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to top This document describes the project that received funding in Fiscal Year 2004 from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education, under its competition 84.326E, Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education. This funding is authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), our nation's special education law.
The Bigger Picture
NICHCY is pleased to make this listing available to you online. The listing comes from a longer publication with the incredibly long title of: Volume 3 of Discretionary Projects Supported by the Office of Special Education Programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Fiscal Year 2004: Technical Assistance, Dissemination, Parent Information, and State Improvement.
Interested in what other Technical Assistance and Dissemination grants have been funded by OSEP in 2004? Please visit:
www.nichcy.org/directories/tad.aspFor an overview of OSEP's discretionary funding programs, and to find complete listings of all its program areas, competitions, and funded projects, please visit:
www.nichcy.org/directories/intro.aspFor a print copy of the complete Technical Assistance, Dissemination, Parent Information, and State Improvement directory (Volume 3), or any of the other directories (while supplies last), please contact Todd Fisk, the Directory/Database Manager, at:
tfisk@aed.org
| Project Director:
Kozleski, Elizabeth University of Colorado - Denver Campus Box 193, P.O. Box 173364 Denver, CO 80217-3364 Voice: 303-556-2717; Fax: 303-556-4479 E-mail: elizabeth.kozleski@cudenver.edu Web site: www.nccrest.org |
Beginning Date: 11/1/2002
OSEP Contact: Grace Zamora Duran |
Purpose: The Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems and Evidence-Based Practices will support state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) in their efforts to effectively address and reduce incidences of disproportionate representation of minorities in special education resulting from inappropriate or ineffective educational practices. The Center will build on the findings and recommendations of the National Research Council, reports, and other literature so that students, families, practitioners, policy makers, and researchers can coalesce around scientifically based interventions and strategic improvements in practice and policy to help close the achievement gap between minority students and their peers and reduce inappropriate referrals to special education.
Method: The Center will fulfill four main goals: (a) continuous improvement, through the Continuous Improvement Core Team, in increasing knowledge and understanding at the policy level, through evaluation of current practice, change efforts, and impact; (b) research and practice synthesis and product development, through the Research and Development Core Team, to promote systemic change; (c) professional development to build state and local capacity, through the Professional Development Core Team, for SEA's and LEA's leveraging existing technical assistance networks; and (d) networking and dissemination, through the Networking and Dissemination Team, to engage a national discourse in local, professional practice, and policy communities on improving educational outcomes for linguistically and culturally diverse students. To accomplish this work will require close partnerships in the development of state-level teams that engage in careful analysis and interpretation of their state-level data on representation of minority populations in special education. These teams will prepare annual technical assistance and professional development plans for educational program and practice improvement in early intervention, literacy, and behavior. The project will collaborate with families, state policy makers, SEA representatives, LEA superintendents, special education directors, and teachers. Building a coherent professional development and technical assistance plan will require close partnerships with the Regional Resource Centers, parent information centers, and professional organizations to ensure that high quality family and professional development and technical assistance are delivered.
Products: The outcomes of this work will: (a) increase the use of prevention and early intervention strategies; (b) improve the contexts for educational systems improvement; and (c) enhance the teaching and learning of practitioners and students alike. This initiative will support and extend the No Child Left Behind Act, with stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been proven to work.
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NICHCY publishes the OSEP Directories
of Funded Projects annually, as part of our larger work in maintaining the
database of all OSEP-funded discretionary projects. Project Director: Suzanne RipleyNICHCY thanks our Project Officer, Dr. Peggy Cvach, at the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education. We also would like to thank Doris Andres and Robin Murphy of OSEP's Research to Practice Division for all their help, support, and diligence, without which this information would not be available online and in print. |
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| Publication of this document is made possible through a Cooperative Agreement between the Academy for Educational Development and the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Education, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. | NICHCY P.O. Box 1492 nichcy@aed.org www.nichcy.org |