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Curriculum-Based Measurement of Oral Reading: Quality of Progress Monitoring Outcomes
Content type: Journal Article
Curriculum-based measurement of oral reading (CBM-R) is frequently used to set student goals and monitor student progress. This study examined the quality of growth estimates derived from CBM-R progress monitoring data. The authors used a linear mixed...
Senate Advances Education Spending Measure, Avoids Major Cuts to Critical Programs
Content type: News
Posted:
28 July, 2023
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced their bill to fund Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, making good on their promise to produce a bipartisan bill. The bill...
Mind the Gap: Measuring Academic Underachievement Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Content type: Journal Article
We propose using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to estimate pupils’ academic underachievement. We model underachievement as the gap between expected achievement and actual achievement, not due to a learning disability. Our data are a panel for 2,228 Belgian...
Evaluating Sensitivity to Behavioral Change Using Direct Behavior Rating Single-Item Scales
Content type: Journal Article
In this study, the researchers evaluated the sensitivity of Direct Behavior Rating Single-Item Scales (DBR-SIS) for assessing behavior change in response to an intervention. Included in the analyses were data from 20 completed behavioral consultation cases...
Mathematical Interventions for Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities and Mathematics Difficulties: A Meta-Analysis
Content type: Journal Article
This meta-analysis is the first to provide a quantitative synthesis of empirical evaluations of mathematical intervention programs implemented in secondary schools for students with learning disabilities and mathematics difficulties. Included studies used...
Social Network Placement of Rural Secondary Students with Disabilities: Affiliation and Centrality
Content type: Journal Article
This study examined social network centrality (i.e., social salience, peer group linkages) and peer affiliations in 20 rural high schools across the United States. The total sample consisted of 1,672 students in Grades 9 to 12, including 164 students with...
Using Antecedent Physical Activity to Increase On-Task Behavior in Young Children
Content type: Journal Article
A withdrawal design was used to investigate how physical activity affects on-task behavior of young children with significant developmental delays in a special education preschool classroom. Five preschool age children with significant developmental delays...
Education Department Releases 2022 IDEA State Determinations
Content type: News
Posted:
1 July, 2022
This week, the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSEP) released assessments of states’ implementation of Parts B and C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for 2022. The determinations...
Institute of Education Sciences Director Reflects on Upcoming Research
Content type: News
Posted:
23 April, 2021
Last week, IES Director Mark Schneider published a blog detailing the work to be done by the organization in the coming years.
Enhancing Transportation Education Using Mobile Devices and Applications
Content type: Journal Article
The most salient aspect of independent living and successful post-high school transition to employment is having the ability to independently use transportation (Bouck & Flanagan, 2010). The Department of Labor (2012) reports that only 20% of persons with...