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Hale, Sylvie; Dunn, Lenay; Filby, Nikola; Rice, John; Van Houten, Lori – WestEd, 2017
One of the broad intents of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is to encourage evidence-based decision-making as a way of doing business. Nonregulatory guidance issued in September 2016 by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) clarifies and expands on both the nature of…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Lee, Laurie; Hughes, John; Smith, Kevin; Foorman, Barbara – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2016
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) challenges state education agencies (SEAs) to improve student outcomes by addressing the student-, teacher-, and school-level factors that drive achievement gains. This Guide for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement is intended to help State Education Agencies (SEAs) carefully…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
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Bocala, Candice; Morgan, Claire; Mundry, Susan; Mello, Daniel – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2010
With more than half of children with disabilities being educated in the general education classroom, and with federal education law requiring improved learning outcomes for these students, preparing general education teachers to work effectively with all students is critical. This report on teacher certification requirements in the nine Northeast…
Descriptors: General Education, Disabilities, State Departments of Education, Special Education Teachers
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Morgan, Robert L.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This study analyzed and compared the behavioral procedure standards of 39 state departments of special education and 41 state departments of developmental disabilities/mental retardation. Results are discussed in terms of systematic monitoring of procedures, staff training, procedures to increase behavior, prohibiting/restricting procedure use,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Intervention
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Graham, Mimi A.; Scott, Keith G. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1988
Fifty states responded to a survey comparing definitions of high risk and determining which agencies serve high-risk infants and toddlers. Results showed that: only 24 states have definitions of risk, populations eligible for services vary immensely among states, and the majority of lead agencies were located in departments of education.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Eligibility
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of County and Regional Services. – 1986
Implemented in January 1984, the two-part New Jersey local assistance plan calls for state intervention and possible takeover in districts that are unable, after going through the Level I and Level II monitoring and correction processes, to meet state certification standards. The first phase of the intervention plan, a Level III monitoring…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Certification, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education