Topic: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Policy Model: Haskins and Gallagher
Policy analysis (body of paper) should be in 12 point, double-spaced font (must have a federal or state statutory or judicial basis). Specify the model of analysis to be utilized (please see options in course materials). Regardless of the model selected for the analysis, the policy analysis should include background, problem, underpinning values, unintended consequences, alternatives and recommendations for the policy.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE POLICY ANALYSIS MODEL. For your policy analysis paper please choose at least one model that best suits your topic.
Policy model: Haskins and Gallagher
Writing Details (You will be graded on the following):
1. Abstract: Be sure and state clearly on page 1 of your policy analysis paper: (a) what you are going to do in the paper: (b) how you plan to do it.
2. Outline Paper. Use one of the policy analysis models presented as your outline for the paper. The policy analysis model outline should be presented as headings throughout the body of the paper itself. (Policy model: Haskins and Gallagher)
3. Issue Focus. Your paper should focus on the various issues and points of view on your topic. Example: If you are doing your paper on Social Security, and are discussing privatization as a proposed reform, then bring in both the pro privatization anti privatization perspectives. In other words, present both sides of an issue.
4. Definitions of Key Terms. Please consider your paper as presenting a topic that I have never read before. Define terms that may have a bearing on what you are writing about. This is a good place to identify jargon and acronyms related to your policy. Example, if you are writing about “home health care,” then you might also define “meals-on-wheels” or “long-term care,” if you think that this may be helpful to your reader or audience. Do not make too many assumptions about your reader or audience in respect to knowing what you may mean by the terms you are employing.
5. Conclusion. In the last one or two paragraphs of the policy analysis paper, please integrate, sum up, relate to the larger picture, asking yourself some larger questions such as “What does it all mean?”
6. References. A separate page(s) should include a listing of references or footnotes. It is not necessary to include a listing of footnotes on one page and bibliography on the other (in many style manuals they are one and the same). Style Manual. Please use the style manual of the American Psychological Association (APA).
7. Length. The policy analysis paper should be 7 pages with one inch margins and double spaced. This includes the abstract, graphs, charts, diagrams, and text. Reference list do not count toward the required page length.
