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Special Education Emerging Issues: Common Core State Standards And Assessment

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Special Education Emerging Issues Matthew Trotti
Grand Canyon University: SPD 510
10/5/15

Special Education Emerging Issues In today’s world there are many emerging issues that come about in special education. There are always some new standards that need to meet or a new type of assessment for students. This paper will talk about two emerging issues in special education those issues are, response to intervention and the new Common Core State Standards and Assessment.
Response to Intervention Response to intervention can be a very heated topic among educators and parents alike. In research it states that “the emergence and rapid expansion of Response to Intervention (RTI) raises several questions for students, parents, educators, and …show more content…

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