IDEA Imposes Hefty Data Burden on States
Deadline is next week for reports on 20 indicators about special education.
In December 2005, a year after President Bush signed the latest version of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act into law, states were each required to craft a self-evaluation framework of “measurable and rigorous” targets for improving the academic progress of students with disabilities.
By this week, the states must submit a massive amount of data to the federal government explaining how well they met the standards they set for themselves—and continuing a process that has prompted major changes to the way states monitor such students.
The Feb. 1 deadline is for annual performance reports and state performance plans, both created under the 2004 reauthorization of the IDEA. The reports will include information on 20 different “indicator” areas for the part of the federal special education law that focuses on 3- to 21-year-olds, also known as Part...
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