Activities

• Response to the IEP letter (July 9, 2010)
• Race to the Top (RTTT) Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for Comprehensive Assessment Systems Grants published in the Federal Register Vol. 75, No. 68 on April 9, 2010[PDF][WORD] (May 4, 2010)
• Race to the Top Assessment Program [PDF][WORD] (May 4, 2010)
• RE: Opposition to use of IEP as accountability tool under ESEA [PDF][WORD] (April 6, 2010)
• Principles for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization [PDF][WORD] (March 22, 2010)
• The CCD Task Force on Education is made up of almost 60 national organizations concerned about the education of students with disabilities and the participation of parents in the educational process. [PDF][Word] (March 17, 2010)
• Education Task Force Annual Report [PDF][WORD] (Januay 06, 2010)
• Comments to the National Assessment Governing Board (February 23, 2009)
• Education Task Force Annual Report [PDF][WORD] (January 05, 2009)
• CCD: Individualized Education Program (IEP) Letter (February 1, 2008)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Assistance to States for the Education of Children With Disabilities: 34 CFR Part 300/Docket ID ED-2008-OSERS-0005 (July 29, 2008)
• CCD Education Task Force Comments - Proposed Rulemaking: Title I – Improving The Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged (June 17, 2008)
  [Section 200.19 Other academic indicators]
  [Section200.2 State responsibilities for assessment]
• Education Task Force Annual Report 2007 (January 14, 2008)
• CCD letter to House Committee leaders in response to draft bill to reauthorize NCLB 
• Comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking for the early intervention for infants and toddlers with disabilities program (July 2007)
• Special education score distribution (June 2007)
• Issues Regarding the Use of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) as an Accountability Measure under No Child Left Behind (June 2007)
• Special Education Student Demographics (June 2007)
• CCD Education Task Force’s Demographics of Students with Disabilities [PDF] [PPT] (May 16, 2007)
• CCD Education Task Force’s response to the Department of Education’s 2% NCLB Regulations (May 9, 2007)
• CCD Education Task Force recommendations on the Higher Education Act reauthorization (April 2007)
• CCD Education Task Force recommendations on Growth Models for the NCLB reauthorization (March 2007)

• No Child Left Behind Must Continue to Focus on High Student Achievement: CCD principles reinforce that states need to set high expectations and be accountable for all students (February 2007)
• Principles for the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind

 Resources

• IDEA User's Guide(pdf)
• Education Task Force Annual Report (2004)

Archive
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