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Policy-Related Publications

We provide accurate and data-driven information and recommendations to policy makers and the media to positively influence the education and disability policy debate.

NCLD's Parent Advocacy Guides

Looking for parent-focused information topics that impact your child's education? Download NCLD's free Parent and Advocacy Guides today!

LD Advocates Guide

NCLD's LD Advocates Guide offers invaluable information and step-by-step guidance for both first-time and experienced advocates. Now more than ever, it is imperative that the voices of children and adults with learning disabilities are heard.
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Special Education Scorecards

The Special Education Scorecards include information on each state's special education enrollment, including students with learning disabilities, student performance on key indicators, federal funding provided to states in support of special education, plus the state's latest rating by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Core Principles for the 2010 Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

NCLD has provided "Core Principles" for the 2010 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind, to the White House, U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Congress and partner organizations to help guide the discussions related to students most at-risk for being identified with learning disabilities.
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The State of Learning Disabilities 2009

The State of Learning Disabilities 2009 is a comprehensive report on the status of individuals with learning disabilities (LD) in the United States and provides a data-based perspective of LD in the context of education reform.
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Challenging Change

Challenging Change: How Schools and Districts are Improving the Performance of Special Education Students, highlights how two schools and three school districts from around the nation are working to dramatically improve the academic achievement of their special education students.
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Roadmap to Pre-K RTI

The Roadmap to Pre-K RTI: Applying Response to Intervention in Preschool Settings, provides early childhood experts, policy makers, advocates, and others an explanation of how the essential components of RTI — universal screening and progress-monitoring with research-based, tiered interventions — can be applied in preschool settings.
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State Testing Accommodations

State Testing Accommodations: A Look at Their Value and Validity describes the variability in the adoption and use of test accommodations across different states. It also explores a new challenge to the use of test accommodations.
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Rewards & Roadblocks

Rewards and Roadblocks provides a compelling look at how several No Child Left Behind requirements have affected students who receive special education in our nation's schools.
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