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.
Research tells us that high-quality, supportive early childhood programs have a positive effect on the lives of infants, young children, and families. Recent data show...
The Indicators of High-Quality Inclusion are made up of four sets of indicators: 1) State Indicators; 2) Community Indicators; 3) Local Program Indicators; and 4)...
This Guide provides early care and education systems and programs with a framework for addressing exclusionary discipline practices. The Guide includes a review of the...
This paper provides a framework for applying one model of student progress monitoring, Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), to fulfill the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) accountability requirement...
This paper describes curriculum-based measurement in reading and mathematics and provides sample goal statements for each area. In addition, the process by which teachers can...
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...
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has developed this voluntary Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) as a tool for State IDEA Part C programs to...
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 toolkit includes information about the Department’s investments, papers on large-scale assessment, technical assistance (TA) products, and resources. The section on large-scale assessment includes a...
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 framework provides guidance to state and local policymakers to systemically address educator shortages by supporting them to analyze challenges with attraction, preparation, and retention...
This report, from the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) examines data surrounding teacher preparation experiences and workforce entry...
This report analyzes strategies, policies and incentives that have been used to address the attraction and retention of high-quality teachers in Utah in order to...
This study examines trends in the educator pipeline, certification, and mobility by subject area in order to calculate projections for future educator workforce demands in...
This blueprint from PDK International provides step-by-step guidance to local education agencies (LEAs) to establish grow-your-own programs aimed at recruiting students from their current high...
This presentation, conducted by ECPC and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), provides an overview of the research and data related to early childhood special education...
This report summarizes a series of listening sessions involving over 120 educators, including special education teachers, general education teachers, school leaders, related service providers, district...
This report presents overviews and policy implications and examines the effectiveness of five “Grow-Your-Own” (GYO) programs in the State of Maine. This report highlights the...
This report, prepared by the Arizona Educator Retention and Recruitment Task Force, offers recommendations that leaders across Arizona could pursue to address factors that impact...