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May 10, 2005

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings describes new special education guidelines to help states implement No Child Left Behind.

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Transcript: I believe that this is a smarter, better way to educate our special ed children and we're going to put in place a policy that will help them be served more effectively.

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Transcript: This really is in keeping with the overall goals that are embedded in No Child Left Behind and provides us ways for states and schools and teachers to meet those particular goals for all kids.

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Transcript: There'll be specific guidelines on how these students are to be identified, how these students are to be assessed, the assessments that will be used will be peer-reviewed by our department to make sure they meet all the technical requirements.

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