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The Connection Between MTSS and Special Education: Why It Matters
Many still consider a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) to be a framework applicable only to a general education setting, while Individual Education Plans (IEPs) are reserved for special education…
The Importance of Identifying Historical Trends in Student Data
Assessment data can give educators crucial information to help guide instructional decisions. However, knowing which data to use and understanding how to interpret historical trends in student data can be…
Using Data to Identify and Monitor Progress for Students with a Specific Learning Disability
Data on student progress play a key role in identifying students who have a specific learning disability, and also in ensuring these students are making fast enough progress toward the…
How to Set Up Classwide Positive Behavioral Support: A Guide to Establishing Proactive Management
Components of positive behavior support systems are part of all elementary school classrooms. Educators routinely use creative and effective ways to support student social and emotional behavior. Yet, enhancing current…
Strategies for Engaging Families with End of Year Data
Family involvement plays a foundational part in a student’s success and well-being. When engaging families, oftentimes classroom teachers have a lot of direct communication with families. However, intervention teachers, ESL…
Effective Tier 1 Teacher Strategies That Support an Engaged Classroom
It’s no secret that caregivers, parents, students, and educators alike are all feeling the effects of remote learning and the COVID-19 pandemic. How can you as an educator implement Tier…
The Educator’s Guide to the Importance of Universal Screening
Waiting for a referral from teachers or parents before providing support for struggling students can be detrimental to learning outcomes because a referral relies on predicting learning gaps that might…
How FastBridge Is Transforming Conversations about Special Education Services in Districts Across the Country
Setting Appropriate Goals IDEA requires schools to set annual learning goals for each child receiving special education services, report on the progress made toward these goals, and collect data at…
Prevention: The Key to Managing Student Behavior
It’s not hard to imagine that most teachers enter the education field because of a love for students and a love of learning. But all too often, student behavior, and…
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
This week honors all the amazing and important work teachers do, year after year, despite the many obstacles thrown their way. We at Illuminate Education want to thank you for…