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The new leverage briefs are the culmination of OSEP’s Attract, Prepare, Retain: Effective Personnel for All Initiative and highlight 13 leverage points covering strategies recognized by various stakeholders as essential to addressing critical shortages in the special education workforce.
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The Intervention IDEAs brief series describes interventions based on evidence, for practitioners and parents that address the academic, developmental and behavioral domains of infants and...
The primary purpose of this paper is to provide suggestions to researchers about ways to present statistical findings about the effects of educational interventions that might make the nature and magnitude of those effects easier to understand.
In 2006, the U.S. Department of Education developed a Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities (Tool Kit) to support the Department’s initiative to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.
Tool Kit on Universal Design for learning resource list pertaining to assessment.
This file is from a presentation given in May 2010 by Don Bailey for a U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services Listening and Learning Panel on Family Engagement.
The primary purpose for this link is to share an IES repository of resources related to designing studies, implementing programs, and analyzing data.
OSEP’s third symposium in the 2017 Symposia Series, “Conveying Our Stories--Displaying Our Data,” focused on how States, districts, and Part D-funded investments can develop engaging stories and effectively use data to improve communication strategies used with stakeholders, leadership, and decision makers. The symposium explored best practices and tips for more impactful and effective communication efforts. Examples included: Information on building an effective dissemination plan and Using infographics and data visualization practices to communicate the meaning of data in a way that is accessible, accurate, and actionable for a variety of stakeholders. Tips covered: Using social media to improve outreach and Measuring success using analytic tools.
To support educators, as well as state and district leaders, in answering critical data questions, these centers shared how the four essential elements of data literacy can guide teams in using data, both virtually and in-person, to make accurate and feasible decisions in times of unknown.
To successfully launch the 2020-2021 school year for students with disabilities, state education agencies (SEAs) have an essential leadership role to play in supporting local school systems to plan for multiple scenarios, including services delivered in-person, through distance learning, and via blended approaches.
Replacing a virtual conference, there will be three symposia held, each with three components. The first component will be pre-work materials posted online by OSEP prior to the event. The second component is a two-hour event that will be a combination of live and pre-taped presentations.
This collection of resources provides information for parents and families about Response to Intervention (RTI) as well as information for schools about working with parents and families throughout RTI implementation.
NTACT is charged with assisting stakeholders in implementing evidence-based and promising practices and predictors that promote positive post-school outcomes for all students with disabilities.
This comprehensive website includes research on parent involvement with diverse families, practice guides and tools, and resources for parents and educators from diverse cultures. You can also access information on national parent involvement and family engagement organizations.
This collection of research articles and briefs contains valuable information on intensive interventions from a variety of sources.
As a blueprint for authentic engagement, Leading by Convening, developed by the IDEA Partnership, provides leaders with hands on tools to engage stakeholders and maximize collaboration.
The OSEP infographic provides information about the OSEP technical assistance (TA) centers. The online PDF provides the names of the centers, links to their websites, and well as their focus areas. This infographic can be used as an interactive PDF within the website or it can