U.S. Department of Education

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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Programs (OSERS)

• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
• Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
• Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

• Final Regulations
• IDEA 2004
• IDEA 2004: Building the Legacy Website
  
  
• Annual Reports to Congress
  • 27th Annual Report (2005)
    
  • 26th Annual Report (2004)
    
  • 25th Annual Report (2003)
    
  • 24th Annual Report (2002)
    
  • 23rd Annual Report (2001)
    
  • 22nd Annual Report (2000)
    
  • 21st Annual Report (1999)
    
  • 20th Annual Report (1998)
    
  • 19th Annual Report (1997)
    
  • 18th Annual Report (1996)
    
  • 17th Annual Report (1995)
    
• Database of OSEP Projects funded by Research to Practice Division of ED/OSEP, maintained by Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), and hosted by ERIC
  
• Department of Justice
  
• Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools
  
• FY 2001 Program-Funded Activities
  
• IDEA 2004 News, Information and Resources
  
• Links to OSEP-funded Technical Assistance and Dissemination Projects
  
• MSIP – Monitoring and State Improvement Program
  
  • State Monitoring Reports
    
  • State Contact list
    
• National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators (NCITE)
  
• Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
  
• OCFO Contracts Information
  
• OCFO Grants Information
  
• OSEP Funded National Studies
  
• OSEP Grant Opportunities and Funding
  
  • (NEILS) National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study
    
  • (NLTS-2) National Longitudinal Transition Study-2
    
  • (PEELS) Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study
    
  • (SEELS) Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study
    
  • (SEEP) Special Education Expenditure Study
    
  • (SPeNSE) Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education
    
  • (SLIDEA)State and Local Implementation of IDEA
    
• OSEP Staff directory
  

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

• Building and Automated Student Record System
  • Select a system for assigning a unique identifier to each student
• Forum Guide to Building a Culture of Quality Data
• Forum Guide to Education Indicators
• Forum Guide to Protecting the Privacy of Student Information
• National Institute of Statistical Sciences/Education Statistics Services Institute Taskforce on Graduation, Completion and Dropout Indicators
• Public School Enrollment Data (NCES CCD Build A Table)
• Statistical Standards and Guidelines

Other Links

• Communities of Practice
• National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
• National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)
• Parent Centers
  • Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
• Population Estimates (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Regional Resource and Federal Center Network (RRFC)
• Regional Resource Centers
  • Northeast Regional Resource Center (NERRC)
  • Mid-South Regional Resource Center (MSRRC)
  • Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC)
  • North Central Regional Resource Center (NCRRC)
  • Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (MPRRC)
  • Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)

Accessibility Links

• All Things Web: Compatibility & Accessibility
• Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
• Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, Excel Guidelines
• Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, PowerPoint Guidelines
• CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
  • CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM): The Web Access Project
• Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
• How Users Surf: What Usability Tests Reveal
• Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines
• Section 508
• Sun Microsystems' Enabling Technologies Program
• Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines
• Testing for Web Accessibility Compliance Under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• Trace Research & Development Center: Making information technology more usable for everyone
• WebABLE!: Disability-related Internet Resources.
• World Institute on Disability (WID)
• World Wide Web Consortium(W3C): Accessible HTML Table Design
• World Wide Web Consortium(W3C): Aural style sheets
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): Web Content Accessibility Guidelines