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Archived Special Reports
Crosswalk of Title I
and IDEA Assessment and Accountability Provisions for Students with Disabilities
Alternate Assessment Forum 2000: Connecting Into
a Whole
Accountability for the Results of Educating Students with Disabilities
Report on Alternate Assessment and "Gray Area"
Assessment: a report on the pre-conference session at the National
Conference on Large-Scale Assessment, June 11-12, 1999
Self-Study Guide for the Development of Statewide Assessments that Include
Students with Disabilities
NCEO Framework for
Educational Accountability
NCEO Framework for Educational
Accountability: Post-School Outcomes
Crafting
Curricular Aims for Instructionally Supportive Assessment Prepared by W.
James Popham (2003)
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Archived NCEO
State Reports
State Special Education Outcomes 1997
State Special Education Outcomes 1995
State Special Education Outcomes 1994
State Special Education Outcomes 1993
State Special Education Outcomes 1992
State Special
Education Outcomes 1991
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Archived NCEO
Synthesis Reports
Models for
Reporting the Results of Alternate Assessments within State Accountability
Systems (Synthesis Report 39)
Appeals
Processes for Students Who Fail Graduation Exams: How Do They Apply to
Students with Disabilities?
(Synthesis Report 36)
State
Alternate Assessments: Status as IDEA Alternate Assessment Requirements Take
Effect (Synthesis Report 35)
State
Participation and Accommodation Policies for Students with Disabilities:
1999 Update (Synthesis Report 33)
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Gray Areas
of Assessment Systems
(Synthesis Report 32)
Status of
the States in the Development of Alternate Assessments (Synthesis
Report 31)
Enhancing
Communication: Desirable Characteristics for State and School District
Educational Accountability Reports
(Synthesis Report 30)
State
Assessment Policies on Participation and Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities: 1997 Update
(Synthesis Report 29)
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Putting
Alternate Assessments into Practice: What to Measure and Possible Sources of
Data (Synthesis Report 28)
Issues and
Considerations in Alternate Assessments (Synthesis Report 27)
High Stakes
Testing for Students: Unanswered Questions and Implications for Students
with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 26)
Assessment
Guidelines that Maximize the Participation of Students with Disabilities in
Large-Scale Assessments: Characteristics and Considerations
(Synthesis Report 25)
Questions
and Answers: Tough Questions about Accountability Systems and Students with
Disabilities (Synthesis Report 24)
A
Disability Perspective on Five Years of Education Reform (Synthesis
Report 22)
Why We
Can't Say Much About the Status of Students with Disabilities During
Education Reform (Synthesis Report 21)
High
School Graduation Requirements: What's Happening for Students with
Disabilities? (Synthesis Report 20)
A
Perspective on Education and Assessment in Other Nations: Where are Students
with Disabilities? (Synthesis Report 19)
A Compilation of
States' Guidelines for Accommodations in Assessments for Students with
Disabilities (Synthesis Report 18)
A
Compilation of States' Guidelines for Including Students with Disabilities
in Assessments (Synthesis Report 17)
Synthesis
Report Update 1994: Reports on the Status of Education, Desired Outcomes,
and Reform Initiatives (Synthesis Report 16)
Recommendations for Making Decisions About the Participation of Students
with Disabilities in Statewide Assessment Programs (Synthesis Report 15)
Opportunity-to-Learn Standards (Synthesis Report 14)
Making
Decisions About the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale
Assessments (Synthesis Report 13)
Implementation of Alternative Methods for Making Educational Accountability
Decisions for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 12)
National
Goals, National Standards, National Tests: Concerns for All (Not Virtually
All) Students with Disabilities? (Synthesis Report 11)
The Effects
of Standards and Assessment on Students in Special Education (Synthesis
Report 10)
Outcome-Based Education: Its Relevance to State and National Decision Making
(Synthesis Report 9)
Synthesis
Report Update 1993: Recent Activities in National Goals, Standards, and
Tests (Synthesis Report 8)
Views on
Inclusion and Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
(Synthesis Report 7)
Implications
of Outcomes-Based Education for Children with Disabilities (Synthesis Report
6)
Can "All"
Ever Really Mean "All" in Defining and Assessing Student Outcomes?
