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OSERS Releases New Publication, Learning Opportunities for Your Child Through
Alternate Assessments. OSERS Assistant Secretary John H. Hager is pleased to share with you the newly released publication, Learning Opportunities for Your Child Through Alternate Assessments. The purpose of this booklet is to introduce parents to the "big ideas" contained in school improvement efforts under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and to provide them with the information they need to help ensure their children can benefit from these efforts. HTML, PDF and Word versions of Learning Opportunities for Your Child Through Alternate Assessments can be found on the Department's Web site at www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/learning.
(May 30, 2007)
OSERS Releases Updated Publication, Opening Doors: Technology and Communication
Options for Children With Hearing Loss, and New Spanish Version, Que
se abran las puertas: Opciones de tecnología y comunicación para
los niños con pérdida auditiva.
OSERS Assistant Secretary John H. Hager is pleased to announce the release of
the updated publication Opening
Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children With Hearing Loss
and the Spanish version, Que
se abran las puertas: Opciones de tecnología y comunicación para
los niños con pérdida auditiva. These publications
provide background on early intervention, the use of technology and other support
available to children with hearing loss and their families. HTML, PDF and MS
Word versions of both publications are on the Department’s Web site at
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/products/opening_doors.
(May 30, 2007)
Proposed
Regulations Would Ease Burdens, Assure State Accountability to Help Infants,
Toddlers with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education today proposed regulations to ease bureaucratic
burdens, increase flexibility and assure accountability by states in helping
prepare America's infants and toddlers with disabilities for success in school.
In proposed rules for Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) to be published in the May 9 Federal
Register, the department sought to ensure that states provide early
intervention services to children birth through age 2 in a timely and effective
manner.
[IDEA
2004 Part C NPRM Web page]
(May 4, 2007)
Secretary Spellings Announces
New Regulations to More Accurately Assess Students With Disabilities
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced new regulations
under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) allowing states to test certain
students with disabilities using an alternate assessment that more appropriately
aligns with students' needs and yields more meaningful results for schools and
parents. The new regulations provide states and schools with greater flexibility
by allowing them to more accurately evaluate these students' academic progress
and tailor instruction based on individual needs.
(April 4, 2007)
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