The State Education Standard
Vol. 2, No. 3
Autumn 2001

Feature Articles:
A New Vision for Special Education Accountability

by Martha L. Thurlow and Jane L. Krentz
The authors chart the change in special education accountability as it moves away from the old focus on Individual Education Plan (IEP) teams.

 

Challenge and Change of IDEA '97

by Edward Roeber and Ken Warlick
A look at the challenges involved in including all students with disabilities in statewide assessment programs.

 

Beginning Journeys: A New Vision for Early Childhood Education

by Mary Beth Bruder
A new model for providing early childhood services to young children with disabilities.

 

The Door to Opportunity: Let's Open It for Everyone

by Lawrence C. Gloeckler
New York's special education director reviews the positive results of including students with disabilities in the Regents exam.

 

Everybody WINS!

by Toni Strieker and Kent Logan
Project WINS seeks to build the capacity of Georgia schools to educate all students within a standards-based environment.

 

Supporting Staff in Inclusive Schools

by Gail McGregor
The author details ways schools can be restructured to help teachers and other staff work successfully with all students in an inclusive setting.

 

The IDEA Partnerships

by Joanne Cashman and Elizabeth Laflin
How a national strategy for engaging the major membership organizations--including NASBE--is working to foster understanding and improved results in the implementation of IDEA.

 

Departments:
Editor's Note

Executive Summary
by NASBE Executive Director Brenda Welburn

Washington Notebook
Surveying the federal education scene

State Innovations
Indiana's alternative electronic assessment for Students with Disabilities

Judicial Review
by Kevin McDowell
The Emergence of Complaint Investigations in Special Education: The Interpretation and Application of State Board Rules

The Policy Wonk
by Virginia Roach
The art of state education policymaking