed.: Intervention Can Spot Learning Disabilities
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Samuels, Christina A. – Education Week, 2005
The main federal special education law's promotion of a practice that can identify children with learning disabilities and give them early help has brought new attention to the method. Known as response to intervention, or RTI method aims to catch specific learning disabilities before the students fall far behind their classmates. In the best…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods