Least restrictive environment (LRE)
By federal law, special education students have a right to be educated with their same-age peers to the maximum extent possible according to the regulations on least restrictive environment (LRE). In California's standards-based system and under the No Child Left Behind Act, educators must have high expectations for all students, and those students must be prepared to participate in the state’s accountability system.
In the Spotlight
Rincon Middle School, Escondido Union Elementary School District
Rincon is a CalSTAT (Technical Assistance and Training) Leadership site because of its seven-year commitment to including special education students in regular classrooms.
To help schools provide equal access to the least restrictive environments, California Department of Education funds the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Resources Project (Outside Source). Resources, training, videos, and consultants are available through the project.
Related Links
- Aligning IEPs with State Standards adn Accountability Systems (Outside Source), The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8.
- CalSTAT Leadership Sites (Outside Source) CalSTAT Technical Assistance and Training.
- Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology (CSMT), California Department of Education.
- Connecting Curriculum to the Standards: Curriculum that Aligns with the California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) (Outside Source) Sacramento County Office of Education.
- Handbook of Goals and Objectives Related to Essential California Content Standards (Outside Source), The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8.
- Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTI2), Recommendation 2—Instruction, Assessment, and Intervention, TCSII.
- Services and Resources, California Department of Education.
- Standards-Based Instruction: Could It Happen in Special Education? (Outside Source), SchoolsMovingUp, WestEd.
- Successful Strategies for Middle and High School Inclusion (Outside Source), SchoolsMovingUp, WestEd.
- Supporting Struggling Readers with Evidence-Based Practices in California (Outside Source), CalSTAT Technical Assistance and Training.
- TeachingLD (Outside Source), Information & Resources for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities.
- The Special EDge Newsletter (Outside Source), CalStat, Special Education Division, California Department of Education.
- Training on Writing IEP Based on State Standards, California Department of Education.
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