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Peer reviewedZabala, Joy; Blunt, Merv; Carl, Diana; Davis, Sharon; Deterding, Cheryl; Foss, Teresa; Hamman, Terry; Bowser, Gayl; Hartsell, Kim; Korsten, Jane; Marfilius, Scott; McCloskey-Dale, Susan; Nettleton, Sandra; Reed, Penny – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2000
This article describes the activities of a national group of assistive technology professionals known as the Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services (QIAT) Consortium. The work of the Consortium is discussed and the current set of indicators is included. Processes used in the development of the indicators are described. (Contains…
Descriptors: Accountability, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Nelson, Eugene A. – 1978
Prepared for State University of New York/Buffalo researchers participating in a state-sponsored educational financing project, this background paper focuses on the vocational education "program effects" of changing financial aid formulas and/or the rationale for organizing school districts and regional services. It scrutinizes the role of Boards…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Role, Career Development, Career Education
Download full textPitcher, Harriet A. – 1995
This practicum study was designed to improve the communication and social skills of 43 students (ages 14-22) with developmental disabilities by involving families in at-home treatment activities that reinforced and enhanced in-school and community-based speech/language therapy and by increasing attendance of parents at school meetings and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Parent Participation
Evans, Loretta – 1986
The five school systems of Louisiana Educational Planning Region V formed a consortium to establish a vocational assessment center for high school special needs students. Assessment data would be used by the Individual Education Plan committee to place students in vocational education courses. A study was conducted to rate the performance of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Followup Studies, High Schools, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewedSaunders, Muriel D.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993
A special education record-keeping system using bar code symbols and optical scanners is described. Bar code symbols were created for each Individualized Educational Plan objective, and symbols are scanned when students emit targeted behaviors. A weekly printed report of student performance is produced. Advantages, disadvantages, and costs are…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Costs, Data Collection
Direct linkStroggilos, Vasilis; Xanthacou, Yota – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2006
Individual educational plans (IEPs) are considered to be more effective when designed and implemented by a multidisciplinary team. This paper deals with the IEP as a collaborative tool for the education of pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). Ten pupils with PMLD and the people working around them (e.g. teacher, speech…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Learning Problems, Program Effectiveness, Case Studies
Towles-Reeves, Elizabeth; Garrett, Brent; Burdette, Paula J.; Burdge, Mike – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2006
In conjunction with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA; PL 105-17), the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB; PL 107-110) calls for enhancements to existing assessment and accountability systems within specific timelines. The NCLB Act also stresses the importance of using reliable and valid data for decision making.…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Alternative Assessment, Accountability, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Twitchell, Wirt B. – 1981
Evaluation of the 5-week Chinle Agency (Bureau of Indian Affairs) Summer Special Education Program for participating elementary teachers reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the program, which served 43 eligible Navajo students and classroom teachers and teacher aides for some length of time, and presented 20 recommendations. Evaluation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Disabilities, Educational Objectives
Stearns, Marian S.; And Others – 1980
The document reports findings from the first year of a longitudinal study of the implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Based primarily on interviews with a wide variety of respondents (e.g., administrators, teachers, and parents) from 22 local education agencies (LEAs) in nine states, the report describes…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Schrag, Judy A.; Schrag, Howard L. – Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), 2004
The overall purpose of this Report is to present the findings of the "National Dispute Resolution Use and Effectiveness Study" conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), under subcontract with Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), regarding the use and…
Descriptors: Hearings, Disabilities, Program Effectiveness, School Personnel
Goetz, Lori; Hunt, Pam; Soto, Gloria – 2002
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a 3-year federally funded project that investigated the effectiveness of a collaborative teaming process to increase the academic achievement and social participation of elementary students with augmentative and alternative (AAC) needs who were members of general education classrooms. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Educational Planning, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHammond, Helen; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1995
Educators from nine rural school districts in Idaho participated in a transdisciplinary team training program aimed at improving educational services for disabled students. Pretest and posttest analysis revealed that training was effective in improving collaboration among team members but that further work was needed on teams developing and…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
Cantrell, Pamela; Sudweeks, Richard – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2009
This project investigated the effects of technology task autonomy, teacher gender, and student gender on student achievement scores for students disaggregated by IEP and SES in middle school science classrooms. Participants were from the treatment group in a larger quasi-experimental design project that investigated the effects of integrated…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Student Motivation, Scores, Personal Autonomy
Blaine, Nancy – 1982
Designed to assist adult basic education (ABE) teachers and administrators in coping with learning disabled adults, Project BEST (Better Educational Services through Testing) centered on training selected Kansas adult educators in the use of a prescriptive-diagnostic tool for evaluating adults, on providing these teachers with the most current…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Romberg, Thomas A., Ed. – 1985
This book is a collection of essays by various authors documenting the development and evaluation of Individually Guided Education (IGE), a planned attempt, involving thousands of scholars and practitioners, to produce more effective elementary schools. Part 1, "An Attempt to Restructure Elementary Schooling," consists of three chapters…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
