Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issues and developments in special education / Dabie Nabuzoka -- Policy and law of Individuals with disabilities in education improvement act of 2004 attempting No student with disabilities left behind to the extent enforceable / Andrea Kayne Kaufman -- The law and reality : understanding the Individuals with disabilities education improvement act / Mary Konya Weishaar -- From policy to practice : IDEIA and evidence-based practice / Ronnie Detrich -- Responsiveness-to-intervention : a strategy for the prevention and identification of learning disabilities / Lynn S. Fuchs, Douglas Fuchs, and Rebecca O. Zumeta -- Learning disability identification--how does it apply to English language learners? / Peggy McCardle, Chandra Keller-Allen, and Tanya Shuy -- IDEIA 2004 and specific learning disabilities : what role does intelligence play? / Jack A. Naglieri and Alan S. Kaufman -- Assessment and eligibility of students with disabilities / Jennifer H. Lindstrom, Elizabeth D. Tuckwiller, and Dan P. Hallahan -- Systems of instruction and assessment to improve mathematics achievement for students with disabilities : the potential and promise of RTI / David J. Chard, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, and Asha Jitendra -- English language learners and response to intervention : improving quality of instruction in general and special education / Scott K. Baker and Doris Luft Baker -- Response to intervention and teacher preparation / Louise Spear-Swerling -- Twice-exceptional students : being gifted and learning disabled. Implications of the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA / Tonya R. Moon ... [et al.] -- High stakes testing and students with disabilities : why federal policy needs to be changed / Stuart S. Yeh -- Individual education program / Barbara C. Gartin and Nikki L. Murdick -- Behavior intervention plans / Susan Etscheidt and Kerri Clopton -- Increasing the academic performance of struggling students and students with disabilities in underperforming schools / Denise Hexom ... [et al.] -- Local educational authorities and IDEIA / Linda J. Hawkins and Michael N. Riley -- New Individuals with disabilities educational improvement act and psychological assessment : from policy to practice / Michele Goyette-Ewing and Sherin Stahl -- Reading assessment and IDEIA : the science made practical / Saylor Heidmann -- How private practice should respond to IDEIA 2004 / Eric R. Arzubi -- The road just started : concluding remarks from the editor / Elena L. Grigorenko.