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Five State Strategies to Effectively Communicate and Reinforce IDEA Compliance Requirements
General Supervision, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity, Policy > IDEA
One of the most important responsibilities of a state education agency (SEA) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is to ensure that each local education agency (LEA)...
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Brief
TLC Pursuing Equity at the Intersection of Language, Culture and Disability: Session 4: Research Informed Practices PowerPoint Presentation
Racial Equity
October 2022
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Presentation
Five Evidence-Based Mathematics Practices That Teachers Can Employ to Support Accelerated Learning
Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science
This Fast Five provides an overview of key evidence-based practices that should be considered as part of core mathematics instruction, as well as intervention settings to meet the needs of all...
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Brief
Five Considerations that Educators Can Employ for Accelerated Learning
Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-Based Frameworks, Improvement and Implementation Science, Systems Alignment
This Fast Five defines the role of accelerated learning to support all students, but specifically students with disabilities. This Fast Five provides considerations and ideas to support LEA's to...
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Brief
Five Ways to Effectively Use Dispute Resolution Data in State General Supervision Systems to Improve Implementation of IDEA
General Supervision, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity, Stakeholder Engagement
State dispute resolution systems provide a wealth of important information to state educational agencies (SEAs) about local implementation of the IDEA. This resource offers five strategies for...
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Brief
NCSI Podcast – General Soup: Pursuing Equity and Moving Beyond a Compliance-Driven Approach to Addressing Disproportionality
General Supervision
This episode of NCSI's "General Soup" podcast focuses on a key responsibility and priority of state general supervision system -- disrupting disproportionality or the over-identification of certain...
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Podcast
Five Drivers of Coherence in State General Supervision Systems
General Supervision, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity, Systems Alignment
This Fast Five applies the five coherence drivers articulated in Fullan and Quinn's 2015 book, Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems, to the work of general...
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Brief
Book Study in a Box: A Professional Book Study on Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems
Evidence-Based Practices > Evidence-Based Frameworks, Infrastructure Development > State Education Agency Capacity, Systems Alignment
The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) has created this Facilitator’s Guide and accompanying materials to support state education agencies in undertaking a book study for the book...
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Tools
NCSI Podcast – General Soup: Mail Bag Episode!
General Supervision, Policy > RDA
This episode of NCSI's "General Soup" podcast is our first-ever Mail Bag Episode! In this episode, Susan and Sara respond to general supervision questions from our listeners including, for...
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Podcast
NCSI Podcast: Schools on the Move - Episode 4: Innovation in Education - Why for Students with Disabilities and All Students?
Stakeholder Engagement > Family Engagement
In this episode, Jana Rosborough, Senior Program Associate at NCSI with WestEd, and Dr. Heather Gomez, Executive Leadership Coach with the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools speak with 2020...
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Podcast
Essential Elements of Comprehensive Data Literacy
Data, Evaluation > Data, Infrastructure Development
Developing a solid foundational knowledge of data literacy is integral to building role-specific knowledge and building capacity of educators to use and apply these skills appropriately. However,...
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Brief
State Spotlight: Delaware
Infrastructure Development
The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) aligned their State Systemic Improvement Plan and State Personnel Development Grant initiatives with the goal of creating an effective MTSS...
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State Spotlight