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Part B SPP/APR FFY 2020-2025 Expanded Stakeholder Engagement
Policy > IDEA, Stakeholder Engagement
This resource offers guiding questions, ideas, and resources to assist the State Education Agencies in completing the development, implementation, and documentation of stakeholder engagement...
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Guidance
Achieving educational equity requires more than a lens, it requires an equity mindset
Racial Equity
Moving from an equity lens to an equity mindset changes our framing for the work that lies before and ahead of us. An equity mindset, and the necessary cognitive shifts that accompany it, are...
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Brief
NCSI Podcast - Schools On The Move - Episode 1: Student Learning Communities: Building Student Voice and Agency for Students with Disabilities
Evaluation > Academic Outcomes
In this episode Matt Navo of NCSI and Dr. Annie Sharp of Fresno County Superintendent of Schools travel to Fresno, CA to speak with Jared Savage, Principal of Fairmont Elementary School. The...
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Podcast
NCSI Meeting The Needs of Highly Impacted Student Populations: Supporting Evidence
Evaluation
In April 2021, as part of a national convening hosted by the US Department of Education, the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) was asked to identify key considerations for learning...
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Brief
Guiding Questions: The FAIR Test
Evidence-Based Practices, Stakeholder Engagement
This resource provides guiding questions to help you select the best intervention for your student or group of students that are feasible to implement, acceptable for stakeholders, show a potential...
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Brief
Three Circles of Evidence-Based Decision Making to Support Students with Disabilities
Evidence-Based Practices, Stakeholder Engagement
"This resource presents steps in an evidence-based decision-making process to collect and integrate information from multiple sources, make decisions based on that information, and plan for...
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Tools
Meeting the needs of English learners with disabilities: virtual, hybrid, and returning to in-person instruction
Evidence-Based Practices
When the pandemic forced many schools to transition to virtual or hybrid learning, educators often struggled to meet the language and learning needs of the diverse population of English learners...
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Brief
Volume 2: ED COVID-19 Handbook - Roadmap to Reopening and Meeting All Students' Needs
Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Policy, Racial Equity
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exacerbated existing inequities and inadequacies across a range of social structures, including our nation’s education system. The pandemic has also had a...
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Guidance
Reimagining Excellence. A blueprint for integrating social and emotional well-being and academic excellence in schools
Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-based Interventions > Evidence-based Practices for Social and Emotional Development, Racial Equity, Stakeholder Engagement > Family Engagement, Systems Alignment
This blueprint is founded on the belief that all students can succeed when learning is supported by equitable systems.
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Report
Culturally Responsive Data Literacy
Racial Equity
The Culturally Responsive Data Literacy document details aspects of data literacy for teaching and culturally responsive teaching, and then merges the two concepts to detail the importance of...
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Guidance
Volume 1: ED COVID-19 Handbook - Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools
Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Policy, Racial Equity
To reopen safely in the COVID-19 pandemic and maximize the use of in-person instruction, schools need sufficient resources, as well as strong state and local public health measures that everyone...
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Guidance
COVID-19 Guidance for IDEA Programs: A Self-Assessment Checklist for Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
COVID-19 Policy Guidance
State education agencies across the country must ensure that their guidance on service provision during the pandemic is consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and...
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Guidance