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Download full textDavid E. DeMatthews; Pedro Reyes; Jinseok Shin; Torri D. Hart – Texas Education Research Center, 2025
To ensure students with disabilities receive the services they need to support their learning, the U.S. Congress reauthorized the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2004. IDEA requires that each state: (1) implement IDEA with fidelity; (2) sustain special education programs that meet IDEA's educational standards; and (3) monitor…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Program Implementation, Program Administration
Louisiana Department of Education, 2020
All students deserve an education that prepares them for postsecondary success and a lifetime of unlimited opportunity, and Louisiana educators are leading the nation in raising the expectations for what all students can learn and achieve through designing and delivering standards-aligned instruction. Despite this overall progress, the performance…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Achievement Gap, Educational Strategies, Disability Identification
Louisiana Department of Education, 2017
All students deserve an education that prepares them for postsecondary success and a lifetime of unlimited opportunity, and Louisiana educators are leading the nation in raising the expectations for what all students can learn and achieve through designing and delivering standards-aligned instruction. Despite this overall progress, the performance…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Educational Strategies, Educational Quality, Individualized Education Programs
Kyrie E. Dragoo – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the main federal statute governing special education and early intervention services for children with disabilities from birth through age 21.1 IDEA consists of four parts. Part A contains general provisions, including the purposes of the act and definitions. Part B contains provisions…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
About 13 percent of children aged 3 through 21 enrolled in public schools received special education services in school year 2015-16, and about 3 percent of children from birth through age 2 received special education services. Concerns about the difficulties identifying and evaluating children for special education have been raised by the media,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Disability Identification
Kreck, Carol – Education Commission of the States, 2014
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are the fastest-growing developmental disability in the United States. In recognizing the increasing needs of children affected by ASD, as well as the associated financial implications for local governments, some states are re-assessing their current systems of support and looking for better and more efficient ways…
Descriptors: Autism, State Policy, State Action, Early Intervention
Danaher, Joan; Goode, Sue; Lazara, Alex – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
"Part C Updates" is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is the eleventh volume in a series of compilations, which included two editions of Part H Updates, the former name of the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Early Intervention, Poverty, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. Div. of Management Audit. – 1998
This report discusses the findings of a study that investigated whether the New York State Education Department's Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) has improved its oversight of special education by implementing a system for evaluating the performance of special education programs, and whether…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Ponessa, Joan M.; And Others – Public Affairs Focus, 1994
This special report summarizes a larger report titled "Linkages in the Delivery and Financing of Special Education Services in New Jersey" by Henry A. Coleman et al. It describes a project which analyzed the linkage between the structure of state aid for special education and the identification, classification, and placement of students…
Descriptors: Classification, Costs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Torgesen, Joseph K.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Wagner, Richard K. – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2007
Dyslexia is a term that has been applied since the early part of the 20th Century to many students with reading difficulties. The term comes from medicine, but its broadest application is within education. Many educators, however, remain confused about the term in spite of the fact that major advances in the understanding of dyslexia have been…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Remedial Instruction, Disability Identification
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Special Education Services. – 1993
A Michigan task force examined existing and needed services for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), to assist school districts in developing services and to create a systematic plan for statewide information dissemination regarding referral, assessment, identification, intervention strategies, and legal mandates.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Compliance (Legal), Disability Identification
Wosnack, Niki – 2002
The Alberta Standards for Special Education are effective in September 2003 and require school boards to effectively identify and deliver programs for students with special needs in grades 1-12. Emphasis is on consistent and enhanced educational practice within the Canadian province so that students with special needs will receive appropriate…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Boards of Education, Disabilities
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Direction de l'education francaise. – 2003
This document, in French, presents the Alberta Standards for Special Education, which are effective in September 2003 and require school boards to effectively identify and deliver programs for students with special needs in grades 1-12. Emphasis is on consistent and enhanced educational practice within the Canadian province so that students with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Boards of Education, Disabilities
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1992
This 18th annual report to Congress, covering the program year 1989-1990, outlines the status of children with disabilities in Head Start programs. The report states that the program's mandate of having 10 percent or more of the total number of enrollment opportunities in Head Start programs available for handicapped children was met in each state…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrollment Rate
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1991
This report, covering the program year 1987-1988, is designed to inform the Congress of the status of children with disabilities in Head Start programs. The report states that the program's mandate of having 10 percent or more of the total number of enrollment opportunities in Head Start programs available for handicapped children was met in each…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged
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