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Meyer, Stephen J.; Brodersen, R. Marc; Linick, Matthew A. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2014
The purpose of this study was to describe how states in the REL Central Region (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) evaluate teacher preparation programs and planned changes for evaluation. Publicly available documents were reviewed and interviews were conducted with state education agency representatives…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, State Departments of Education, Program Evaluation
Henderson, Kelly – Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), 2008
Though most interactions between parents and school personnel about students with disabilities are positive and productive, disagreements can arise. Disputes may range in intensity from minor miscommunications to significant conflicts that trigger the use of procedural safeguards available under federal law. The Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Special Education, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
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Barley, Zoe; Wegner, Sandra K. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2007
The Central Region states (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) lag behind the nation in the rate of participation in supplemental educational services that schools failing to make adequate progress for three consecutive years must offer to eligible students under the No Child Left Behind Act. This study…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, Eligibility, State Programs
Duncan, Robert R.; Hill, Richard L. – 1979
To clarify the role expectations held for the cooperative special education director in North Dakota, questionnaires were sent to 30 public school superintendents, 22 special education directors, and 30 special education teachers. Results of the questionnaire showed that the rankings of the seven task performance areas identified in the survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Personnel Directors, Questionnaires
Linehan, Patrice – 2000
This report profiles the state departments of education (SEAs) in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, and North Dakota. These SEAs reported in 1996 that they had changed from a departmental structure (e.g., separate units for special education), into cross-cutting teams in the previous five years. Findings indicate that since…
Descriptors: Administration, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Moriarty, Thomas E. – 1984
Any conclusions that community education concepts are "alive and well" were not supported in a study of the impact of state education policies on rural school districts with total enrollments of 350 students or less in the Great Plains Region (Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota). Survey…
Descriptors: Certification, Community Schools, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum