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  Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education: Measuring the Problem

  1/31/07 - Martha Countinho, Donald Oswald, Equity Alliance at ASU

  The author of this brief discusses that racial disproportionality in school disciplinary practices has a long history, and still continues today. In the last three decades, racial disproportionality in school suspensions has increased noticeably, especially in high socioeconomic status (SES) schools. Empirical evidence suggests that exclusionary discipline practices result in further exclusion, school failure, and dropout. Today, nationwide African American students are disproportionately...

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  Dual-language programs in U.S. schools: An alternative to monocultural, monolingual education

  1/5/09 - Eugene Garcia, Bryant Jensen

  "Dual Language (DL) programs are relatively new in the United States. After the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1994, a large federal effort related to the education of dual language students was launched. It was at this point that the US Department of Education promoted the development of educational programs whose goal was dual language competency for both language minority students speaking a non-English home language as well as for students whose...

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  Lets Try: Homework Alternatives

  1/14/10 - Ferguson, Dianne

  An alternative to homework would be integrating learning that will reinforce (but maybe not exactly imitate) what’s being learned at school. By integrating home learning into activities that families already routinely do, family have more opportunities to reinforce school learning than they might achieve through homework.

• "They might need a little extra hand, you know": Latino students in at-risk programs

  1/1/08 - Fairbrother, Anne

  This is a qualitative study in a school district in a large city in the Southwest in response to the research question, "What are staff and student expectations for, and assessment of, three 'at-risk' programs in this large school district?" Four thematic findings from observations and interviews in four classes in two high school alternative programs and one alternative high school over one semester are reported, concerning (a) commitment to the programs, (b) labeling of students, (c...

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  Access to the General Education Curriculum for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

  1/14/09 - The Access Center,

  This brief explores the linkages between alternate state standards, alternate assessment, the IEP, and classroom instruction and assessment as the process of providing access to the general education curriculum for students with significant cognitive disabilities

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  Achieving Transparency in the Public Reporting of 2006-2007 Assessment Results

  1/25/09 - Debra Albus, Martha Thurlow, Chris Bremer

  The 2006-2007 school year was the eighth annual reporting period since disaggregating the performance of students with disabilities on state and district-wide assessments was required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It is the fifth reporting period since the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and the eleventh in a series of National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) reports documenting state public reporting practices. Historically, the number of...

• Adaptive instruction: An alternative for accommodating student diversity through the curriculum.

  1/1/69 - Wang, M. C. , D. K. Lipsky & A. Garner

• Alternative Assessment Techniques for Reading & Writing

  1/1/95 - Miller, W.

• Alternative certification in special education: Efficacy of a collaborative, field-based teacher preparation program.

  1/1/94 - Rosenberg, M. S. and E. E. Rock
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  Alternative Schools and Programs for Public School Students At Risk of Educational Failure: 2007-08

  1/31/10 - Priscilla Rouse Carver, Laurie Lewis

  "This First Look report presents data from a recent district Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) survey about alternative schools and programs available to students during the 2007-08 school year. Alternative schools and programs are specifically designed to address the educational needs of students at risk of school failure in a setting apart from that of the regular public school. They can be administered by the district or an entity other than the district. The study includes information...

• Beyond the Laboratory: Evaluating the Survey Evidence for the Disidentification Explanation of Black-White Differences in Achievement

  1/1/04 - Morgan, Stephen L., Mehta, Jal D.

  The black-white gap in achievement, as measured by performance on standardized tests, has received considerable attention from researchers in the past five years. Claude Steele's stereotype threat and disidentification mechanism is perhaps the most heralded of the new explanations for residual racial differences that persist after adjustments for social background are performed. Analyzing data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, we found qualified support for portions of the...

• Building capacity for sustainable change: An inservice alternative.

  1/1/94 - Ferguson, D. L., M. C. Dalmau, et al.

• Circle of Inclusion

  Multilingual, this webpage is for those who provide services for early childhood settings, as well as families with young children. Information and demonstrations are given relating to inclusive education. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education. One can search for examples of inclusive settings, as well as view discussions and questions that have been answered by people invovled in inclusion. There are role-playing scenarios and re-printable...

• Closing the Achievement Gap

  1/1/05

  Technology makes the assessment of student achievement based on ethnicity more precise and faster and can create and store a huge amount of remediation activities. Furthermore, technology can engage students in alternative teaching and learning that is customized to students' individual learning styles and standards. Examples of the use of technology to help close the achievement gap in West Virginia and Louisiana are provided.

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  Desegregation and the achievement gap: Do diverse peers help?

  1/5/09 - Jane Cooley

  "Understanding peer effects is critical to evaluating the impact of de facto public school segregation on the achievement of white and nonwhite students. Using a unique panel data set of North Carolina public elementary school students, I estimate a model of achievement production that incorporates heterogeneous responses by students at different points of the achievement distribution, while also allowing for peer spillovers to vary across races and for the formation of different race-based...

• Dialogue guide: IQ-Achievement discrepancy model

  1/1/07 - National Center on Response to Intervention,

  This 2007 brief and tool were developed to guide stakeholders through dialogue on identifying students for learning disabilities. A brief, developed by the IRIS Center, explains what the IQ-Achievement Discrepancy Model is, how it is used in identifying students with learning disabilities, and three main problems with this model. It describes RTI as an alternative method of identifying students with learning disabilities. Six sets of questions for stakeholders, developed by the IDEA...