Feds Pledge to Focus More on Quality of Special Education
The U.S. Department of Education said it is revamping the way it rates states to better address the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their peers. Read Full Post >
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March 02, 2012
February 28, 2012
New Grading System in Florida Wouldn't Grade Special Ed. Schools
The state is reworking its grading system for schools, and some worry that if special centers for students with disabilities go ungraded, special education students will be pushed out of traditional schools. Read Full Post >
February 27, 2012
House ESEA Bills Would Damage Some Students' Access to Diplomas
Some provisions in the bills about testing students with severe cognitive disabilities affect these students' access to diplomas—and that hurts their access to jobs, advocates say. Read Full Post >
February 09, 2012
Waiver-Winning States Revamped Plans for Students With Disabilities
Nearly every state had to tweak its No Child Left Behind waiver plan to better demonstrate how the needs of students with disabilities and English learners would be addressed. Read Full Post >
February 06, 2012
Testing? No, No Testing, No Matter What
Anthony Herrera could become ill if he takes high-stakes tests, his mother said, and he was discriminated against because he wouldn't take them. An investigation found he wasn't the victim of discrimination, but Anthony won't take the tests this year, anyway. Read Full Post >
January 13, 2012
ESEA Bills Are 'Full Retreat From Accountability' for Special Education
Even with its imperfections, NCLB has forced schools to focus students with disabilities, one group says. The House bills back down from that completely, a threat to those students going forward. Read Full Post >
December 22, 2011
No Child Left Behind Waivers Leave Behind Students With Disabilities
What concerns the National Center for Learning Disabilities about the applications 11 states filed with the Education Department seeking waivers from the No Child Left Behind law? What they don't say. Read Full Post >
October 31, 2011
How Many Students With Disabilities Take the NAEP?
A recent study explored how many students with disabilities actually take the test known as the Nation's Report Card. Read Full Post >
October 25, 2011
Separate Education for Those in Special Education? Possibly
Will the teachers of students with disabilities, teachers who in many cases work with all students, have to meet a lesser standard than their counterparts? And will expectations of students with disabilities be lowered, too, when the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is reauthorized? Maybe. Read Full Post >
October 20, 2011
A Separate Education System for Students With Disabilities?
"When a student with a disability takes a different assessment than a student without a disability, there is no way to compare their performance, no way to accurately measure achievement gaps and no way to know how well they have grasped the grade-level content." Read Full Post >
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