Meeting the Learning and Information Needs of All Students: Universal Design for School Libraries. Guest Writer.

In partial response to this growing population of diverse learners, the relatively recent and highly controversial No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation has served as a catalyst between special educators and other professionals in educational organizations (WestEd, 2004). Under NCLB, the federal government holds individual schools and school districts accountable for the achievement of all students, including those with disabilities. Students with disabilities represent a special subgroup of students whose student achievement data is now disaggregated from their peers and closely followed to ensure that adequate yearly progress is being made.