Research abstract

States’ Special Education Work Offers a Jump on ESSA’s Demands

What do you know about ESSA? Now what do you know about special education? Read more in this article here to find out states’ special education work which offers a jump on the demands of ESSA. By Education Week

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The Department of Education continues to work on its “results-driven accountability” program to help build student academic achievement across diverse learning abilities. This puts special education reform measures into the hands of each individual state government with support and resources from the federal level. States have to come up with specific areas of intervention in special education. This should be based on input from parents and school districts as well as student performance data.

The Education Department has long been responsible for evaluating how well states were meeting the mandates spelled out in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

States are working to create tiered remediation systems that use a variety of resources. The Department of Education encourages states to start small and build their programs as they see success. Independent agencies are working with states also to help implement remediation programs.

Key takeaways

  1. Special education specialists have been working hard to improve student performance long before the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
  2. The ESSA requires that states create plans for academic improvement.
  3. This is the third school year of the results driven accountability initiative.

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