Special Education Monitoring
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Ed. Dept. Releases Results of New Special Education Evaluation Process
The U.S. Department of Education says fewer states are "meeting requirements" for students with disabilities as the department shifts to evaluating states on how well those students are being educated.
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S.C. Charters Agree to Accessibility Changes After Federal Investigation
The Education Department's office for civil rights said that the district needed to make courses fully accessible for the 9,000 students enrolled in online schools.
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Education Official Stresses Need for 'Results-Driven Accountability'
The U.S. Department of Education plans to be more flexible in assisting states, said Michael Yudin, a department official, at a meeting of state education board members.
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FBI Probe Finds No Misuse of Title I Funds in Providence, R.I. District
The FBI was one of several federal agencies involved in an investigation into a vocational program that was found to be improperly isolating students with intellectual disabilities.
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Ed. Dept. Resolves Compliance Review With School District in New York
The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights will monitor the Schenectady, N.Y., school district to ensure it does not over-identify minorities for special education services.
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Special Education Office Moves Toward Measuring Student Outcomes
The reports on state performance in special education will shift to a system that measures "things that really matter," says Melody Musgrove, the director of the office of special education programs.
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News in Brief
Special Ed. Office Aims to Revise Monitoring Focus
Student performance is the goal of a revised reporting system proposed by the federal office of special education programs.
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Special Education Office Aims to Revise Monitoring Focus
A new reporting system is expected to focus more on educational outcomes as opposed to procedural compliance.
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Special-Education Monitoring Sharply Attacked in Hearing
The Education Department has failed to correct the longstanding problems that keep it from ensuring that states comply with handicapped-education law, advocates and two former department officials charged last week.