RTI Action Network
NASDSE is a founding partner with a new Response to Intervention initiative - the RTI Action Network - launched by the National Council on Learning Disabilities. The RTI Action Network is uniting the public and private sectors with representatives from general education, special education and family groups to support the implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) in school districts nationwide. Its cornerstone is RTINetwork.org, a web-based source of research-based information and expert guidance on Response to Intervention. To connect to this new resource, go to: www.rtinetwork.org.

Welcome to NASDSE's newly designed website
We hope you like the new look and navigation. The website is designed to be more user friendly and provide better access for all users. Please note that if you have previously bookmarked material on our website that those links no longer work. While the content on our website has not changed - other than being updated - old bookmarked links will no longer work. We welcome your feedback on the new website. To send us an email, click here. 

New Charter School and Virtual Charter School Documents
The TA Customizer Project at NASDSE has just released two new documents - one on charter schools designed for students with disabilities and one on special education in virtual charter schools. Click here to download a copy of Charter Schools Designed for Children with Disabilities: An Initial Examination of Issues and Questions Raised by Julie F. Mead of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Click here to download a copy of Demystifying Special Education in Virtual Charter Schools by Lauren Morando Rhim and Julie Kowal of Public Impact.

In addition to these new Special Reports, many other resources on special education in charter schools are also available on the Project's website at www.uscharterschools.org/specialedprimers.

Legal Publication on IDEA Now Available
In conjunction with LexisNexis, NASDSE has published the 2007 version of IDEA Reauthorized. This handy desk reference book contains essential materials on IDEA, including the law, regulations, questions and answers posted by the U.S. Department of Education on its IDEA.gov website, NASDSE's side-by-side comparison of the current regulations to the 1999 version and landmark court decisions. Copies are available only from LexisNexis.  Click here to purchase a copy of IDEA Reauthorized, 2007 Edition.

Exciting new publication from NASDSE!!
As interest in Response to Intervention (RtI) continues to grow, researchers and practitioners have asked for research that validates this approach to teaching all students. Now, for the first time, NASDSE has gathered in one book an annotated bibliography of research about RtI. This book serves as a compliment to NASDSE’s best selling earlier book on RtI, Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation. As this 224-page book clearly shows, RtI is a research-based strategy that has proven positive outcomes for many students, including those with disabilities.  Print copies of this 224-page book are available for just $20 plus shipping. 

Click here to order your copy of RtI, Research for Practice.
Or, if you prefer, click here to download a copy of RtI, Research for Practice.