Request for Information
Issued by Education Department
The National Center for Education Evaluation (NCEE), a center within the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), is charged (20 U.S.C. 9561(b)(2)) with evaluating how effectively States and local agencies implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and provide early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and a free appropriate public education to children and youth with disabilities. In carrying out these activities, NCEE, in collaboration with the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER), has identified six aspects of IDEA implementation for consideration of evaluation: access; appropriate services and educational outcomes; procedural safeguards; statewide systems, accountability, and flexibility; fiscal and resource effectiveness; and national activities. Through this request for information (RFI), NCEE seeks public input to identify key questions for future evaluation studies.
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