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Welcome to the NCSI Resource Library, where you can find resources that support SEAs and stakeholders to transform systems to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.
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Bridging the Gap in the 603: Implementing a 3 Step Coaching Framework in New Hampshire
The following impact story is about how NCSI built the capacity of New Hampshire Bureau of Special Education Services to implement a three-step coaching framework to improve literacy outcomes. This document highlights the program design, milestones for successful implementation and lessons learned.
DMS Protocols Adapted for TA Centers – Part B Child Find Protocol
NCSI has created TA Center Adapted Protocols for Part B Child Find Protocols. The protocols are developed and organized in the following way— Question: Overarching area and question related to the monitoring component. General Information: A listing of statements about what the State would need to effectively answer the question. Possible Follow-up Questions: Questions designed […]
DMS Protocols Adapted for TA Centers – Part B Subrecipient Monitoring
NCSI has created TA Center Adapted Protocols for Part B Subrecipient Monitoring. The protocols are developed and organized in the following way— Question: Overarching area and question related to the monitoring component. General Information: A listing of statements about what the State would need to effectively answer the question. Possible Follow-up Questions: Questions designed to […]
Quick Reference Guide on IDEA Excess Costs
This quick reference guide helps states understand the excess cost requirement. It explains what excess costs are, how to calculate and meet the requirement, and more.
Five Strategies for Effectively and Efficiently Staffing State Monitoring Activities
Monitoring is an important component of state general supervision systems and typically encompasses various types of activities at different levels of intensity. States must monitor all local education agencies (LEAs) at least once every 6 years. Some states are grappling with the best way to meet this expectation in light of a large number of […]
Developing Written Procedures for IDEA Part B Subrecipient Fiscal Monitoring
This practice guide is designed to help states develop high-level written procedures for subrecipient fiscal monitoring. Specifically, this document provides states with guiding questions, sample language, and applicable resources to consider when developing written subrecipient fiscal monitoring procedures. The practice guide may also be useful in determining if existing state procedures address the recommended content […]
Quick Reference Guide on Subrecipient Monitoring
Fiscal management is a critical component of a state’s general supervision system. This quick reference guide will help states understand the components of an effective IDEA Part B subrecipient fiscal monitoring system: assessing risk, conducting monitoring activities, evaluating results of audits and monitoring activities, and remediating deficiencies through corrective action and enforcement measures.
Quick Reference Guide on the Timely Expenditure of IDEA Funds
Spending federal funds within the allowed timelines is essential to meeting the purposes of IDEA but can be a challenge for many states. This quick reference guide will help states deepen their understanding of obligation and liquidation requirements and timelines, the grant funding cycle, and oversight responsibilities.
An Improvement and Learning Journey: Empowering Local Special Education Entities to Address the Special Education Teacher Shortage in Illinois
The following resource is an impact story of how NCSI built the capacity of Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to design a state system of support to begin addressing the special education teacher shortage. The resource provides context for the intensive technical assistance focusing on improvement science, provides qualitative and quantitative examples of impact, […]
State Monitoring Considerations Worksheet
This template is designed to help state education agencies (SEAs) describe and document how they monitor Local Education Agency (LEA) implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The considerations included in this template are designed to support SEAs and ensure their written monitoring descriptions are detailed and comprehensive, including specifying how monitoring activities […]