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Navigating Common Challenges and Pitfalls in the First Years of Special Education
Content type: Journal Article
Beginning special education teachers can face a number of challenges. Specifically, beginning special educators (a) have insufficient preparation in certain areas, (b) encounter school-prescribed practices or professional cultures that differ from their...
Comparing Validity and Reliability in Special Education Title II and IDEA Data
Content type: Journal Article
Previous researchers have found that special education teacher shortages are pervasive and exacerbated by federal policies regarding “highly qualified” teacher requirements. The authors examined special education teacher personnel data from 2 federal data...
Evaluating Special Educator Effectiveness
Content type: Journal Article
States are increasingly using value-added approaches to evaluate teacher effectiveness. There is much debate regarding whether these methods should be employed and, if employed, what role such methods should play in comprehensive teacher evaluation systems...
Unequal Opportunities
Content type: Journal Article
This study profiles the qualifications and preparation of special educators from the 2003–2004 Schools and Staffing Survey and investigates their relationship with teaching in a high-poverty school. Based on Berne and Stiefel’s (1984) equal opportunity...
Using Performance Feedback to Increase Special Education Teachers’ Use of Effective Practices
Content type: Journal Article
To support teachers in the process of increasing their use of effective practices, we suggest a six-step procedure using performance feedback: Step 1: select an instructional practice; Step 2: identify critical components; Step 3: identify a colleague to...
Special Education Teacher Quality and Preparation: Exposing Foundations, Constructing a New Model
Content type: Journal Article
The authors trace changes in conceptions of special education teacher quality and preparation in response to developments in special education research, policy, and practice. This developmental arc is a backdrop for understanding contemporary special...