With the extended school closures due to COVID-19 throughout the United States, students are having to learn in entirely new ways and facing challenges when it comes to learning during these unprecedented times. The Continuity of Learning resource database offers information, tools, and resources to help educators, parents and families, and related service providers meet the educational, behavioral, and emotional needs of children and youth with disabilities through remote and virtual learning.
Universal behavior screening data can be used with other school data to provide educators with valuable information about the overall level of students’ performance at...
This infographic document outlines how districts can examine discipline data, including exclusionary practices, among subgroups of students, to create "risk ratios."
Positive and consistent behavioral supports are needed by all students and, for some students, are absolutely vital to support meaningful engagement in academics. Distance learning...
AACTE conducted surveys in April 2020, October 2020, and September 2021, asking members about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their educator preparation programs...
This Toolkit was designed to provide evaluation resources for grantees of OSEP's Personnel Development Program, but it contains useful information for other grantees as well...
This document offers a variety of research and policy reviews as well as resource guides related to the topic of teacher employment and retention through...
These reports highlight essential questions and policy options to support State legislators considering policies to recruit, prepare and retain effective teachers.
This research summary explores the school psychologist shortage, emphasizing the regional and differences in which these shortages take place and preparation program availability.
This collection provides an overview of State-specific shortage data that have been published in the past five years. This collection does not include States’ Shortage...
This resource collection compiles 50-State comparisons of state-specific information related to various aspects of teacher shortages, such as data reports, State policies, financial incentives, mentoring...
This campaign spotlights innovative practices, policies and stories of progress that States are adopting to strengthen educator preparation, especially in critical shortage areas.
CCSSO’s National Teacher of the Year Program empowers the teaching profession by providing a platform for exceptional educators to elevate issues that affect teachers and...
This report investigates the effects of Statewide teacher incentive programs in hard-to-staff subjects, such as special education. This report finds a relationship between financial incentives...
This interactive map provides examples of programs and initiatives across the country that aim to improve systems for attracting, preparing, and retaining educators.
This page aims to help increase the retention of school-based speech-language pathologists and audiologists by highlighting exemplars from States and districts that have successfully implemented...
This resource collection provides an overview of the challenges surrounding the school-based SLP shortage as well as resources related to the recruitment and retention of...