
Standards-based
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs):
What, Why and How
Presented on September 28,
2010
Presenters
Candace Cortiella and Rachel Quenemoen

Candace
Cortiella is director of The
Advocacy Institute, a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the development of products,
projects, and services that work to improve the lives
of people with disabilities. A disability rights advocate
for 20 years, Ms. Cortiella has provided training and
advocacy services for families of students with disabilities
and worked as a government affairs associate for a leading
learning disabilities organization. She writes and speaks
frequently on the intersect of the IDEA and ESEA, most
recently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
Rachel
Quenemoen - at the time of this presentation - was a Senior Research Fellow and national
technical assistance team leader for the National
Center on Educational
Outcomes. Ms. Quenemoen has worked for 30 years as
an educational sociologist focused on research to
practice
efforts. She has been a multidistrict cooperative administrator
in both general and special education, and for the
last 15 years has worked at the State and national
levels
on educational change processes and reform efforts
related to standards-based reform and students with
disabilities,
building consensus and capacity among practitioners
and policy makers. Her current research and technical
assistance
priorities include alternate assessment of students
with significant disabilities and research focused
on the
causes of and solutions for “gap” issues.
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Individualized Education Programs (IEPs): What, Why and
How.
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ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES:
National
Center for Learning Disabilities: Understanding
the Standards-based Individualized Education Program
(IEP). This guide provides an overview of a
process and document that is
framed by the state standards and that contains annual
goals aligned with, and chosen to facilitate the student’s
achievement of, state gradelevel academic standards.
Written by The Advocacy Institute for the National Center
for Learning Disabilities. (PDF, 11 pgs.)
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