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Navigating Special Education Evaluations for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCLD Covid Evaluation ResourceThis resource describes practical steps that school psychologists and school districts can take to meet the federal law to provide special education evaluations even during the pandemic, particularly in light of the probability that there will be an increase of new referrals as a result of learning loss during distance education.

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School Closure and English Learners: A Review of COVID-19 Operations Written Reports

Report Title: School Closure and English Learners

This document contains an analysis of California’s public schools’ written reports outlining how they were responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.  This analysis focused particularly on how the plans addressed the needs of English learners.

School Closure and English Learners: A Review of COVID-19 Operations Written Reports

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State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP)

Funded by the California Department of Education (CDE) through a contract to the Napa County Office of Education (NCOE), the overall purpose of the project is to provide a system of technical assistance for local educational agencies (LEAs) working to address performance and compliance problems relating to disproportionality and significant disproportionality.

The SPP-TAP provides technical assistance consisting of training, coaching, information dissemination, and referrals of best practices. Services include: sustaining a cadre of expert technical assistance facilitators; designing and facilitating a community of practice; and developing and providing regional workshops.

Disproportionality

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004) requires states and local education agencies (LEAs) to take steps to address disproportionate representation.

Disproportionality refers to the “overrepresentation” of a particular racial or ethnic group in one of four areas:

  1. special education in general;
  2. special education within a specific disability category;
  3. disciplinary action; or
  4. more restrictive environments.

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Funding Information

California Department of Education, Special Education Division's special project, State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP) is funded through a contract with the Napa County Office of Education. SPP-TAP is funded from federal funds, (State Grants #H027A080116) provided from the U.S. Department of Education Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.