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Direct linkColeman, Olivia Fudge; McDonnell, John; Jameson, J. Matt; Johnston, Susan S.; Farrell, Michael; Malbica, Anne; Aiono Conradi, Lyndsey – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004 requires that all students with disabilities participate and progress in the general education curriculum. Although IDEA requires individualized education program (IEP) teams to include academic and life skills goals in a students' as necessary to meet their individual…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities
Download full textPatrick Rooney; Valerie Williams – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2023
It is important for educators to collect accurate information on the academic performance of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who may be assessed with an Alternate Assessment Aligned with Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS) to inform decisions about resources, programs, instruction, and individualized…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Patrick Rooney; Valerie C. Williams – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2024
It is important for educators to collect accurate information on the academic performance of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who may be assessed with an Alternate Assessment Aligned with Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS) to inform decisions about resources, programs, instruction, and individualized…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Tina A. Clark; Brenda Barrio – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2024
With the increase of anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion educational policies and guidelines at local school boards and state-level agencies, campus administrators have seen an increase in complex situations as they concentrate their attention on supporting the educational needs of students from marginalized communities, including those with…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cultural Relevance, Individualized Education Programs, Student Diversity
The Relationship between Student Placement and AA-AAAS Participation Rates. NCEO Report 439. Updated
Sheryl S. Lazarus; Mari Quanbeck – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2023
The alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS) is designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), placed a 1% cap for states on student participation in the…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards
Sheryl S. Lazarus; Martha L. Thurlow; Mari K. A. Quanbeck – Journal of Special Education, 2025
The 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act placed a 1.0% cap on the participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). U.S. Department of Education regulations clarified that states must develop participation guidelines and a definition of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Alternative Assessment, Guidelines, State Standards
Kathy Strunk; Andrew R. Hinkle; Sheryl S. Lazarus; Carol Seay; Kascinda Fleming – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2024
For many years state education agencies (SEAs) have sought to create assessment systems that include all students, including students with disabilities. In order to improve outcomes for students with disabilities, there is an urgent need for cross-agency collaboration between special education and assessment offices, but other offices (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Student Evaluation, Students with Disabilities, State Departments of Education
Colby T. Kervick; Bernice R. Garnett; Amanda Davis Simpfenderfer; Mika Moore; Lance C. Smith – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2025
The literature base on Restorative Practice (RP) outcomes suggests that schools that adopt RP experience reductions in suspensions/expulsions and improved school climate. Yet data suggests disproportionality in exclusionary disciplinary practices persist. Less is known about whether there are differences among student populations in their…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Equal Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Discipline
Sahakyan, Narek; Poole, Glenn – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2023
In this study, we describe long-term trends in students' academic performance, documenting persistent and systematic disparities in academic outcomes across several student subgroups. We leverage administrative data from longitudinal student records to examine academic outcomes for English learners (ELs), students with Individualized Education…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Trends
Mari Quanbeck; Sheryl S. Lazarus; Martha L. Thurlow – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2023
In the years since the 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) placed a 1.0% cap for states on participation in the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS), states have worked hard to navigate the new restrictions on participation in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Alternative Assessment
Foley, Kate Anderson – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2020
This is not a legal brief. This is an article written by a special education expert who has witnessed the very best and the very worst education has to offer. This article is meant to serve as a springboard for examining what is meant by education for all, high expectations, schools as laboratories for innovation, high caliber academic and social…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Legal Responsibility, Student Rights
West Virginia Department of Education, 2023
The purpose of educational assessments is to provide an academic check-up and to give educators, parents, students, and policymakers valuable feedback about students' academic strengths, areas that need improvement, how well they are progressing toward college and career readiness, and the effectiveness of the state's educational system. This…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Standardized Tests, Testing Accommodations, Student Evaluation
Strunk, Kathy; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Thurlow, Martha L. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2022
The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is the heart of providing special education services to students with disabilities. It is a complex document that is supposed to include several required components. IEP teams are required to be composed of certain individuals, including "a representative of the district who is qualified to provide…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Teamwork, Administrator Role
Hinkle, Andrew R.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Strunk, Kathy – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2022
This report presents the findings of a survey of states that examined the policies, practices, and procedures State Education Agencies (SEAs) used to monitor IEPs for participation decision making in alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). It is imperative that only students with the most significant…
Descriptors: State Surveys, State Policy, State Departments of Education, Program Evaluation
Frolek Clark, Gloria; Polichino, Jean – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2021
Occupational therapy practitioners working in school settings must articulate their distinct value in supporting student participation and educational performance. Using a systems-level practice, they weave their knowledge and skills as leaders at the district-, building-, classroom-, and student-levels to achieve "health, well-being, and…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Role, Student Participation
