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 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...
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...
Originally this recorded webinar was on the OSEP TA&D Program Performance Measurement for GPRA Data Collection Involving 84.326 Centers, and was held March 19, 2018...
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...
A one-page checklist that assists in determining whether or not a student’s IEP includes post-secondary goals and a clear plan for the student’s transition.
A model to provide teachers with a process for incorporating effective practices and predictors into the transition planning process to improve effective, transition-focused education and...
States submit their State Performance Plan (SPP)/Annual Performance Report (APR) electronically through the EDFacts Metadata and Process System (EMAPS) following guidance in this memo.
In collaboration with OSEP Funded TA Centers, OSEP annually publishes an analysis consisting of an explanation of the reported federal fiscal year indicator measures, data...
In collaboration with OSEP Funded TA Centers, OSEP annually publishes an analysis consisting of an explanation of the reported federal fiscal year indicator measures, data...
Knowing how much to budget for an evaluation requires an understanding of the evaluation process and of the various factors that might influence costs. This...
The CIPP Logic Model Outline provides information to help project staff and evaluators think through how they will implement and evaluate their project. It provides...
The Adolescent Literacy Model Demonstration projects created an instrument to capture the context features of their implementation sites. The instrument summarizes demographic and instructional features...