We have consolidated all of our links, information briefs, presentations, past webinars, toolkits, and video clips in the following topical sections:
- Background Information on Access
- Instructional Programs and Practices
- Professional Development Modules
- Math
- Language Arts
- Science
- Universal Design
We have also put together a comprehensive list of The Access Center's Information Briefs and Professional Development modules. This list is periodically updated with new products, so check back often!
The Access Center supports the notion that educational practices designed to improve student achievement within the general education curriculum need to be supported by objective evidence. Whether the practices relate to instructional delivery methods or particular programs, educational practices supported by research can help practitioners make decisions about educational interventions and, ultimately, will help improve outcomes for students.
The Access Center uses multiple criteria for classifying practices and programs for students with disabilities. These include:
- The Access Center’s own Research Continuum, based on current practice.
- Guidelines developed by national organizations such as the Division of Research (DR) and Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
- Frameworks proposed by other federally supported projects such as the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd) and the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring (NCSPM).
- Content experts, knowledgeable about research-based practices, are invited to develop resources.
Our resources are labeled, when possible, with information that informs our audience of the guidelines and evidence used to develop the resource.
For additional information on this or other topics,
please contact
The Access Center at accesscenter@air.org.
The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8
The Access Center is a cooperative agreement (H326K020003) funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, awarded to
the American Institutes for Research
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This report was produced under U.S. Department of Education Cooperative Agreement H326K020003 with the American Institutes for Research. Jane Hauser served as the project officer. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department of Education.
No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any product, commodity, service or enterprise mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred.
