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Direct linkAlba Milagros Lugo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that special education students receive free appropriate public education instruction in the least restrictive environment. Special education students often receive a disproportionate number of suspensions in schools. It is the disproportionate number of suspensions received by…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities
Williams, Sean Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 spurred sweeping changes in how special education students are identified in the United States. IDEA encourages instructional models that are research-based, and emphasizes the analysis of student progress data prior to special education identification. Response…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Response to Intervention, Disabilities
Toson, Amy L. -M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2002) and the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), the inclusion of students with disabilities (SWDs) in general education classrooms has become more prevalent within our public schools (DuFour & Eaker, 1998; Mcleskey et al., 2010). Current…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, General Education, Public Schools
Fitch, Mark Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 allowed schools to use a Response to Intervention (RtI) model as opposed to the discrepancy model to qualify students as learning disabled. The incorporation of the RtI model provided earlier interventions for students and reduced avoidance of special services and false diagnosis. With the success of…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Middle Schools, Middle School Students
Tubpun, Tida – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Changes in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) have opened a door to a new outlook on educational services in both general education and special education. Response to Intervention (RTI) is an answer to the changes prescribed in that legislation. RTI is a promising framework for education…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Special Education
Mike, Kristen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As a result of the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), Response to Intervention (RTI) became a legal and acceptable basis for determining special education eligibility. While there may be evidence that RTI has had positive effects on the prereferral process for special education in some schools, there…
Descriptors: Intervention, School Psychologists, Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention
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Download full textHarr-Robins, Jenifer J.; Shambaugh, Larisa S.; Parrish, Tom – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2009
Response to intervention (RTI) can be both a system for providing early interventions to struggling students and a special education diagnostic tool for evaluating and identifying students with specific learning disabilities. Contributing to the very limited literature on state-level approaches, this report describes how nine states define and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Educational Diagnosis, Learning Disabilities, State Programs
Madaus, Joseph W.; Shaw, Stan F. – Educational Policy, 2008
There is a paucity of research related to the implementation of the procedural regulations of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in public schools. Section 504 is a general education civil rights law designed to provide access for students with disabilities. This study presents data from a survey that was distributed to a range of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, General Education, Psychologists, School Psychologists
Ruddy, Bari Hoffman; Sapienza, Christine M. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2004
The role of the speech-language pathologist (SLP) has developed considerably over the last 10 years given the medical and technological advances in life-sustaining procedures. Over time, children born with congenital, surgical, or "medically fragile" conditions have become mainstreamed into regular school-based settings, thus extending…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Voice Disorders, Mainstreaming
Tschantz, Jennifer – 2002
This report provides information about state monitoring practices on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part C program that provides early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities. The findings reported summarize responses from 10 states with a variety of Part C lead agencies. In five…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Misra, Sunil – Project Forum, 2006
When Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1997, it authorized an evaluation to track progress at the state and local levels on the legislative goals of IDEA. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) commissioned a national longitudinal study, the Study of State and Local…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Disabilities, Special Education, Federal Legislation
Zatta, Mary C.; Pullin, Diana C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
State and federal mandates for education reform call for increased accountability and the inclusion of students with disabilities in all accountability efforts. In the rush to implement high-stakes education reforms, particularly those involving tests or assessments, the particular needs of students with severe cognitive disabilities are only now…
Descriptors: Special Education, Inclusive Schools, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities
