In 2013 the Council for Exceptional Children released their Standards for Evidence-Based Practices in Special Education. These standards provide a method of categorizing the quality of special education practices and programs for reference by educators and other professionals. The criteria put forth in these standards can appropriately assess the quality of methods which are being researched for their effect on student outcomes.
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100 happenings from CEC’s first 100 years. (n.d.). Council for Exceptional Children. Retrieved October 4, 2021 from https://exceptionalchildren.org/100/history.
Council for Exceptional Children Standards for Evidence-Based Practices in Special Education. (2014). Council for Exceptional Children. https://cecpioneers.exceptionalchildren.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/EBP_FINAL.pdf.