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This study was inspired by the final regulations for the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) indicating that each state has the option to develop a new assessment for students whose disabilities have kept them from obtaining proficiency. Sets of high school...

Out-of-level testing is an underused strategy for addressing the needs of students who score in the extremes, and when used wisely it could provide educators with a much more accurate picture of what students know. Out-of-level testing has been shown to be...

With the federal call to action that by 2020 all students will graduate from high school ready for college and a career, schools are focusing on increased academic preparation. For students with disabilities, academic preparation alone may not be enough to...

There is a widespread misconception that transition planning and programming begin in high school. However, there are many opportunities for teachers to infuse transition-focused education into teaching and learning activities for their elementary grade...

Parental participation is a critical feature of IDEA, however the question of “who” is a parent often presents a challenge. With regard to educational decisions, states may include more options under the definition of a parent than those provided in the...

Extracurricular activities are known to provide students a range of rich experiences that influence their academic achievement, leadership and communication skills, and career paths. Students with disabilities (SWD) historically have limited access to...

The primary charge of special educators is to provide eligible students with disabilities a special education that confers a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The U.S. Supreme has held that a FAPE consists of two types of student rights: Procedural...

This article examines a critical question for the special education community: What should be the current meaning of “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) in light of not only the Supreme Court's landmark Rowley decision in 1982 but also developments...

This study investigates how state departments of education are defining response to intervention (RTI) assessment processes as they relate to specific learning disability (SLD) eligibility 5 years after the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA...

The authors used data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2; SRI International, 2000) to examine the aspects of self-determination assessed in NLTS2 and measurement equivalence and latent differences across the 12 disability categories...