Children are our priority. Ensuring their needs are met is our goal.
Data released today by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) supports that the decline in reading and math that started pre-COVID was compounded by the pandemic, and then continued downward despite the millions of dollars funneled to schools nationwide to address COVID-era learning loss. The data collected by NCES was included in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that child find must include “Children who are suspected of being a child with a disability under §300.8 and in need of special education, even though they are advancing from grade to grade”. (Emphasis added. See 34 CFR 300.111(c)(1).)
For example, one student might need breaks after every 30 minutes of testing, while another student might not be able to test more than 1.5 hours per day.
Transition plans are exactly what they sound like. They help students prepare for their transition from high school to whatever comes next in their lives.
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released data from its 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collections (CRDC), which schools nationwide are required to submit. According to OCR, the 2021-22 CRDC contains information from over 17,000 school districts and over 98,000 schools.