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Enhancing the Accessibility of High School Science Tests: A Multistate Experiment
Content type: Journal Article
This study was inspired by the final regulations for the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) indicating that each state has the option to develop a new assessment for students whose disabilities have kept them from obtaining proficiency. Sets of high school...
Measuring the Outliers
Content type: Journal Article
Out-of-level testing is an underused strategy for addressing the needs of students who score in the extremes, and when used wisely it could provide educators with a much more accurate picture of what students know. Out-of-level testing has been shown to be...
Successful Transition of Students With Disabilities to 21st-Century College and Careers
Content type: Journal Article
With the federal call to action that by 2020 all students will graduate from high school ready for college and a career, schools are focusing on increased academic preparation. For students with disabilities, academic preparation alone may not be enough to...
Begin With the End in Mind
Content type: Journal Article
There is a widespread misconception that transition planning and programming begin in high school. However, there are many opportunities for teachers to infuse transition-focused education into teaching and learning activities for their elementary grade...
Administration Puts Public Education Directly in the Crosshairs
Content type: News
Posted:
11 February, 2020
Last Tuesday during the State of the Union Address, America’s public schools took center stage. As part of the central theme for the evening, which was to “improve the status of every American,” the President said that millions of children were trapped in...
Who Is the Parent?
Content type: Journal Article
Parental participation is a critical feature of IDEA, however the question of “who” is a parent often presents a challenge. With regard to educational decisions, states may include more options under the definition of a parent than those provided in the...
Building Self-Determination Through Inclusive Extracurricular Programs
Content type: Journal Article
Extracurricular activities are known to provide students a range of rich experiences that influence their academic achievement, leadership and communication skills, and career paths. Students with disabilities (SWD) historically have limited access to...
Analysis Shows Federal Share of IDEA Costs Will Decline in FY 2020
Content type: News
Posted:
28 January, 2020
Despite the $400 million increase in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B grants to states provided by Congress for Fiscal Year 2020, a comparison of the cost of educating students with disabilities shows the federal share of the cost...
Avoiding Substantive Errors in Individualized Education Program Development
Content type: Journal Article
The primary charge of special educators is to provide eligible students with disabilities a special education that confers a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The U.S. Supreme has held that a FAPE consists of two types of student rights: Procedural...
Is it Time for Elevating the Standard for FAPE under IDEA?
Content type: Journal Article
This article examines a critical question for the special education community: What should be the current meaning of “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) in light of not only the Supreme Court's landmark Rowley decision in 1982 but also developments...