ERIC Number: EJ1126838
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1940-5847
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IDEA at Age Forty: Weathering Common Core Standards and Data Driven Decision Making
Bicehouse, Vaughn; Faieta, Jean
Contemporary Issues in Education Research, v10 n1 p33-44 2017
Special education, a discipline that aims to provide specialized instruction to meet the unique needs of each child with a disability, has turned 40 years old in the United States. Ever since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) in 1975, every state has been directed to provide a free and appropriate education for all students with disabilities (Gallagher, 2000; Rothstein, 1995). The focus of this paper is to revisit the foundations of the special education movement in the United States to show how special education has progressed since 1975. The current Race to the Top movement impacts school districts across the nation, creating great concern about what this means for students with disabilities and how it affects their struggle to succeed within the public school domain. In fact, after 40 years, (P.L. 94-142) known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, IDEA, is the current high stakes standards and assessment climate taking the "special" out of special education?
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Decision Making, Data, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Inclusion, Special Education, Professional Associations, Community Organizations, Educational Development, Educational History, Change Agents, Civil Rights Legislation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education for All Handicapped Children Act; Race to the Top; No Child Left Behind Act 2001; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504); Americans with Disabilities Act 1990
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