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Exceptional Children and Youth,
Fourth Edition
Nancy Hunt, California State University, Los Angeles
Kathleen Marshall, University of South Carolina
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Web Links
Chapter Fourteen: The General Education/Special Education Interface:
Current Issues and New Trends
- No Child Left Behind: This site has both the executive summary and the full text of No Child Left Behind. (http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=pb)
- The International Dyslexia Association: Visit this site to view a set of 13 principles designed to provide guidelines for students with learning disabilities as they participate in high stakes assessment. To view these 13 principles as well as related advocacy statements, first click on About IDA and then click Public Policy. (http://www.interdys.org/)
- National Center on Educational Outcomes: This site has links to the curriculum standard section for all states in the country. (http://education.umn.edu/nceo/TopicAreas/Standards/StatesStandards.htm)
- Universal Design Education Online: Visit this site to learn more about Universal Design and the applications of Universal Design for teachers. (http://www.udeducation.org)
- The Council for Exceptional Children: Visit this site to view the new performance-based standards for preparing teachers in special education. (http://www.cec.sped.org)
- CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology: This center represents a not-for-profit organization that focuses on creating opportunities for accessibility for all people via technology. The contributors to CAST engaged in much of the pioneer research in Universal Design for Learning. (http://www.cast.org)
- State Accountability for All Students Project (SAAS). This is a federally-funded project that is designed to study the effects of high-stakes testing on students with disabilities. The web site provides data and reports form this national research project (www.ssco.org/saas/)
- National Center for Learning Disabilities: This site has information on high stakes assessments and students with learning disabilities.(http://www.ld.org/advocacy/high_stakes.cfm)
- National Education Association: This site has an article on how high-stakes testing can limit access for special needs students. (http://www.nea.org/specialed/saasresults.html)
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