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Special Education System Review

Conducting a comprehensive review of your school or district program to provide an individualized, data-based action plan for improving student success and implementation of special education services.

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Our services and programs for students with disabilities are designed to result in positive outcomes. We bring coherence and alignment to special education systems, we partner with you to review and strengthen special education services and programs through a comprehensive data-gathering process, analysis, and development of recommendations for improvement. 

How We Help

We engage district and community partners in quantitative and qualitative data collection that provides a picture of systems and structures supporting students receiving special education services.  

Our team works with you to gain perspective from multiple data sources, including classroom observations, modified IEP reviews, and focus groups. 

We conduct a comprehensive review of the data and share the results by collecting and analyzing information that assists the district in identifying the current status of your efforts to educate students with disabilities.  We develop recommendations for implementing strategies to achieve a dependable, efficient, and integrated system that produces positive outcomes for students receiving special education services. Working with your district leaders, we adjust the evaluation design and the methodology to meet the needs of your district. 

Our service culminates in a thorough report of findings, recommendations, and action plans that your team can implement to improve district programming for students with disabilities. 

Service Delivery

  • Online and onsite 

Who Will Benefit

  • Districts and schools 
  • County/regional offices of education 
  • State educational agencies 

Featured Experts

Dona Meinders

Dona Meinders

Dona Meinders provides expertise and experience in special education and systems improvement in all her work at WestEd. As part of WestEd’s Special Education…
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Connecting Research With Practice

Inclusive practices, evidence-based practices, early intervention, family/community engagement, and high-leverage practices are all shown to provide benefits for all students, not just students with disabilities. The important thing is that research shows special education exists within a larger system to address the needs of students who meet specific criteria. The features of our review are based on research proven to increase positive outcomes for all students.