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Extractions: For those stressing about upcoming MCAS tests, here's a tip from some inside sources: The first questions will be easy, and if an answer seems right, it probably is. That's because test makers aren't evil trolls plotting student failure, but normal people who know how students think. "We are not wringing our hands trying to be tricky," said Judith Rubenstein Gerstenblatt, publishing manager for Measured Progress, the Dover, N.H., testing company just hired to create future MCAS tests, starting in 2005. The company, which will be paid $118 million over five years, also will administer and report results of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests. The same company already designs the MCAS alternative assessment and has 22 other state testing contracts. A visit to the high-security warehouse and offices tucked into a renovated brick factory building offered a peak into the standardized test-making world.
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Extractions: ATTORNEYS AT LAW 1009 W 7TH AVENUE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501 TELEPHONE: (907) 279-4529 FAX: (907) 279-9223 LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THE LAW Parents of children with disabilities may not be aware of their child's right to a free and appropriate public education in Alaska. In 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act was passed, and in 1990, the law was amended and is now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Alaska's legislature has passed the Education for Exceptional Children Act. This article explores federal and state laws which pertain to the special education of children with disabilities. School districts are required to provide many services for disabled children between the ages of 3 and 22, even if a child is enrolled in a private school. A child is entitled to a referral and an evaluation to determine if the child needs a special education if the child has a problem that makes it difficult to benefit from a regular classroom education. Specially trained teachers identify and evaluate disabilities, provide speech and physical therapy, special materials, counseling, transportation, medical services, vocational education, parent counseling and other programs and services that are necessary for a child's education. A disabled child is entitled to have qualified teachers who will assist the child in becoming self-sufficient and learn basic skills such as reading, writing, math and speaking. Not all learning disabilities are obvious. Children who have a disorder which affects their ability to understand, speak, listen, think, read, write, or spell may have a learning disability. Disabled children may be physically, mentally or emotionally impaired.
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Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools Charleston WV. Issues in the Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Students with Disabilities. ERIC Digest. This Digest presents suggestions for addressing selected issues in the education of AI/AN students with disabilities. Issues include preparation and recruitment of special educators and related service providers, the rights and responsibilities of parents, development and use of culturally and linguistically appropriate assessments, and education in the least restrictive environment. PREPARATION AND RECRUITMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATORS AND RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS Personnel preparation grants have also been awarded to tribal colleges and universities. * Dull Knife Memorial College (MT) will train 24 paraprofessional and professional special educators. * Ft. Peck Community College (MT) will grant 16 associate and 16 bachelor degrees in special education.
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Extractions: Home Provider Services CCC Training Financial Support ... Training Registry Special Needs Warm-Line Referral Services CPR/ First Aid Alaska IN! Finding quality for children who have special needs can be extremely difficult. Through the Alaska IN! Project, Child Care Connection works with parents and child care providers to: Specifically, Alaska IN! Specialists help families find child care by providing enhanced referrals and assessing whether families are eligible for the supplemental subsidy program. All families with children who have special needs are eligible for enhanced referral services. However, to be eligible for the special needs subsidy:
Extractions: site index ED.gov (NCES 97-254) Ordering information About NELS:88 The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), conducted by the (NCES), began with a base-year survey of 8th-grade students in 1988, followed up at 2-year intervals in 1990, 1992, and 1994. Because of its broad scope and longitudinal design, NELS:88 provides an important source of data by which to examine the status and experiences of students as they progress from middle school through the high school years. The NELS:88 base-year sample consisted of all U.S. public and private schools containing eighth grades. Excluded from this sample, however, were special education schools, ungraded classrooms, and students determined by local staff to be incapable of participation in the survey for reasons of language or of mental or physical disability. As a result, as many as one-half of the children with disabilities who are served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) were likely excluded from the NELS:88 base-year sample. Further information about how the counts of students with disabilities in the NELS sample compare to counts of students with disabilities under the IDEA and in national longitudinal studies can be found in Appendix A (see also OSEP 1994; Wagner et al. 1993). The primary purposes of this report are to identify those students in NELS:88 who had or may have had a disabling condition or received services related to such a condition, and to examine their characteristics and their educational experiences and outcomes, as they progressed from the eighth grade in 1988 into and out of high school in 1992. Another purpose is to examine the alternative perceptions of disability status that are available from the four different respondent groups in NELS:88 (parents, teachers, students, and school officials) and to assess the extent to which these various perceptions affect descriptions of the characteristics, experiences, and outcomes of students with disabilities.
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Extractions: The following links aren't just for autism, but rather provide information on the topics of housing, independent living for all disabled persons, special needs trusts, etc. Most of these links lead to pages outside of this website, so please bookmark this page before leaving. You can also return here by clicking on your browser's back button. Listing of a residential site or school does not constitute endorsement C A N A D A Vancouver Island Autistic Homes Society L'Arche is an international federation of communities in which people with an intellectual disability and those who chose to join them live, work and share their lives together in an atmosphere of trust, friendship, belonging and forgiveness. (Canada, Australia, Belgium and other countries worldwide) U N I T E D K I N G D O M have come together to pioneer an exciting new service for people with autism. Adult Placement Services will provide caring homes for autistic people with experienced, trained and skilled Carers and families in the community. Devon Cornwall Autistic Community Trust - The DCACT is a Registered Charity and a non-profit making Limited Company formed in 1982. Since that time the organisation has grown to establish itself as one of the country's (UK) leading service providers for people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Now with a reputation for delivering an extensive range of very high quality services to people of all ages the DCACT continues to work towards the day when all people with ASD have their individual needs met with appropriate services.
