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.
School should be a place of belonging for each and every student. Belonging is easy to affirm, but much harder to define. This research-based resource...
Peers have an influential role in promoting inclusive education for students with extensive support needs in their schools and communities. This resource is a toolbox...
This resource and the associated process is based on a vision and expectation that each student can actively participate, belong, contribute, and learn in the...
This interactive tool provides an overview of data visualizations project staff and evaluators might use to present their data. Explore the modules below to learn...
This infographic document outlines how districts can examine discipline data, including exclusionary practices, among subgroups of students, to create "risk ratios."
High-quality data are timely, accurate, and complete. In addition, they are usable, accessible, and secure. Educators and representatives at the local, state, and federal levels...
States and LEAs must report five types of disciplinary removals for children and youth with disabilities. The EDFacts IDEA Discipline Data Infographic visualizes the information...
Progress monitoring requires frequent data collection (i.e., weekly) with technically adequate measures, interpretation of the data at regular intervals,and changes to instruction based on the...
The System Framework: Quick Start Guide is designed to help state leaders scan their system and determine which component(s) of the System Framework might be...
President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (Public Law 108- 446: IDEA 2004) on December 3, 2004. This law promotes accountability for...
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 Adolescent Literacy Model Demonstration projects created an instrument to capture the context features of their implementation sites. The instrument summarizes demographic and instructional features...
The purpose of this brief is to share findings from follow-up studies of OSEP-funded model demonstration projects that were conducted, in part, to examine model...
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 federal guidance contains a Dear Colleague Letter regarding submission information for ED 524B grantees, instructions for submitting in G5, instructions regarding ED 524B, and...
This toolkit includes evidence- and research-based practices, tools, and resources that educators, families, facilities, and community agencies can use to better support and improve the...
Overview of individualized Instruction as it relates to juvenlile justice. As defined by the Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), youth within correctional facilities...
The purpose of this brief is to present lessons learned from the directors of OSEP-funded model demonstration projects on identifying the conditions, at potential demonstration...
The U.S. Department of Education strives to expand educational opportunities and to improve instruction for all students. To achieve excellence in education for students with...
