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Download full textRoddy Theobald; Dan Goldhaber; Andrew Katz – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
We use student-level data on elementary special education identification from Washington state to explore student identification rates in the months immediately after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and over 2 subsequent years. Special education identification rates dropped dramatically in March 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year…
Descriptors: Special Education, Elementary School Students, Disability Identification, COVID-19
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2020
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. This fact sheet focuses on: (1) Percentage Point Difference between English Learners and English Learners with Disabilities Ages 6-21 Identified and Served under Individuals with Disabilities Education…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Zablotsky, Benjamin; Black, Lindsey I. – National Center for Health Statistics, 2020
Objective: This report examines the prevalence of developmental disabilities among children in both rural and urban areas as well as service utilization among children with developmental issues in both areas. Methods: Data from the 2015-2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) were used to examine the prevalence of 10 parent- or…
Descriptors: Incidence, Children, Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities
Houston Independent School District, 2016
Dyslexia is considered a learning disorder characterized by difficulty in learning to read, write, and spell despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and sociocultural opportunities (TEC§38.003 cited in Texas Education Agency, 2014). The Texas Education Code (TEC) §38.003 makes provision for the evaluation and identification of…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Disability Identification, Intervention, Professional Development
Winters, Marcus A. – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2014
Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) commissioned Dr. Marcus Winters to analyze the factors driving the special education gap between Denver's charter and traditional public elementary and middle schools. Using student-level data, Winters shows that Denver's special education enrollment gap starts at roughly 2 percentage points in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Special Education, Conventional Instruction, Elementary Schools
Irvin, P. Shawn; Pilger, Marissa; Sáez, Leilani; Alonzo, Julie – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2016
Identifying and measuring indicators of learning difficulties among young children and implementing effective instructional approaches are complicated, particularly during the transition to kindergarten. Purposeful school-based transition policies and practices support teacher and school decision-making and, thus, can ease the…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Surveys, Prevention, Screening Tests
Bureau of Indian Education, 2014
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is responsible for approximately 41,051 American Indian and Alaska Native children at 183 elementary and secondary schools on 64 reservations in 23 states. The educational services the BIE provides is vital to current and future students who are their tribes' future. This report presents Special Education…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Alaska Natives, Elementary Secondary Education, Reservation American Indians
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 1 in 88 children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). CDC's estimate comes from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, which monitors the number of 8-year-old children with ASDs living in diverse communities throughout the…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
UNICEF, 2013
Reports such as this typically begin with a statistic designed to highlight a problem. The girls and boys to whom this edition of "The State of the World's Children" is dedicated are not problems. Rather, each is a sister, brother or friend who has a favourite dish, song or game; a daughter or son with dreams and the desire to fulfil…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Social Attitudes, Social Bias, Equal Education
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2013
The Special Education Division of the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) provides many services to Montana schools to assist them in providing a quality education to all students. The programs managed through this division are all aligned with Superintendent Juneau's Graduation Matters Montana initiative. The special education division is…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Special Education, Educational Quality, Educational Finance
White, John – Louisiana Department of Education, 2013
The reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), signed on December 3, 2004, required that, not later than one year after the date of enactment of the reauthorized IDEA, each state is required to have in place a performance plan evaluating the state's implementation of Part B and describing how the state will improve such…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Suspension
Koehler, Holly; Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2010
This brief one-page report highlights some results described in the full report (published separately) of a Fall 2010 survey of AISD parents, staff, and community members. The results showed most were very satisfied with the district's preschool program for students with disabilities (PPCD).
Descriptors: School Districts, Preschool Education, Students with Disabilities, Parent Attitudes
Taymans, Juliana M.; Swanson, H. Lee; Schwarz, Robin L.; Gregg, Noel; Hock, Michael; Gerber, Paul J. – National Institute for Literacy, 2009
Findings from "Learning to Achieve: A Review of the Research Literature on Serving Adults With Learning Disabilities" will inform a new professional development program to be offered to practitioners and others working with adults with learning disabilities (LD). The six topics covered in the review--assessment, English language learners,…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews, English (Second Language)
Rice, Catherine – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009
Problem/Condition: Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of developmental disabilities characterized by atypical development in socialization, communication, and behavior. ASDs typically are apparent before age 3 years, with associated impairments affecting multiple areas of a person's life. Because no biologic marker exists for ASDs,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, Incidence, Autism
Danaher, Joan; Goode, Sue; Lazara, Alex – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
"Part C Updates" is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is the eleventh volume in a series of compilations, which included two editions of Part H Updates, the former name of the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Early Intervention, Poverty, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
