Writing in the Myrtle Beach (SC, US) Sun News, Starita Smith analyzed some of the features of the new regulations for IDEA. Unlike the coverage in the prestigious New York Times, Ms. Smith’s coverage captures some of the controversy in the regs.
On special education, the Bush administration is taking one step forward and one step back. One new policy is making a major move in the right direction. But at the same time, another one could stymie the progress of thousands of children across the nation.
The move in the right direction, according to Ms. Smith, is the adoption of rules regarding use of response-to-instruction (or intervention) in identification of Learning Disabilities. The move in the wrong direction is elimination of short-term goals and objectives.
There are minor problems with the report (e.g., overstatement, for example, of the reason for identification of some students for whom English is not the home language), but the analysis is worth reading. Here’s the link to it.
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