Special Education

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
Published 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