1. Access to the General Curriculum: Why it is More Important Than Ever Before
The IDEA and Access to the General Curriculum
The No Child Left Behind Act
The Components of Standards-Driven Reform
The Link Between Standards and Curriculum
Differentiating Between Content and Achievement Standards
Standards and Students With Disabilities
A New Way to Think About Special Education
Challenges for Special and General Education Teachers
2. The Nature of Curriculum
Multiple Types of Curriculum
The Core Elements of Curriculum
What is the Purpose of Curriculum?
Curriculum as a Map for Teachers
Curriculum Involves a Domain
Finding the General Curriculum
Purpose, Domain, and Time
Looking Ahead and Looking Back
3. The Learning-Teaching Connection
Learning Research and Implications for Teaching
Help Students Develop Meaningful Patterns of Information
Teach to Improve Your Students' Memory
Help Students Attend to What You Want Them to Learn
Make Effective Use of Practice
Make Effective Use of Scaffolding
Help Students Manage Their Own Learning
Teach for Transfer and Generalization
The Learning-Teaching Connection
4. Assessment That Supports Access to the General Curriculum
Assessment and Decision-Making
What Will Typical Students Be Expected to Do During the Timeframe Addressed by the IEP
What is the Student's Present Level of Performance in the General Curriculum?
In What Ways is the Student's Disability Impacting Performance?
Is the Student Making Progress in the General Education Curriculum?
Norm Referenced Decisions
Criterion-Referenced Decisions
Individual Referenced Decision-Making
5. Access to Curriculum and the Individual Education Program
Curriculum Access on a Continuum
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Means of Representation
Multiple Means of Expression
Presentation and Graphic Software
Flexible Means of Engagement
Alternative Acquisition Modes
Alternative Response Modes
Teaching Different Content
Accommodations and Modifications and Assessment
Special Education and Related Services
6. A Decision-Making Process for Creating Standards-Based IEPs
Step 1: Instructional Assessment
Step 2: Choosing the Standards and Identifying Supports
Step 3: Creating IEP Goals, Objectives, and Benchmarks
Setting IEP Goals for Modified Curriculum and Alternate Achievement Standards
The Relationship Between Objectives and Benchmarks
Making the Link Between IEP Goals, Objectives and Benchmarks and State Assessments
From Goals to Instruction
Special and General Education Collaboration
Resources for Facilitating Access
