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.
This paper proposes that assessments based on universal design principles offer a promising approach to providing optimal, standardized assessment conditions for all students, giving each...
This paper provides a brief overview of some professional development principles, defines what each constituent group needs to know, and lists topics and resources for...
This paper discusses assessment reliability with emphasis on the benefits of careful assessment design and administration when used for measuring students with disabilities. This resource...
In this resource, we seek answers to two important questions. Whether the students tested have disabilities or not, the questions are identical: (1) How valid...
Both the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) require states to provide students with disabilities access to...
Validating assessments for students with disabilities can be challenging. If test scores derived from those assessments are used for state accountability purposes, threats to validity...
The vision of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is that all infants and toddlers with delays or disabilities receive high-quality early intervention services and...
This document describes 15 principles for States, school districts, schools, parents, and other stakeholders to consider when developing or revising policies and procedures on the...
This webinar presentation provides an overview of the collection and information gathering, analysis and reporting process for the FY 2016 Educational.
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 U.S. Department of Education released a new resource to provide information and resources to enhance the promotion of mental health and the social and...
This report from the Personnel Improvement Center analyzes interviews with eight states to examine policies and strategic approaches for the recruitment and retention of personnel...
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 webinar introduces the Research and Development Center and discusses methods for adopting software and adapting and customizing instruction in digital learning environments to improve...
This webinar discussed the application guidelines for the CFDA 84.327S Educational Technology, Media & Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program.
These materials were identified to augment the Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities. They offer a collection of resources on Universal Design...
This brief provides a comprehensive strategy to address teacher shortages in Washington with an emphasis on growth in critical shortage areas such as special education...