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Clemens, Katharine; Borowski, Luke; Donovan, Mary; Meyer, Katherine; Dooley, Kathryn; Simonsen, Brandi – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Schools that employ evidence-based multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) frameworks, like Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), invest in core system, data, and practice features to support students, families, and educators. A strong framework enables settings to enhance and adjust their implementation to meet the needs of all…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Program Implementation, Positive Behavior Supports, Crisis Management
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Tysoe, Keith; Vincent, Kerry; Boulton, Helen – Support for Learning, 2021
This article is based on research conducted within two years of the 2014 SEND (special educational needs and disability) reforms being in force and reports on the experiences of five SENCOs (special educational needs coordinators) on implementing the reforms in London schools. The research was conducted primarily to inform professional practice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Special Needs Students, Students with Disabilities
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Therese M. Cumming; Lisa Gilanyi – Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 2023
Students with emotional and behavioural disability who receive their education in special settings often do not have access to the curriculum through evidence-based pedagogies, such as direct instruction, and instead complete packets of worksheets or participate in distance education. The current study was a collaborative action research project…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Special Schools, Access to Education
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Pak, Katie; McLaughlin, Jillian; Saldívar García, Erica; Desimone, Laura M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
The current context of standards-based reform has positioned regional service centers (RSCs), intermediary governmental agencies that support state policy implementation in local districts, as a critical source of professional development (PD). In this article, we ask how a governing body that districts often interact with during challenging…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Standards, State Standards, Education Service Centers
Pak, Katie; McLaughlin, Jillian; Saldivar Garcia, Erica; Desimone, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2021
The current context of standards-based reform has positioned regional service centers (RSCs), intermediary governmental agencies that support state policy implementation in local districts, as a critical source of professional development (PD). In this article, we ask how a governing body that districts often interact with during challenging…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Standards, State Standards, Education Service Centers
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Desimone, Laura M.; Stornaiuolo, Amy; Flores, Nelson; Pak, Katie; Edgerton, Adam; Nichols, T. Philip; Plummer, Emily C.; Porter, Andrew – Educational Researcher, 2019
This study identifies seven major trends in how states and districts are implementing college- and career-ready standards for general education students and for two special populations often the target of education policy--English language learners (ELLs) and students with disabilities (SWDs). We draw on state-representative teacher, principal,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Program Implementation
Desimone, Laura M.; Stornaiuolo, Amy; Flores, Nelson; Pak, Katie; Edgerton, Adam; Nichols, T. Philip; Plummer, Emily C.; Porter, Andrew – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study identifies seven major trends in how states and districts are implementing college- and career-ready standards for general education students and for two special populations often the target of education policy--English language learners (ELLs) and students with disabilities (SWDs). We draw on state-representative teacher, principal,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Program Implementation
Dean, Julia Catherine; Adade-Yeboah, Vandyck; Paolucci, Caitlin; Rowe, Dawn A. – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2020
Policy generally refers to outlined ways of doing things, which are usually linked to laws. Educational reforms are changes in educational policies, expectations, and implementations. Policy and educational reform includes reforms at the federal, state, and local levels. Examples of federal reform include the passing of the Americans with…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Change, Vocational Education, Annotated Bibliographies
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Raben, Kasandra; Brogan, Justin; Dunham, Mardis; Bloomdahl, Susana Contreras – Exceptionality Education International, 2019
Response to intervention (RTI) is used as a prerequisite to referring children for special education eligibility for learning disabilities (LD). RTI provides schools with a framework for helping students with learning challenges. In the United States, while the number of students receiving services through RTI has remained consistent, the overall…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Eligibility, Special Education, Referral
Burns, Benjamin R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Existing literature suggests principal responses to teacher resistance to equity change remain crucial to the success of equity-based changes, yet great variability exists in format and effectiveness of principal responses. A gap emerged in the literature related to the role of identity development in principal response to staff resistance to…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Responses, Teacher Administrator Relationship
National Implementation Research Network, 2017
OSEP's Results Driven Accountability is designed to assure educators have the supports necessary to address the needs of all children, including children with disabilities. OSEP-funded Centers are encouraged to support state education systems as they take charge in making systemic changes that lead to improved outcomes for students. Data are now…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Evidence Based Practice, Students with Disabilities, Educational Change
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Pak, Katie; Desimone, Laura M.; Parsons, Arianna – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
Though scholars agree that professional development (PD) is a key mechanism for implementing education policies that call for teacher change, and that PD generally needs to be content-focused, active, collaborative, coherent, and sustained, the application of this framework has yielded mixed results. In this qualitative study, we employed…
Descriptors: Professional Development, School Districts, Educational Policy, Academic Standards
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National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, 2016
Two distinct forces recently converged in Utah that led to the Board of Education office creating a training and mentoring program for new special education administrators and teachers: simultaneous steady growth of charter schools and nagging concerns about the quality of special education programs in these new schools and Results Driven…
Descriptors: Special Education, Charter Schools, Accountability, Educational Change