Center Overview
The Northeast Regional Resource Center (NERRC) will continue to provide individualized technical assistance to the eight states in Region 1 to assist them in building capacity and modifying state systems that provide early intervention, special education, and transitional services to improve results for children with disabilities and their families.
Methods
NERRC will proactively identify issues and trends in which states need assistance and target its assistance in those critical priority areas. The project focuses specifically on: (a) promoting systemic change by increasing state capacity to employ performance measurement systems in an annual cycle of data-based continuous improvement, including assistance to State Improvement Grantees; (b) providing leadership and technical assistance (TA) support to OSEP-coordinated large scale TA initiatives such as Communities of Practice, the Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring System (CIFMS), and intensive assistance to states within Region 1; (c) providing current information and TA to states on the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) as it relates to IDEA and students with disabilities; (d) disseminating scientifically based practices to states; (e) collaborating with the Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers (RPTACs) to provide TA and support to states and state-based parent organizations in the use of available resources, research-based practices, and participation in education reform initiatives; and (f) providing special education consultation and TA in critical priority areas, including reading, early childhood, transition, alternative assessment, and NCLB/IDEA.
States
- CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT
Center Type
- TA&D
Dates
- 2004-06-01
- 2009-05-31
Department of Education Contact
- Rex Shipp
- rex.shipp@ed.gov
- (202) 245-7523
Center Contact
- Kristin Reedy
- kreedy@wested.org
- (802) 951-8218
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20 Winter Sport Lane
Williston, VT 05495
Recipients
- State Agency Staff
Categories
- All topics- regional