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Direct linkErin E. Senkowski – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The identification of students with specific learning disabilities has evolved since the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) in 2004. This reauthorization gave state agencies parameters that disallowed using the severe discrepancy model for identification as a stand-alone method. In response to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Identification, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedKaranxha, Zorka; Kleinhammer-Tramill, Jeannie; Broughton, Alta Joy – Journal of Special Education, 2022
This article is part of a case study of federal leadership in special education from the perspective of those who served in the roles of assistant secretaries of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS) and directors of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), or their equivalents in the former U.S. Office of…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Leadership, Early Childhood Education, Special Education
Brown, Martin; Altrichter, Herbert; Shiyan, Igor; Rodríguez Conde, María José; McNamara, Gerry; Herzog-Punzenberger, Barbara; Vorobyeva, Irina; Vangrando, Valentina; Gardezi, Sarah; O'Hara, Joe; Postlbauer, Alexandra; Milyaeva, Daria; Sergeevna, Natalia; Fulterer, Sieglinde; García, Adriana Gamazo; Sánchez, Lourdes – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
Whether voluntary or enforced, increasing patterns of migration have significantly impacted schools by making them linguistically, culturally, religiously and ethnically more diverse than ever before. This increasing diversity requires school leaders to put in place mechanisms to ensure equity of participation for migration background students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles, Cultural Relevance, Cultural Awareness
Ferguson, Maria – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
For the last 40 years, business leaders, philanthropists, and a host of nonprofit advocacy groups have pushed for higher standards, academic rigor, standardized testing, and newer models of educating children. But, today, some of these reformers are feeling disillusioned and believe that the investments intended to transform education and provide…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Equal Education, Educational Quality, Advocacy
Download full textMcKee, Aja; Gomez, Audri Sandoval; Rodriguez, Sardis Susana; Myck-Wayne, Janice; Turner, Scott; Trujillo, Markus – Issues in Teacher Education, 2022
Access to general education preschool in California has varied for children with disabilities. One reason for the disparity of educational placement is the preschool regulations outlined in California Department of Education's Title 22: Community Care Licensing guidelines. These regulations, particularly in preschool, support or hinder preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Legislation, State Regulation, Access to Education
Garrad, Traci-Ann; Vlcek, Samantha; Page, Angela – Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 2022
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that can affect a person's ability to manage the complexities of varied social and environmental situations. This is particularly evident in the dynamic context of a school classroom. To assist students with ASD to navigate the complexities of Australian primary and secondary…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evidence Based Practice, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities
Levitan, Shayna; Holston, Shannon; Walsh, Kate – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2022
When Congress reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act in 2015, it intended to send a strong signal: any further encroachment of federal authority on the nation's K-12 schools needed to end. Compared to its more prescriptive predecessor in 2000, known as No Child Left Behind, the new law, dubbed "ESSA" for the Every Student…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Melissa Ford – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite legal protections within the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and school requirements in place to provide educational access to students with disabilities, once they graduate from high school these students enroll and persist in college at lower rates compared to peers without disabilities. In addition, graduates of rural…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Rural Schools, Postsecondary Education, Educational Legislation
Cara Brittany Maronek – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative interpretive descriptive study examined the process used by multidisciplinary teams during initial special education evaluations for different disability categories. The problem addressed the fact that there are no aligned norms for initial eligibility processes and procedures in special education from one school, district, or…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Teaching Experience, Special Education Teachers
Hancock, Christine L.; Cheatham, Gregory A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
Family-early educator partnerships are foundational to early childhood and early childhood special education, and collaborative decision-making regarding child and family need is recognized as a critical component of these partnerships. This study investigated how two Part C early intervention home visitors and four parents communicated during…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Early Intervention, Home Visits, Parent Participation
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, 2021
To support states in improving educational results and functional outcomes for children with disabilities while ensuring compliance with Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) through state monitoring activities, a six-step inquiry process has been developed. The six steps describe a chronological process to assist states in selecting…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
Varona, Alina – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In California, dual enrollment refers to any high school student who enrolls in two systems at the same time, most commonly a community college and a high school--this student is thus concurrently enrolled in both high school and college. Students may receive credit from both systems for select courses. California Assembly Bill 288 (AB 288)…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, High School Students, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2021
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) strives to provide every student with a positive and productive assessment experience, generating results that are a fair and accurate estimate of each student's achievement. Further, Smarter Balanced is building on a framework of accessibility for all students, including English…
Descriptors: Usability, Accessibility (for Disabled), Testing Accommodations, Students with Disabilities
Best Practices in Postsecondary Transition Planning for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Ashley LaSala Baran – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Students with an educational classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) make up 1.1% of the total enrollment in public schools and 8.3% of the total number of students receiving special education services and is the fastest growing disability classification (U.S. Department of Education, 2016). As more students with these unique needs begin…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Duer, Jennifer K.; Jenkins, Jade – Educational Policy, 2023
As a result of patchwork policies, early childhood education (ECE) providers combine funding from multiple sources, known as blended funding. However, little is known about the consequences of blended funding for policy goals. We use national ECE provider data to identify the prevalence of blended funding models, and detailed state quality rating…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, State Federal Aid
