Content Outline

Introduction

Section I -- Assessing Students with Disabilities under Title I

• Statute Descriptions — NCLB and IDEA
• Key Issues for Students with Disabilities
• Assessment Timelines
• Participation in NCLB Assessments
• NCLB Assessments with Accommodations
• Modifications in NCLB Assessments
• Out-of-Level Testing under NCLB
• Alternate Assessments and NCLB
• Alternate Standards for Students with Disabilities
• Implications for States and Local Districts
• Guidelines for Students with Disabilities
• Professional Development for General and Special Educators
• Alternate Assessments
• Alternate Standards

Section II -- Accountability and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under Title I

• Statute Descriptions — NCLB and IDEA
• Key Issues for Students with Disabilities
• Achievement Objectives for Students with Disabilities
• Reporting of Test Scores
• Disaggregation of Test Scores
• Safe Harbor Provision
• Implications for States and Local Districts
• Annual Achievement Objectives
• Participation of Students with Disabilities
• Service Delivery for Students with Disabilities

Section III -- School Choice and Supplemental Services

• Statute Descriptions — NCLB and IDEA
• Key Issues for Students with Disabilities
• Role of the IEP Team
• Who Decides?
• Change of Placement
• Intradistrict and Interdistrict Transfers
• Supplemental Services
• Implications for States and Local Districts
• Special Circumstances
• Transfers
• Responsibility

Section IV -- Highly Qualified Teachers under Title I and Title II

• Statute Descriptions — NCLB and IDEA
• Key Issues for Students with Disabilities
• Core Academic Subjects
• Pupil Services Personnel
• Implications for States and Local Districts
• Financial and Academic Assistance
• Collaborate with Institutes of Higher Education
• INTASC Standards

Section V -- Paraprofessionals under Title I

• Statute Descriptions — NCLB and IDEA
• Key Issues for Students with Disabilities
• Paraprofessional Qualifications
• Paraprofessional Duties
• Implications for States and Local Districts
• Reciprocity
• Future Employment
• Academic Assessment
• Professional Development
• Supervision by Teachers
• Duty Assignment

Section VI -- Reading First Programs in Title I and Title II

• Statute Descriptions — NCLB and IDEA
• Key Issues for Students with Disabilities
• Professional Development
• Special Education Referral
• Reading Assessments
• Use of Reading First Funds
• Implications for States and Local Districts
• Inclusion on Reading Leadership Team
• Review of Reading Assessment Devices
• Design of Professional Development for Special Educators
• Scientifically-based and Evidence-based Research
• Special Education Referral Data
• Funding

Resources

• "No Child Left Behind" Act Legislation, Regulations and Policy Guidance
• Website Resources
• Table of Contents for NCLB and IDEA