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( 1997) IDEA Individuals With Disabilities Act
In 1990 EAHCA was renamed Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and in 1997 it was reauthorized and included amendments to require students with disabilities take the same assessments on the district and state wide levels and changes to IEP requirements (Peterson, 2007). IDEA states that low expectations "plague" special education and the 1997 amendments aimed to provide the tools needed to "ensure that all students with disabilities receive a high quality education" (Vohs & Landau, 1999).