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Direct linkIlana M. Umansky; Manuel Vazquez Cano; Lorna M. Porter – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2024
Federal law defines eligibility for English learner (EL) classification differently for Indigenous students compared with non-Indigenous students. To be EL-eligible, non-Indigenous students are required to have a non-English primary language. Indigenous students, by contrast, can be English-dominant or English monolingual. A critical question,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Indigenous Populations, Alaska Natives
Download full textStepanek, Jennifer; Peixotto, Kit – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2009
Response to intervention (RTI) is a framework for providing interventions and services at increasing levels of intensity until students succeed. The framework helps teachers and schools provide instruction and interventions matched to student needs, monitor progress frequently to guide decisions about changes in instruction or goals, and apply…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities
Pilla, Thomas V. – 1999
This report provides information on the percentages of Native Alaskans and other minorities in the special education programs of four Alaskan school districts. It was prompted by a civil rights complaint by parents in the Juneau School District alleging that Native Alaskans were overrepresented in special education programs. The complaint was…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Disability Identification, Disproportionate Representation
Gessner, Bradford; Bischoff, Herbert; Perham-Hester, Kathy; Chandler, Bruce; Middaugh, John – 1998
This study examined the educational records of 36 children who met all or most of the criteria for fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and who were referred to special education in Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau (Alaska) school districts. Thirty of the children were found to have medical comorbidities independent of the findings generally associated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alcohol Abuse, Congenital Impairments, Disabilities
Keller-Allen, Chandra – Project Forum, 2006
States and localities face a range of issues related to English language learners (ELLs) or limited English proficient (LEP) students with disabilities, including referral and identification, service delivery, staffing, data collection and parent outreach. Much of the research has focused on the identification process and has shown that there are…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Second Language Learning, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Alaska State Dept. of Education and Early Development, Juneau. – 2001
This handbook provides guidelines for the operation of local special education programs for Alaskan children with disabilities. It addresses: (1) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 and basic concepts of special education; (2) identification of students with disabilities, referral, screening programs, and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Technology, Charter Schools, Compliance (Legal)
Ryan, Susan Marie – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2006
The Center on Disease Control, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (2005) identified the prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) as being 10 per 1,000. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has further explained (2005) that FASD now outranks autism and Down syndrome in prevalence.…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Incidence, Mental Health, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Alaska State Dept. of Education and Early Development, Juneau. – 1999
This handbook provides guidelines for the operation of local special education programs for Alaskan children with disabilities. It addresses: (1) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 and basic concepts of special education; (2) identification of students with disabilities, referral, screening programs, and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Charter Schools, Compliance (Legal)
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1994
This Alaskan state plan details services to be provided to preschool, elementary, and secondary students for Fiscal Years 1995, 1996, and 1997 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The state plan discusses compliance and services under IDEA provisions that address: (1) the right to education; (2) full educational…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Confidentiality, Disabilities, Disability Identification
