Local Education Agency Capacity
An Improvement and Learning Journey: Empowering Local Special Education Entities to Address the Special Education Teacher Shortage in Illinois
Improvement and Implementation Science > Action Planning, Improvement and Implementation Science > Coaching, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity, Policy > IDEA, Stakeholder Engagement > Communication Strategies, Systems Alignment
The following resource is an impact story of how NCSI built the capacity of Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to design a state system of support to begin addressing the special education...
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Brief
Fast Five: Five Questions Answered about Educational Benefit Review
General Supervision, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Policy > RDA
The RBAS "Fast Five" series is designed to provide short, bite-size information on a key topic related to special education general supervision, accountability and support systems. This Fast Five...
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Brief
A State Guide on Identifying, Correcting, and Reporting Noncompliance in Accordance with IDEA Requirements
General Supervision, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity, Policy > IDEA
This guide for Part C lead agencies (LAs) and and state education agencies (SEAs) is based on the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Memo 09-02: Reporting on Correction of Noncompliance in...
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Guidance
A State Guide on Identifying, Correcting, and Reporting Noncompliance with IDEA Requirements
General Supervision, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity
This is a visual representation of the expected actions for states related to identifying, requiring and verifying correction of, and reporting noncompliance. Detailed descriptions and additional...
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Guidance
A State Guide to Establishing a Statewide System of Accountability and Support to Improve Results and Functional Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
Evaluation > Infrastructure Changes, General Supervision, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity
Ensuring that local education agencies (LEAs) meet IDEA requirements and improve student outcomes requires a strong, results-driven state accountability system aligned with a robust statewide...
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Guidance
Effective Practices for Coaches
Evaluation > Data, Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-Based Frameworks, Improvement and Implementation Science > Coaching, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity
This module is the first in a series on coaching, a form of professional development for teachers who work in the kindergarten-12th grade setting. Module 1 addresses the four practices coaches can...
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Training Module
Considerations for Supporting a Successful Start to the 2020-2021 School Year for Students With Disabilities
Improvement and Implementation Science > Action Planning, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Policy > IDEA, Stakeholder Engagement > Communication Strategies, Systems Alignment
To successfully launch the 2020-2021 school year for students with disabilities, state education agencies (SEAs) have an essential leadership role to play in supporting local school systems to plan...
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Guidance
State Data Use Spotlight Update: Florida
Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity
This updated state spotlight highlights how the Florida Department of Education is sustaining local data use capacity and continuing to improve graduation outcomes for students with disabilities.
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State Spotlight
Practice Brief: Best Practice Recommendations for Building and Measuring Capacity
Evaluation > Infrastructure Changes, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity
This NCSI practice brief is designed to define the essential components of capacity and to provide an “at a glance” summary of best practice recommendations for building and measuring...
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Brief
Measuring the Fidelity of Coaching
Evaluation > Data, Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science > Coaching, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Policy, Systems Alignment
This module is the second in a series on coaching, a form of professional development for teachers who work in the kindergarten-12th grade setting. Module 2 addresses how to measure the fidelity of...
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Training Module
Results Driven Accountability and Intensive Intervention: Using MTSS to Improve Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
Evaluation > Infrastructure Changes, Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-Based Frameworks > Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-Based Frameworks > Response to Intervention (RTI), Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity, Policy > RDA
This webinar, presented by the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) and the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII), describes what Results Driven Accountability means for...
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Webinar
Florida Builds Local Data-Use Capacity
Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-based Interventions, Infrastructure Development > Local Education Agency Capacity
The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) identified increasing the graduation rate of students with disabilities and decreasing the graduation gap between students with disabilities and all...
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State Spotlight