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New National Study on Alternate Assessment reports (Aug 5)
The National Center for Special Education Research released two reports from the National Study on Alternate Assessments (NSAA) entitled: NSAA: State Profiles on Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards(NSAA: State Profiles) and NSAA: National Profile on Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards (NSAA: National Profiles). » more info

The Status of State-level Response to Intervention Policies and Procedures in the West Region States and Five Other States (Aug 3)
Response to intervention (RTI) can be both a system for providing early interventions to struggling students and a special education diagnostic tool for evaluating and identifying students with specific learning disabilities. » more info

Students Who Study Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Postsecondary Education (Jul 29)
This Statistics in Brief focuses on undergraduates who enter STEM programs, examining their characteristics and postsecondary outcomes (persistence and degree completion) several years after beginning postsecondary education. » more info

New Dropout Prevention Report Released (Jul 28)
See how the WWC rated the research on the High School Puente Program, a curriculum that aims to help disadvantaged students graduate from high school, become college eligible, and enroll in four-year colleges and universities. » more info

NCER announces new FY 2009 Awards for Education Research and Development Center Program (Jul 15)
NCER recently awarded two new research grants from the FY2009 Education Research and Development Center Program (84.305C). » more info

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