How will IDEA and NCLB work together for students with disabilities in the future?
IDEA and NCLB reinforce and strengthen the goal of accountability for all children. Both laws require states to include students with disabilities in state assessments and to report publicly the achievement of students with disabilities. In addition, state performance goals under the IDEA must be aligned with the states definition of AYP. Such consistency across these two laws will facilitate greater collaboration between special education and general education teachers and realize the goal of considering children with disabilities as general education students first. One of the ways that IDEA supports this effort is through new provisions added by the 2004 reauthorization of the IDEA that allow local education agencies (LEAs) to use federal special education funds to provide early intervention services for students who are at risk of later identification and placement in special education. (There is nothing precluding state funds from also being used for this purpose.) This provides a
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- If NCLB focuses on school performance while IDEA focuses on individual students, how can a students individual rights not be compromised under NCLB?
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