Essential Elements of IEP Goals The Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA) establishes annual goals as an integral part of a child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP). Since IDEA was reauthorized in 2004, there has been a push from the U.S. Department of... [More]
Shifting Priorities: IEP Goal Writing While mandated compliance indicators remain important, under the Results-Driven Accountability (RDA) framework, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has sharpened its focus... [More]
White Paper: The Special Education Transformation Approach PCG’s latest white paper, Getting to Effectiveness: The Special Education Transformation Approach, was released today at the third New Jersey Special Education Annual Summit focused on teaching, learning, and leading in an inclusive world. [More]
The challenge to change You might never imagine us giving each other professional advice–but in fact, it’s Jason I can thank for one of the most important insights I’ve ever gained into what it takes for leaders of struggling schools to be willing to commit to better intervention strategies to improve results: Committing to the whole program of change from day one–even when you feel just starting one adjustment will be hard enough. [More]
How Do You Identify Students At-Risk? Proactively identifying students at-risk of academic failure is essential to ensuring students are maintaining appropriate grade-level progress and graduating with their four-year cohort. However, in often using home-grown solutions, districts struggle to easily and longitudinally analyze some of the most critical indicators to assess student risk, including student-level assessments, attendance, and other academic or student behavior data. [More]