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Fifty-seven percent of students with disabilities graduated with a regular high school diploma in 2005-06 (U.S. Department of Education, 2007). Approximately 66 percent of 8th grade students with disabilities scored below the basic level compared to 24 percent of students without disabilities on the 2007 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) reading and mathematics assessment. These data highlight the need for the development and evaluation of effective interventions for adolescent learners. NCSER sponsors research to develop and evaluate curricula and instructional approaches that are intended to improve academic outcomes students with disabilities. The following projects illustrate the types of research NCSER is supporting that seek to improve results for adolescent students with high and low incidence disabilities.

Integrated Literacy for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities
Paul Alberto, Georgia State University

Extending the Interactive Strategies Approach to Older Struggling Readers
Lynn Gelzheiser, State University of New York, Albany

Project LIBERATE (Literacy Instruction Based on Evidence through Research for Adjudicated Teens to Excel)
David Houchins, Georgia State University

Writing Instruction for Adolescents with Behavior Disorders: Scaffolding Procedural Learning to Extended Discourse
Linda Mason, Pennsylvania State University

Multiple-Component Remediation for Struggling Middle School Readers
Robin Morris, Georgia State University

Math and Science Teaching that Promotes Clear Expectation and Real Learning across Years for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Diane Browder, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Improving Mathematics Performance of At Risk Students and Students with Learning Disabilities in Urban Middle Schools (MSM Project)
Marjorie Montague, University of Miami

References

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) Data, 2005-06, retrieved May 6, 2008, from https://www.ideadata.org/tables30th/ar_4-1.xls.