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National Center for Systemic Improvement at WestEd, 2023
The State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) is an important tool for states to assess local education agency (LEA) implementation of IDEA. However, reviewing LEA performance on the SPP/APR indicators must not be the only tool. This Fast Five introduces five factors (plus one!) other than the SPP/APR indicators that states should…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Johanna Higgins; Dana C. Childress – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
Effective collaboration among team members is a fundamental responsibility for all Early Intervention (EI) professionals. EI can be described as a particular type of service and support for infants and toddlers with delays/disabilities under three and their families provided through Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Professional Personnel, Infants, Toddlers
Dadey, Nathan; Gong, Brian – Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2023
This document is written primarily for policy makers and state department of education staff who are considering through-year assessments, as well as consultants and contractors state departments rely on. The document identifies essential things to consider when designing or evaluating a through-year assessment program. The paper is organized into…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Progress Monitoring, Summative Evaluation, Standardized Tests
Landmark, Leena Jo; Stockall, Nancy; Cole, Corinna Villar; Mitchell, Vickie J.; Durán, Jaime B.; Gushanas, Christina M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Much has been written about the challenges of effective transition planning (e.g., Cavendish & Connor, 2018; Landmark etal., 2007; Luft, 2015). In this article, ways to mitigate some of these common challenges are provided, including low or passive student and family involvement, unresponsiveness to family culture, poor communication between…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Early Childhood Education, Postsecondary Education, Student Participation
National Comprehensive Center, 2024
Poverty cuts across culture, race, gender, age, and geography, so how can educators lessen the effects that poverty can instill in the classroom? Gain a quick overview from this infographic that showcases the Supporting Students in Poverty with High-Impact Instructional Strategies Toolkit and learn how easy-to-implement steps can lift outcomes for…
Descriptors: Poverty, Educational Practices, Children, Adolescents
Watson, Michael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
The move toward assessments that measure student growth, rather than just proficiency, has been perceived as an improvement in state accountability systems. However, Michael Watson explains that, for many students, these measures present an incomplete picture. Because they are based on grade-level assessments, any growth achieved by students who…
Descriptors: Student Development, Measurement Techniques, Achievement Gains, Evaluation Methods
Schiller, Ellen; Hayes, Susan; Nagle, Katherine – IDEA Data Center, 2020
This white paper offers an approach for using a theory of action as an outline to develop the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) Phase II evaluation questions and plan that will guide the SSIP work in Phase III and beyond. Key areas of focus include generating evaluation questions at each level of outcomes, identifying essential steps and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Hartong, Sigrid – Critical Studies in Education, 2021
This contribution takes a critical perspective on digital school performance platforms (SPP), which today play a key role in US state education monitoring and accountability. Using examples from two different US state education agencies, I provide an analytical disentanglement of some key dimensions of such platforms' enactment and materiality. I…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Technology Uses in Education, Performance, Accountability
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
Yell, Mitchell L.; Bateman, David; Shriner, Jim – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
This article concludes this special issue by highlighting some of the most important points from the U.S. Supreme Courts decision in "Board of Education v. Rowley" (1982) and "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" (2017) but also discussing another crucial point to which school district personnel must adhere to ensure…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Program Development, Program Implementation, School Districts
Olson, Lynn – State Education Standard, 2020
Last spring's sudden shift to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted K-12 education in an unprecedented way. Upon Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's waiver of federally mandated state testing for spring 2020, it also triggered the first nationwide break in state testing in half a century. With students returning to school…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, State Standards, Testing, Educational Change
Layland, Allison – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2019
The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) provides state education agencies (SEA) with more flexibility to rethink how to identify and address low school performance while elevating the role of local education agencies (LEAs) in supporting schools in need of improvement. As states pursue plans to support schools with the most need for…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Student Improvement
State Responsibilities and Opportunities for School Improvement under the Every Student Succeeds Act
Riley, Derek L.; Meredith, Julie; Butler, Alisha N. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2019
States across the country are urgently building and initiating systems to improve schools, including those identified as low-performing under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). With their state ESSA plans approved by the U.S. Department of Education in 2017-2018, state education agencies (SEAs) are moving forward to carry out the vision,…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Government Role, Program Implementation, Educational Improvement
Education Trust-West, 2019
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), every state must develop a plan to provide a quality education to all students, hold schools accountable for how all students achieve, and identify and help schools that are struggling. It matters greatly how California designs its accountability system and supports school improvement. Getting this…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Kasari, Connie – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
California continues to fall below national averages in identifying and serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with developmental disabilities. The transition between infant/toddler services, administered by the Department of Developmental Services, and preschool services for 3- to 5-year-olds, administered by the Department of Education, is…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Early Intervention