Teleconference 15: December 18, 2007
11:30 am
Pacific, 12:30 pm Mountain, 1:30 pm Central, 2:30 pm Eastern.
1.5 hours duration
Low assessment scores for students with disabilities? Is it a problem with the assessment or is it a problem with instruction – and what can a state do about it?
NCLB required
assessment and accountability systems are triggering efforts in
school districts to ensure that all students are effectively
being taught their enrolled-grade content. Two district-level
leaders in curriculum and in special education will address how
they used assessment results to learn where the gaps are. They
looked at assessment practices as well as practices in
instruction and access to the general curriculum for students
with disabilities. Their efforts to fill these gaps have lead to
improved accountability status for their schools.
Both of these
districts - a large, urban Texas district, and a smaller rural
California one - are systematically working with their staff
using assessment and instructional data to make instructional
decisions and to improve student outcomes. They will address:
·
special
and general education structural shifts that foster improved
outcomes for schools and students with disabilities;
·
use of
data by interdisciplinary planning teams to compact and
accelerate learning for these students; and
·
the role of district assessment, curriculum, and
special education leadership, intermediate service agencies and
state offices of assessment, curriculum, and special education
in supporting this important work.
California’s state
assessment and special education directors will serve as
discussants, followed by Federal partner comments and an open
discussion and Q and A among participants.
E-mail Rachel Quenemoen at
quene003@umn.edu with your questions, comments, and ideas
for future telephone conferences, before or after our December
18
call.
In order to get the
most out of our December 18 telephone conference, please review
these materials online, or if you prefer, download them to your
computer, or print them out. Thank you.
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I. Materials for Teleconference 15
a.
Judith Higgins Moening: No Child Left Behind: A Challenge for Special Education - Meeting the Challenge Through Collaborative Leadership and Systemic Change
b.
Jim Canter: Growing the Proficiency of Students with Disabilities
c.
Mary Hudler and Deb Sigman: The
California Story
Panelists
for the December 18, 2007 Teleconference
Presenters
Jim Canter,
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum, Snowline Joint Unified
School District, Phelan, CA.
Judith Higgins Moening,
Executive Director, Special
Education, North East Independent School District , San Antonio,
TX.
State
Discussants
California:
Mary Hudler, Director of Special Education
Division, California Department of Education
Deb Sigman,
Director of Standards and Assessment Division, California
Department of Education
Co-hosts
Eileen Ahearn,
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
Rachel Quenemoen,
National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota
Federal
Partners
OSEP:
David Egnor, Cynthia Bryant, and
Susan Weigert
OESE:
Sharon Hall and Sue Rigney
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