From Cradle to Career:

1. From Cradle to Career: Key Policy shifts for Children, Youth and Professionals CEC National Legislative Conference ▪ June 8, 2014

2. Let’s Discuss… Advancing Early Learning Opportunities for Children with Disabilities ESEA Flexibility Driving Transition to College & Career Ready Standards & Assessments Implementing New Standards/Assessments: Impact on Students with Disabilities, Special Educators Transitioning to Postsecondary and Career Investing in Special/Gifted Education

5. Importance of a Good Catchphrase Resources

6. Sharon Walsh CEC Division for early childhood Infant and toddler coordinators association

7. PK-12 Education Reforms Impact of Esea flexibility 2007…2008…2009…2010…2011…2012…2013…2014?? What a difference 7 years makes!!

8. Lots of Talking … Senator Tom Harkin D- Iowa Senator Lamar Alexander R-Tennessee

9. 82% American Association of Administrators, Policy Insider Oct 2011

11. White House Announces Waivers September, 2011

12. ESEA Waivers • 43 States + Washington, DC; Puerto Rico have waivers BREAKING NEWS: Washington State Waiver Revoked on April 24, 2014

13. ESEA Waivers • Remove 2014 AYP deadline • Funding Flexibility • Changes to Accountability • Flexibility for HQT Plans

14. ESEA Waivers 4 Conditions: • Adopt College & Career Ready Standards • Develop Assessments that Measure Student Growth • Develop Guidelines for Local Teacher and Principal Evaluations Based on Effectiveness • Develop Differentiated Accountability System

15. Source: Fordham Institute

16. CEC Supporting Special Educators in Transition to CCRS & Assessments • Increasing professional development opportunities for special educatorsto learn, digest, and prepare for the implementation of college and career ready standards; • Halting/Removing high-stakes, personnel decisionsbased solely on student outcomes on college and career ready standards; • Building professional learning communitiesto reinforce a joint, collaborative approach between general and special educators; and • Rebuilding educator preparation programsto ensure future educators understand how students with disabilities have access to college and career ready standards.

18. Field Testing…The Good, Bad, & Ugly! Field Tests: March –June 2014 4 million + students 36 states, District of Columbia “The newness of this program will generate a few hiccups.” – PARCC Official, March 2014 What Works? What Doesn’t? Hardware? Bandwidth? Desktops? Laptops? Tablets? Accommodations Policies, Implementation Confusing? Overwhelming for students?

19. 37,000 Schools • 4 million students • 36 States • 3-4 Hours of • testing…for now! • Most students taking • online Source: EdWeek

20. Dynamic Learning Maps 18 States Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Achievement Standards

21. National Center & State Collaborative  Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pacific Assessment Consortium (PAC‐6),Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Achievement Standards

22. http://www.parcconline.org/ Computer-Based Assessment

23. http://www.smarterbalanced.org/ Computer-Adaptive Assessment

24. John Riley National education association

25. 2013 House vs. Senate ESEA Bills Total Opposites!!

26. Where are we in the legislative process?? Passage by House Education Committee Passage by Senate Education Committee

27. Student Success Act (HR 5) House Version of ESEA • July 19, 2013: Passed House by 221-207 vote; all Democrats and 12 Republicans voted against • Two days of debate • 18 amendments passed • 4 amendments defeated • 4 withdrawn CEC Opposed, as did most of the education & disability communities

28. Student Success Act (HR 5) House Version of ESEA

29. Student Success Act (HR 5) House Version of ESEA

30. Strengthening America’s Schools Act Senate Version of ESEA • Passed Senate Health, Education, Labor, Pensions (HELP) Committee June 12, 2013 • Passed with only Democrat support • Two days of debate and amendments CEC supported with some reservations, as did most of disability community; education community split

31. Strengthening America’s Schools Act Senate Version of ESEA

32. Strengthening America’s Schools Act Senate Version of ESEA

33. What’s Next for ESEA?

34. Expanding Opportunities in Higher Education & Workforce Supporting Transition to Postsecondary Education • Must reinforce high expectations • Transition planning must begin at age 14 • Strengthen relationships between PK-12, postsecondary, workforce systems • Invest in National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities • Invest in National Coordinating Center for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Only 29% of students with disabilities complete postsecondary program/graduate with diploma

35. Expanding Opportunities in Higher Education & Workforce Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act • Limits use of subminimum wage for individuals with disabilities by ensuring that before an individual receives subminimum wage they first: • receive pre-employment transition services; • applied for vocational rehabilitation services, and if eligible, made a serious attempt at competitive integrated employment; • receive counseling, information and referral about alternatives to subminimum wage employment. • Individuals with disabilities currently employed at subminimum wage must be provided on going career counseling, information and referrals, and notification of local training opportunities to move into competitive integrated employment, as appropriate.

36. Expanding Opportunities in Higher Education & Workforce • Emphasizes State vocational rehabilitation agencies make “pre-employment transition services” available to all students with disabilities and to coordinate those services with IDEA’s transition services. • State vocational rehabilitation programs will set aside 15% of their Federal funding to help young people with disabilities transition from secondary school to post secondary education programs and employment.

37. Investing in Special/Gifted Education

38. IDEA Full Funding Act Congressmen Van Hollen (D-MD), McKinley (R-WV), Walz (D-MN), Gibson (R-NY), Huffman (D-CA) and Reichert (R-WA) IDEA Full Funding Act would fully fund IDEA by 2024 (HR 4136)

39. Investing in Special/Gifted Education

40. Today’s Topic: Education policy shifts… Discuss!