Federal and Legislative Resources
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is the office within the U.S. Department of Education that is responsible for improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Centers are funded by the Office of Special Education Programs. There are 44 national centers that focus on various typical issues in special education, such as transition and disproportionality. http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/resources.html
IDEA ’04
U.S. Department of Education provides information
on the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that was reauthorized
in 2004.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/policy.html. You can also find a series of topic briefs around several high-interest areas of IDEA. Topic briefs include a summary of all relevant statutory language around that topic, the citations, and a cross-reference, when applicable, to other related briefs.
Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
educates families about IDEA '04, including information on promising
practices, technical assistance, and various other areas.
http://www.fape.org
The National Association of State Directors of Special Education,
Inc. (NASDSE) provides a summary of the identification
issues, current practices, and recommendations from several organizations
relating to the documentation of learning disabilities in the reauthorization
of the Individuals with Disabilities Act. Order a copy or download a
PDF file of Specific Learning Disability: Current Approaches to Identification
and Proposals for Change.
http://www.nasdse.org/FORUM/Document%20Pop-up%20Pages/sld_download.htm
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act
Federal Government’s Web site on the No Child Left
Behind Act provides a link to the text of the act and information about
implementation.
http://www.nclb.gov/
The U.S. Department of Education offers briefs geared
towards teachers about No Child Left Behind and using data-driven decision
making as a tool to improve classroom teaching and learning.
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/nclbguide/index2.html?exp=0
If you have any suggestions for links that you think could be valuable to others, please let us know.
Note: This list is not comprehensive and is continuously being updated. The inclusion of these links does not necessarily represent an endorsement by The Access Center, the American Institutes for Research, or the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs.
For additional information on this or other topics,
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