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Download full textNational 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
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Direct linkZirkel, Perry A. – Exceptionality, 2022
The special education literature has included a continuing line of articles and chapters that have translated for practitioners the legal meaning of the progress monitoring provisions in the successive versions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This article examines this line of publications in light of the language of the…
Descriptors: Legal Responsibility, Progress Monitoring, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Tessie Rose Bailey; Zachary Weingarten – National Center on Intensive Intervention, 2022
The 2017 Supreme Court decision "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" highlighted the importance of monitoring students' progress toward appropriately challenging individualized educational program (IEP) annual goals and making changes to students' educational programs when needed. The process for setting an IEP goal should be…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Quality, Individualized Education Programs, Court Litigation
Zarate, Kary – ProQuest LLC, 2021
When a paraeducator accompanies students receiving special education support across settings, students are at increased risks of decreased engagement and interaction with certified teachers (Giangreco et al., 2001). When paraeducators are tasked with implementing, it is critical they be prepared to monitor students' progress accurately and…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Generalizability Theory, Data Collection, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2023
The objective of this inspection was to determine what steps the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) has taken to implement its final regulations on significant disproportionality in special education. The inspection found that OSERS provided general guidance and technical assistance for State educational agencies…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Educational Legislation
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
Diana Louise Nestico-Arnold – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Elementary school teachers struggle to collect and use reading progress data to make instructional decisions. Collecting and interpreting reading progress data when making instructional decisions allows districts to identify and support students who need early reading intervention and may protect districts from Free Appropriate Public Education…
Descriptors: Progress Monitoring, Reading Achievement, Data Use, Decision Making
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
Paillard, Alise; Buysse, Virginia; Tirado-Strayer, Nicole – National Center for Systemic Improvement at WestEd, 2018
The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) conducted a series of focused conversations on child assessment with 31 Part C (Infant-Toddler) and Part B-619 (Preschool) program state representatives and NCSI Technical Assistance (TA) Facilitators. The purpose was to learn more about how state early intervention and early childhood programs…
Descriptors: Child Development, Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children
Bailey, Tessie Rose; Weingarten, Zachary – National Center on Intensive Intervention, 2019
The 2017 Supreme Court decision "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" highlighted the importance of monitoring students' progress toward appropriately challenging individualized educational program (IEP) annual goals and making changes to students' educational programs when needed. The process for setting an IEP goal should be…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Progress Monitoring, Goal Orientation, Educational Legislation
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
Yu, Rondy; Monteiro, Elissa – Communique, 2020
Nonpublic schools (NPSs) are used by local education agencies (LEAs) across the country to serve students with exceptional needs. These students are often reported to suffer from mental health challenges and engage in severe problem behaviors. The social and financial costs associated with NPS placements are significant, and it is imperative that…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Student Placement, School Districts, Special Needs Students
Yell, Mitchell L.; Collins, James; Kumpiene, Gerda; Bateman, David – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
This article begins by describing a scenario in which a fourth-grade learning disabled student's individualized education program (IEP) team came together to develop his IEP and in so doing made a number of procedural and substantive errors. The purpose of this article is to examine the procedural and substantive requirements of the Individuals…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Taylor, Carolyn Stanford – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2019
For Wisconsin schools and districts, implementing an equitable multi-level system of supports means providing equitable services, practices, and resources to every learner based upon responsiveness to effective instruction and intervention. In this system, high quality instruction, strategic use of data, and collaboration interact within a…
Descriptors: Special Education, Positive Behavior Supports, Equal Education, Educational Quality
