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This website provides information and publications regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act.

CAL is a group of scholars and educators who use
linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing
language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities
including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of
information, design and development of instructional materials,
technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and
policy analysis.

CREDE is a federally funded research and
development program focused on improving the education of students
whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or
cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty.

CEC advocates for appropriate governmental
policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional
development, advocates for newly and historically underserved
individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain
conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.

This website provides information on Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a Federal law that protects the
privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools
that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department
of Education.

Free-Reading is an “open source” instructional program that helps teachers teach early reading. Because it's open source, it represents the collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and researchers. It's designed to contain a scope and sequence of activities that can support and supplement a typical “core” or “basal” program.

This website provides information on:
disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA; No Child
Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and
research-based information on effective educational practices.

This website provides information on:
disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA; No Child
Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and
research-based information on effective educational practices.

OSERS is comprised of the Office of the Assistant Secretary (OAS) and three program components: the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).

This site contains many helpful links related to numerous facets of special education. Resources are divided into categories for easy navigation.

From the abstract: "The purpose of this paper is to set the context for the development of research quality indicators and guidelines for evidence of effective practices provided by different methodologies."

In 1997, Congress asked the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to convene a national panel to assess the status of research-based knowledge, including the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching children to read. These topics (which correspond almost exactly to the domains defined by the American Board) received intensive study: alphabetics, fluency, comprehension, teacher education in reading acquisition, and reading-focused computer technology. This document is the result of that extensive

The Access Center is a national technical assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs whose mission is to improve educational outcomes for elementary and middle school students with disabilities. Their website includes webinars on important topics in special education, information briefs, presentations, toolkits, and video clips.

The Arc is the national
organization of and for people with mental retardation and related
developmental disabilities and their families. This website discusses the causes of mental retardation, family support, and the
American Disabilities Act. This site's list of topics has a lot of useful information.

Through a comprehensive range of research,
training, and service projects, the Bueno Center strongly promotes
quality education with an emphasis on cultural pluralism. The Center is
deeply committed to facilitating equal educational opportunities for
cultural and language minority students.