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The Sustainability of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
Content type: Journal Article
A summary of the available literature on sustainability is provided and recommended sustainability features are applied to implementation of schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS). One hundred and seventeen schools from 6 states...
Measuring the Outliers
Content type: Journal Article
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...
The 2% Transition
Content type: Journal Article
New regulations require a transition away from the alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). Students who previously participated in this option will be required to take the regular state assessments aligned with college- and...
To Adapt or Not to Adapt
Content type: Journal Article
When implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs), experts assert adaptations (deliberate or accidental changes to EBPs) are an inevitable part of the implementation process. Some adaptations are undesirable and should be avoided. Others, however, may...
National Council on Teacher Quality Releases Performance Review of Teacher Preparation Programs in Early Reading Instruction
Content type: News
Posted:
28 January, 2020
This week, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its annual scorecard of teacher preparation programs that teach “the science of reading.”
Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights Launches Civil Rights Compliance Center
Content type: News
Posted:
28 January, 2020
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the launch of the OPEN Center within the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which will “focus on proactive compliance with federal civil rights laws and will provide...
Disproportionality in Special Education: Effects of Individual and School Variables on Disability Risk
Content type: Journal Article
We examined the risk of disability identification associated with individual and school variables. The sample included 18,000 students in 39 schools of an urban K-12 school system. Descriptive analysis showed racial minority risk varied across 7 disability...
Performance of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities on Early-Grade Curriculum-Based Measures of Word and Passage Reading Fluency
Content type: Journal Article
Alternate assessments have been used for the last 10 years to evaluate schools' efforts to teach children with significant cognitive disabilities. However, few studies have examined the reading skills of children who participate in these assessments. The...
Evaluating Special Educator Effectiveness
Content type: Journal Article
States are increasingly using value-added approaches to evaluate teacher effectiveness. There is much debate regarding whether these methods should be employed and, if employed, what role such methods should play in comprehensive teacher evaluation systems...
U.S. Education Department to Examine Federal Education Spending in 400 Districts
Content type: News
Posted:
2 January, 2020
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will evaluate how states are spending some of the largest pots of federal money at elementary and high schools across the country.