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Alnahdi, Ghaleb; Anastasiou, Dimitris – SAGE Open, 2020
We explore how the research standards for hiring faculty in Saudi Arabia are compatible with effective practices in the field. Specifically, we examine the outcomes of recruiting practices for special education faculty in the United States, in addition to the worldwide production of special education research. A descriptive analysis was conducted,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Teacher Recruitment, Educational Background, College Faculty
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
About 13 percent of children aged 3 through 21 enrolled in public schools received special education services in school year 2015-16, and about 3 percent of children from birth through age 2 received special education services. Concerns about the difficulties identifying and evaluating children for special education have been raised by the media,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Disability Identification
Howley, Craig; Howley, Aimee; Telfer, Deborah – American Annals of the Deaf, 2017
Multimethod study examined the 50 U.S. states' preparation and licensure practices regarding students with low-incidence sensory disabilities (LISD). The researchers used document review and structured interviews with state education agency representatives. It was found that institutions of higher education (IHEs) in 38 states offer at least one…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Disabilities, Perceptual Impairments, Documentation
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Katsiyannis, Antonis; Counts, Jennifer; Popham, Michelle; Ryan, Joseph; Butzer, Madeline – NASSP Bulletin, 2016
Special education is the most highly litigated area within the field of education. Therefore, the purpose of the current article is to highlight cases (court decisions, Office of Civil Rights rulings, and State Educational Agency hearings) involving students with disabilities in 2015. Highlights from the case law point to the need for school…
Descriptors: Special Education, Court Litigation, State Departments of Education, Hearings
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Travers, Jason C.; Krezmien, Michael P.; Mulcahy, Candace; Tincani, Matthew – Journal of Special Education, 2014
Evidence of disparate identification of autism at national and local levels is accumulating, but there is little understanding about disparate identification of autism at the state level. This study examined trends in state-level administrative identification of autism under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Prevalence rates and…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Racial Bias, Disproportionate Representation, Autism
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Keaton, Patrick – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
This report presents findings on the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States and other jurisdictions in the 2010-11 school year, using data from the Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system. The CCD is an annual collection of data that are reported…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Charter Schools, Magnet Schools, Rural Areas
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Cornman, Stephen Q.; Young, Jumaane; Herrell, Kenneth C. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The Common Core of Data (CCD) is an annual collection of public elementary and secondary education data by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the data collection for the finance surveys on behalf of NCES. State education…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Vocational Education, Expenditures, Public Education
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Johnson, Frank; Zhou, Lei; Nakamoto, Nanae – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The Common Core of Data (CCD) is an annual collection of public elementary and secondary education data by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the data collection for the finance surveys on behalf of NCES. State education…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Charter Schools, Educational Finance, State Departments of Education
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Zhou, Lei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
The Common Core of Data (CCD) is an annual collection of public elementary and secondary education data by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. The data are reported by state education agencies (SEAs). The finance data are reported to the U.S. Census Bureau,…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Data Collection
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Cornman, Stephen Q.; Zhou, Lei; Nakamoto, Nanae – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
This documentation is for the revised file (Version 1b) of the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) for school year 2008-2009, fiscal year 2009 (FY 09). It contains a brief description of the data collection along with information required to understand and…
Descriptors: Public Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, National Programs
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2006
Historically, many state education agencies (SEAs) have formally or informally used risk pools to provide extra funds to local education agencies (LEAs) serving students with high cost special education needs. With the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), SEAs have been encouraged to formalize their…
Descriptors: Disabilities, School Districts, State Departments of Education, Special Education
Muller, Eve; Burdette, Paula – Project Forum, 2007
As part of the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), states are required to comply with the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) beginning July 19, 2006. NIMAS is defined as "the standard established by the Secretary to be used in the preparation of electronic files suitable…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Instructional Materials, Special Education, Educational Technology
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2006
According to data collected by the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), states are increasingly offering what they describe as a "single certificate" for early childhood and early childhood special education (i.e., certification that covers children both with and without disabilities). This document describes…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Certification
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2005
Requirements under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) for teachers to be highly qualified in specific content areas in which they are teaching has resulted in an increase in the availability of state-approved "alternative routes to certification"…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Colleges, Disabilities, School Districts
Pearson, Jim B., Ed.; Fuller, Edgar, Ed. – 1969
The historical development to 1967 of the 50 state departments of education and the central school agencies of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands is presented in this massive reference. Each chapter, dealing with a separate state or territory, was written independently; however, topics in common to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Education, Educational Change, Federal State Relationship
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