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Indiana Department of Education, 2024
Providing foundational academic support to Indiana's culturally and linguistically diverse students is a cornerstone of the state's educational goals. Over 140,000 Indiana students speak a language other than English at home, and there are over 295 different languages represented in Indiana schools. Of these, over 93,000 students have been…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Center for Innovations in Special Education, Columbia, MO. – 2001
This bulletin provides guidelines to Missouri educators concerning inclusion of students with disabilities in state and district-wide assessments of school achievement as required under Missouri's Outstanding Schools Act and the reauthorization of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. It stresses the greater focus on…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. Special Education Administration Section. – 1987
The guidelines define procedures outlined by state (Kansas) and federal laws and regulations concerning the identification of students with specific learning disabilities. The first chapter gives the Kansas definition of a learning disability and then outlines the identification process. Chapter 2 provides guidelines for carrying out…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Compliance (Legal), Definitions
Hansche, Linda N. – 1998
Title I of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) of 1994 provides funds for schools with large concentrations of children from low-income families. A fundamental requirement is that children served by Title I funds must be educated according to the same academic standards as all other students. This handbook focuses on methods for developing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Cutting Scores
McAvoy, Rogers – 1986
While the legal question of what constitutes a private school--and whether home schools can continue to operate as such--remains a matter to be resolved by the courts or further legislation, a separate question remains: What should be the role and relationship of home schools to the educational network of the future? Economically and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Compulsory Education, Computer Uses in Education
North Carolina State Board of Education, Raleigh. – 1992
This document is the second annual report to North Carolina educators, policy makers, and the public on the performance of each of the state's local public school systems primarily in terms of outcomes of education based on student achievement. Information in the Report Card makes it possible to compare: (1) current levels of performance with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement Tests, Community Characteristics