No Child Left Behind Act and Students with Disabilities

NOTE: The No Child Left Behind Act was superceded by the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.

ESEA Flexibility: Issues for Students with Disabilities. The Advocacy Institute has identified 7 issues that may have a negative impact on students with disabilities in states that have received ESEA Flexibility (aka "waivers") from the U.S. Dept. of Education. Get it here.

Why Students with Disabilities Need No Child Left Behind. The Advocacy Institute perspective on how NCLB is having positive impact on the nation's 7 million students with disabilities. (PDF, 8 pgs) Get it here.

NCLB and IDEA: What Parents of Students with Disabilities Need to Know and Do (2006). This information brief, produced by the National Center on Educational Outcomes, provides parents with an understanding of important provisions of NCLB and IDEA designed to work together to improve academic performance for students with disabilities. Get it here. (PDF, 23 pgs) This publication is also available in Spanish.

Determining Appropriate Assessment Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (2005) This Parent Advocacy Brief provided an overview of appropriate accommodations for students with IEPs or 504 Plans, serves as a guide to choosing accommodations and suggests questions to ask when making appropriate accommodation decisions. Get it here. (PDF)

Rewards and Roadblocks: How Special Education Students are Faring Under No Child Left Behind (2007). This report, a product of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, provides a compelling look at how several NCLB requirements have affected this important and often controversial student group. Get it here. (PDF, 26 pgs)

State Testing Accommodations: A Look at Their Value and Validity (2007). This report looks at the variation across states in accommodations provided to students with disabilities. Get it here (PDF)

Challenging Change: How Schools and Districts are Improving the Performance of Special Education Students (2008). This report, a product of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, takes a look at how 2 schools and 3 districts are making changes to improve the academic performance of students with disabilities. Get it here. (PDF, 30 pgs)