ERIC Number: EJ1137163
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 13
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ISSN: EISSN-2325-7466
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Using an Accountability Tool to Improve the Quality of Outcomes on Individual Family Service Plans
Votava, Kristen M.; Johnson, Carol; Chiasson, Kari
Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, p95-107 Spr-Sum 2011
This study investigated using a state's Part C early intervention accountability tool to increase the number of outcomes meeting compliance within IFSPs. The Case Review Tool (CRT) was used to examine differences from year one to year three on three measures of quality outcomes. There was no evidence of change in two of the measures, but there was evidence that IFSP outcomes increased in the components of functional and measureable after three years of using the CRT. There was also an increase in the number of outcomes from year one to year three.
Descriptors: Accountability, Individualized Family Service Plans, Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Educational Improvement, Rating Scales, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Outcome Measures, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004
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