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The 77-minute OSEP presentation to the leadership conference on the new "Results-Driven Accountability" is available online. Interesting to note from the presentation: The department plans to create a tiered model of intervention for states, much like the response to intervention framework is used in classrooms. In the past, the department used a one-size-fits-all model, where each state was visited on a cyclical basis and every state received, in some measure, the same amount of technical assistance.

To improve the educational outcomes of America’s 6.5 million children and youth with disabilities, the U.S. Department of Education today announced a major shift in the way it oversees the effectiveness of states’ special education programs.

Fewer than a third of states and territories now comply with federal disability law under a change announced Tuesday in the way the Department of Education evaluates how well public schools educate students with disabilities.