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The BASICS Tool features two great components to support LEA and SELPAs. The first component is the BASIC Infrastructure Assessment Tool. The BASICS infrastructure Assessment tool identifies six basic, or foundational, components for the kind of infrastructure needed in order to have a well-functioning special education program. It also provides a tool for examining the degree to which these components are in place in your system. The results of that examination can help you decide where best to start system improvement efforts. The second component of the BASICS tool is the IEP Data Visualization Tool, this tool works with your SEDS (Special Education Data System) generated reports to create data visualizations for IEP overdue ELIGIBILITY EVALUATIONS or overdue NEXT EVALUATION PLAN REVIEWS.

The IRIS Center creates a host of materials and resources about evidence-based instructional and intervention practices. Developed in collaboration with nationally recognized researchers and education experts, these instructional resources—modules, case study units, activities, and a number of Web-based tools—are created for use in college instruction, professional development activities, and independent learning opportunities for practicing educators.

This AFIRM EBP Brief is designed to help you learn the step-by-step process of planning for, using, and monitoring the EBP of Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) with learners with Autism.

How do you know if students are with you at the beginning, middle, and end of a lesson? Can formative assessment offer a key to better teaching and learning during instruction? In this three-part series, participants will learn how to blend different formative assessment moves in the classroom, with intention and care for all students, to help make better instructional decisions.

This brief discusses core components of IDEA that districts must keep in mind when making decisions about referring a child for special education and when determining the appropriate placement and services for each child deemed eligible for special education.