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Download full textOffice of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2013
Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act), requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic on-site monitoring of programs authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act to determine whether a state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency is…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, State Agencies
Christensen, Laurene L.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Wang, Ting – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2009
This document presents a five-step process for schools, districts, and states to use in monitoring accommodations for instruction and assessment. This document was designed to be a companion to the "Council of Chief State School Officers' Accommodations Manual: How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate Use of Accommodations for Instruction and…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Guidance Programs
Peer reviewedTurnbull, Ann P. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982
The practice of mainstreaming preschool children is critically analyzed by examining the nature of the federal policy that has resulted in mainstreaming and the status of implementing the goals and objectives that the policy seeks to address. (PN)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Federal Regulation
DeStefano, Lizanne – 1991
This paper examines the issues arising when a set of federally funded model demonstration projects, the secondary curricula/student transition projects of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, were obligated by federal initiative to improve the amount, quality, and use of evaluation. These issues included: (1) the nature of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Evaluation Needs
National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report presents recommendations for performance indicators for Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), with emphasis on indicators reflecting the needs of the Education Department. Themes of the indicators include more attention given to "context variables" such as low birth-weight infants and drug abuse…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Coyle-Williams, Maureen; Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – TASPP Brief, 1991
This brief describes new requirements for vocational education program improvement and evaluation mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Recommendations to enhance the impact of program improvement and evaluation activities are included. The first two sections discuss developing new state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1986
The first part of a 3-year evaluation of the Special Education Program in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) was conducted during the first half of the 1985-86 school year. The goals of this first-year evaluation were to describe the programs and services provided to special education students in AISD, compare these programs and…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Hawaii State Office of the Legislative Auditor, Honolulu. – 1989
This report presents results of an examination of state and federal funding of special education programs in Hawaii. Among the objectives of the study were assessment of resources and the appropriateness of their allocation, as well as exploration of alternatives for resource allocation. After a brief introductory chapter, chapter 2 presents…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1997
This report presents findings of a state-wide evaluation of special education in Minnesota with emphasis on costs and the impact of state and federal regulations. Major findings indicated that the percentage of students receiving special education services has risen from 7.4 percent to 10.9 percent over the last two decades; special education…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Educational Finance
Kellogg, Ann – 1995
This collection of background materials and guides is intended to assist Wisconsin educators involved in providing vocational experience programs for students with disabilities. Following an introductory section, the second section presents information on the following federal laws: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
This guide is the first in a series of interpretive explanations of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It is designed to provide practitioners and business leaders involved in state and local employment and training programs with an understanding of how to implement the public-private partnership of JTPA. This first edition does the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Business Responsibility, Disabilities
Martin, Edwin – 1978
The history of educational programming for the handicapped has unfortunately been one of quiet discrimination. This pattern has come from the evolution of an isolation-based society. Society is moving increasingly toward the human and equity-based treatment of disabled people. Reflecting some court decisions, the Education of the Handicapped Act…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Change
Faraday, Sally; Maudslay, Liz – 2000
This document, which is intended for individuals involved in writing and reviewing college disability statements, summarizes the results of a Further Education Development Agency evaluation of the disability statements of 432 further education (FE) colleges throughout England. Chapter 1 examines the extent to which the individual FE colleges'…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Admission Criteria, Adult Students, College Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
This document is a transcript of a United States House of Representatives hearing conducted in October, 1981, regarding reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act of 1963--specifically the National Institute of Education's study of vocational education mandated by the Education Amendments of 1976. Six principal findings were reported in the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Apolloni, Tony, Ed. – 1990
This handbook was produced by the California Vocational Education Resource System (VERS) to assist administrators in planning, implementing, and monitoring career-vocational education services for students with special needs (disabled, disadvantaged, or limited English proficient) in regular vocational education classrooms. The guide is organized…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
