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IDEA and NCLB

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has been scheduled for reauthorization since 2002.Presently, both the House and the Senate have developed draft legislation.It doesn't look like anything will come to pass in the near future..

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IDEA and NCLB

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    1. IDEA and NCLB The Connection

    2. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has been scheduled for reauthorization since 2002. Presently, both the House and the Senate have developed draft legislation. It doesn’t look like anything will come to pass in the near future. Currently

    3. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 The Connection No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) connect in a variety of ways, the most significant of which include: Testing Accountability and Adequate Yearly Progress The impact of NCLB sanctions on schools in relation to students with disabilities Highly Qualified Teachers Paraprofessionals

    4. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 Testing Students with Disabilities NCLB requires… 95% of enrolled students, including students with disabilities, must participate in state assessments in reading and mathematics. (Currently, grades 4, 8, and 10 and in 2005-06 every grade 3-8, and at least once in grades 9-12). Students with disabilities are a disaggregated subgroup under NCLB and schools and districts are held accountable when they reach a cell size of 50 or more.

    5. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 IDEA requires… Students with disabilities must participate in annual statewide assessments with or without appropriate accommodations or alternate assessments and in the grade level in which they are enrolled.

    6. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 Currently, about 2% of Wisconsin students take the Alternate Assessment. Students with disabilities who take Wisconsin’s Alternate Assessment are credited for test participation.

    7. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 NCLB Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Test participation Graduation or attendance Reading Math Disaggregated by specific subgroups, including students with disabilities.

    8. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003

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    13. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 IDEA accountability is built around the Individualized Education Program (IEP) IDEA seeks progress for individual child rather than state benchmarks IDEA provides entitlement until age 21

    14. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 Impact on special education delivery models School choice and FAPE

    15. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 all teachers hired after January 8, 2002 and teaching in a program supported by Title I funds be highly qualified and all teachers teaching “core academic subjects” are to be highly qualified by 2005-06. HOUSSE and PI 34

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    17. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction December 2003 Information on No Child Left Behind in Wisconsin can be found at: www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/esea/index Information on Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in Wisconsin can be found at: www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een

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