Join Us on Slack.com

We finally have our groups primary communication tool set up.  While this blog is awesome, of course, most of the real action for this group will be happening on our groups slack.com account. Slack is a powerful, flexible and free modern messaging app/communication tool/organizational tool.  I could fill pages and pages about what this tool can do but instead please take a little time and check out all this tools functionality over at slack.com.

I am excited about the potential of this app for our group.  Parents, guardians and caregivers that are interested in join us on slack should send us an email at iepadvocacyseattle.com and well send you an invite to the group.

Document ID: ED-2012-OESE-0018-0160 RIN: 1810-AB16 Federal Register Number: 2015-20736 Agency: Department Of Education Document Type: Rule Posted: Aug 21, 2015

SUMMARY:

The Secretary amends the regulations governing title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (the “Title I regulations”), to no longer authorize a State to define modified academic achievement standards and develop alternate assessments based on those modified academic achievement standards for eligible students with disabilities. In order to make conforming changes to ensure coordinated administration of programs under title I of the ESEA and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Secretary is also amending the regulations for Part B of the IDEA. Note: Nothing in these regulations changes the ability of States to develop and administer alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities or alternate assessments based on grade-level academic achievement standards for other eligible students with disabilities in accordance with the ESEA and the IDEA, or changes the authority of IEP teams to select among these alternate assessments for eligible students.

DATES:

These regulations are effective September 21, 2015.

http://www.noticeandcomment.com 

Congress Must Ensure a Reauthorized #ESEA Protects Children and Civil Rights.

• Accountability for student outcomes, especially subgroup performance, is not strong enough in the bill. State accountability systems must be required to identify, intervene in, and support schools when all students or groups of students are behind or are not making academic progress.
  
  
• Additional data about groups of students are needed to help us understand how all of our students are doing and what their needs might be.
  
  
• The equitable distribution of critical educational resources is foundational to ensuring equal educational opportunity. The bill does not require action to address reported disparities.
  
  
• The Secretary of Education’s role is overly limited in the bill, which will undermine the implementation, oversight and enforcement of the law.
  
  For more information:http://bit.ly/FourFixes