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Direct linkBurdette, Paula – Project Forum, 2012
Based on the importance of principals' roles in supporting students with disabilities and other diverse learners, Project Forum at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), in collaboration with LeadScape, held a policy forum on this topic as part of its cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education,…
Descriptors: Principals, Disabilities, Instructional Leadership, Special Education
Ahearn, Eileen – Project Forum, 2011
In 2002, Project Forum conducted a survey on special education forms and a policy forum on the issue of paperwork in special education. Some recommendations that resulted from those activities were included in the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA. With a new reauthorization pending, the topic has again aroused interest. This document presents the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Surveys, Federal Legislation
Project Forum, 2009
The purpose of this document is to explore the drivers for reorganization, the common experiences shared by states and the challenges and successes experienced. The goal is to inform staff in other special education units as they consider reorganization. This activity was undertaken as part of an agreement between Project Forum at the National…
Descriptors: Special Education, Surveys, Interviews, School Personnel
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2010
The purpose of this document is to determine whether revocation of parental consent is currently posing a challenge for states and to describe how states are responding to this new provision. Although parental consent has always played a central role in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the new provision allowing revocation of parental…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Sopko, Kim M. – Project Forum, 2009
The inclusion of universal design for learning (UDL) in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act 2008 (HEA) demonstrates its escalating importance in the education field. UDL concepts and practices are not yet broadly integrated into all education policy. Policy has been slow to catch up to this quickly growing practice. To address that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Aid, Disabilities, National Organizations
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2009
Based on a survey of states, this document summarizes state-level approaches to using surrogate parents in order to meet the needs of children with disabilities. Most respondents noted that their states had issued policy or formal guidance pertaining to surrogate parents and children with disabilities, and most also described efforts to ensure…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Parents, Adoption, Foster Care
Keller-Allen, Chandra – Project Forum, 2009
Obligations of state education agencies (SEAs) and Part C lead agencies set forth by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) pertaining to early childhood transition from Part C to Part B of IDEA are described in several regulatory and guidance documents including Part C draft regulations (34 CFR Part 303), Part B regulations (34…
Descriptors: Special Education, State Departments of Education, State Agencies, Agency Cooperation
Ahearn, Eileen – Project Forum, 2009
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, passed in 2001, amended the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and required states to adopt challenging academic content standards that specify what all students are expected to know and be able to do. The act also required states to assess all students annually in mathematics and reading/language…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, State Standards
Ahearn, Eileen – Project Forum, 2011
A policy forum held May 11-13, 2011 to provide input from stakeholders to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) focused on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) accountability reporting system known as the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) process. Participants discussed their assessment of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Stakeholders, Federal Legislation, Educational Indicators
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2010
As part of the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), states are "required to ensure that highly qualified personnel are recruited, hired, trained and retained to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities" [Section 612(a)(14)(D)]. The purpose of this document…
Descriptors: Mentors, Disabilities, Preschool Children, Continuing Education Units
Ahearn, Eileen M. – Project Forum, 2011
While it is difficult to identify an exact number of children with hearing impairments, the General Accountability Office and IDEAData.org report that the incidence of children who are deaf or hard of hearing is small, representing about 1% of all identified students with disabilities (GAO, May 2011; IDEAData.org, 2009). Variability in the…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Educational Practices
Muller, Eve; Friend, Marilyn; Hurley-Chamberlain, DeAnna – Project Forum, 2009
Although co-teaching has been a topic of interest for more than two decades among professionals advocating inclusive practices (e.g., Bauwens, Hourcade, & Friend, 1989; Garvar & Papania, 1982), the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates for curriculum access, high…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, State Departments of Education, Politics of Education
Muller, Eve; Ahearn, Eileen – Project Forum, 2007
The National Association of State Directors of Special Education has published documents on home schooling and various aspects of the charter school movement, but not on other types of school choice such as vouchers. This Project Forum document focuses on voucher programs that are specifically designed to provide public funds for parental…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Disabilities
Burdette, Paula – Project Forum, 2009
When the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized in 2004, it eliminated the requirement that individualized education programs (IEPs) include short-term objectives or benchmarks, except for students with disabilities who take alternate assessments aligned to alternate achievement standards. Instead, the IDEA regulations…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Programs, Disabilities, Individualized Instruction
Burdette, Paula – Project Forum, 2007
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has conducted four studies of state graduation requirements for students with disabilities. This document synthesizes findings reported in NCEO's most recent 2007 study, "Revisiting Graduation Requirements and Diploma Options for Youth with Disabilities: A National Study," and the…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Disabilities, Special Education, Exit Examinations
