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  • IDEA Practices
  • 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Law & Regulations


  • Education Commission of the States
  • Special Education Homepage
  • Early Learning and Special Education


  • Parent to Parent of PA
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  • Parent Education Network( York, Pa.)
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  • Kids Together, Inc. (Quakertown, Pa.)
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  • Parents Exchange (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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  • Pennsylvania Federation Council for Exceptional Children
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  • The Council for Exceptional Children
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  • National Association of State Directors of Special Education
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  • National Center for Learning Disabilities
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  • Educational Policy Reform Research Institute
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  • The Policymaking Partnership for Implementing IDEA
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  • Center for Special Education Finance
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  • Center of Minority Research in Special Education
  • COMRISE Homepage


  • The Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative
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  • National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education
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  • Special Education News
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  • Special Education Resources on the Internet
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  • National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media and Materials
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  • Closing the Gap
  • Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation



  • Gifted Education

    Pennsylvania Department of Education
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  • National Association for Gifted Children
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  • Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education
  • PAGE Homepage


  • Rural Education for Accelerated Learners
  • Project REAL Homepage


  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  • Center for Rural Gifted Education


  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students


  • The College of William & Mary
  • Center for Gifted Education


  • Western Kentucky University
  • The Center for Gifted Studies


  • Northwestern University
  • Center for Talent Development


  • The Johns Hopkins University
  • The Center for Talented Youth


  • The Davidson Institute for Talent Development
  • Homepage



  • RESEARCH & REPORTS [Top]

    Perceptions and Expectations of Youth with Disabilities
    National Center for Education Statistics, August 2007

    Demographic and School Characteristics of Students Receiving Special Education in the Elementary Grades
    National Center for Education Statistics, July 2007

    Students with Disabilities' Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act: Summary of a Roundtable Discussion and Guiding Principles for Reauthorization of ESEA/NCLB
    Center on Education Policy, June 2007

    The Cost Savings to Special Education from Pre-Schooling in Pennsylvania
    Research conducted by Dr. Clive Belfield, Assistant Professor of Economics, Queens College, City University of New York, for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, October 2005

    Autism Task Force Final Report
    Autism Task Force, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, December 2004

    A National Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students
    A report from the Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Iowa, 2004

    Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
    A report from the National Council on Disability, May 2004

    Twenty-Fourth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
    A report from the U.S. Department of Education, 2002

    A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and their Families
    A report from the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, July 2002

    Financing (or the Cost of) Special Education
    Power point presentation by Dr. Thomas B. Parrish, Center for Special Education Finance, October 2003

    Study of State and Local Implementation and Impact of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Final Report on Selected Findings
    A report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, January 2003

  • State Special Education Finance Systems, 1999-2000 (May 2003)
  • State Special Education Finance Systems, 1994-95 (June 1997)
  • Adjusting Special Education Aid for Severity: The Case of Census-Based Funding in California (July 2000)
  • A Profile of Special Education Finance Reform in Pennsylvania (August 1996)

  • Publications from the Center for Special Education Finance

  • What are We Spending on Special Education Services in the United States, 1999-2000? (October 2002)
  • How Does Spending on Special Education Students Vary Across Districts? (October 2002)
  • What Are We Spending on Transportation Services for Students with Disabilities, 1999-2000? (April 2003)
  • What Are We Spending on Procedural Safeguards in Special Education, 1999-2000? (May 2003)
  • Total Expenditures for Students with Disabilities, 1999-2000: Spending Variation by Disability (June 2003)
  • Education Students with Disabilities: Comparing Methods for Explaining Expenditure Variation (May 2004)
  • Characteristics of High-Expenditure Students with Disabilities, 1999-2000 (May 2004)

  • Publications from the Special Education Expenditures Project

    No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Implications for Special Education Policy and Practice
    Published by the Council for Exceptional Children, January 2003

    Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act: What it Means for IDEA
    Publish
    ed by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, June 2002

    The National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study: A National Study of Infants, Toddlers and their Families Receiving Early Intervention Services
    A study funded by the U.S. Department of Education and conducted by SRI International

    Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education
    A study funded by the U.S. Department of Education

    Including Special Needs Students in the NAEP 1998 Reading Assessment, Part 1, Comparison of Overall Results With and Without Accomodation
    Published by the National Center for Education Statistics, February 2003

    State Level Awareness of the Participation and Performance of Students with Disabilities on District Assessments
    By Sandy Thompson, Martha Thurlow and Laura Staples, National Center on Educational Outcomes, The College of Education, University of Minnesota

    Special Education Inclusion
    From the Wisconsin Education Association Council, November 2001

    Twenty-five Years of Educating Children with Disabilities: The Good News and the Work Ahead
    A publication of the American Youth Policy Forum and the Center on Education Policy, 2002

    When It's Your Own Child: A Report on Special Education From the Families Who Use It
    A report from Public Agenda, 2002

  • Specific Learning Disability: Current Approaches to Identification and Proposals for Change (August 2003)
  • Dispute Resolution: A Review of Systems in Selected States (June 2003)
  • The IEP: A Synthesis of Current Literature Since 1997 (February 2003)

  • Publications from the National Association of State Directors of Special Education

  • Numbers of Formal Disputes Are Generally Low and States are Using Mediation and Other Strategies to Resolve Conflict (September 2003)
  • Special Education: Clearer Guidance Would Enhance Implementation of Federal Disciplinary Provisions (May 2003)
  • Student Discipline: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (January 2001)

  • Report from the U.S. General Accounting Office




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