(Synthesis Report 5)
Testing
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
(Synthesis Report 4)
Responses to
Working Paper 1: Conceptual Model of Educational Outcomes for Children and
Youth with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 3)
Synthesis
Report Update 1992: Policy Groups and Reports on Assessing Educational
Outcomes (Synthesis Report 2)
Assessing
Educational Outcomes: State Activity and Literature Integration (Synthesis
Report 1)
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Archived NCEO
Technical Reports
Accountability Systems and Counting Students with
Disabilities
(Technical Report 29)
State Graduation Requirements for Students With and Without Disabilities
(Technical Report 24) /
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format
Educational Results for Students with Disabilities: What Do the Data Tell
Us? (Technical Report 23)
Desired Characteristics for State and School District Educational
Accontability Reports (Technical Report 22)
An
Analysis of Perceived Desirability, Feasibility, and Actual Use of Specific
Criteria for Large-Scale Assessment and Accountability Systems
(Technical Report 21)
State
Accountability Reports: What are States Saying about Students with
Disabilities? (Technical Report 20)
An
Analysis of Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in State Standards
Documents
(Technical Report 19)
An
Analysis of State Approaches to Including Students with Disabilities in
Assessments Implemented During Educational Reform (Technical Report
18)
Matching
Information in National Data Collection Programs to a Model of Post-School
Outcomes and Indicators (Technical Report 17)
Matching
State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for Grade 8
(Technical Report 16)
Matching
State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for Grade 4
(Technical Report 15)
Matching
State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for Age 6
(Technical Report 14)
Matching
State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for Age 3
(Technical Report 13)
Matching
State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for the Post-School Level
(Technical Report 12)
Disability
Summary Analyses of Select National Data Collection Programs
(Technical Report 11)
Secondary
Analysis of State Assessment Data: Why We Can't Say Much About
Students with Disabilities (Technical Report 10)
Matching
State Goals to a Model of School Completion Outcomes and Indicators
(Technical Report 9)
Availability of Data on School Completion Outcomes and Indicators
(Technical Report 8)
Matching
Information in National Data Collection Programs to a Model of School
Completion Outcomes and Indicators (Technical Report 7)
The
Identification of People With Disabilities in National Databases: A
Failure to Communicate (Technical Report 6)
IEPs
and Standards: What They Say for Students with Disabilities
(Technical Report 5)
Experts'
Opinions about the Appropriateness and Feasibility of National Math
Standards (Technical Report 4)
Experts'
Opinions on National Math Standards for Students with Disabilities
(Technical Report 3)
Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in National and State Data
Collection Programs (Technical Report
2)
State
Practices in the Assessment of Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
(Technical Report 1)
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Archived Policy
Directions
Including
Alternate Assessment Results in Accountability Decisions (Policy
Directions 13)
Reporting
Educational Results for Students with Disabilities (Policy
Directions 8)
Providing
Assessment Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in State and
District Assessments (Policy Directions 7)
Increasing the
Participation of Students with Disabilities in State and District
Assessments (Policy Directions 6)
Alternate
Assessments for Students with Disabilities (Policy Directions 5)
Opportunity to
Learn Standards (Policy Directions 4)
Educational
Accountability for Students with Disabilities (Policy Directions 3)
Students with
Disabilities and Educational Standards: Recommendations for Policy and
Practice (Policy Directions 2)
Guidelines for
Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale Assessments
(Policy Directions 1)
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Archived
Assessment Series
Archived
Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project
Instructional
and Assessment Accommodations in Kentucky (Report #7)
Instructional and
Assessment Accommodations in Maryland (Report #6)
Accommodations,
Modifications, and Alternates for Instruction and Assessment
(Report #5)
Characteristics
of Students Who Participate in Kentucky's Testing System Under Various
Conditions (Report #4)
Reporting
School Performance in the Maryland and Kentucky Accountability Systems:
What Scores Mean and How They Are Used
(Report #2)
A
Comparison of State Assessment Systems in Kentucky and Maryland: With a
Focus on the Participation of Students with Disabilities
(Report #1)
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Archived Minnesota
Assessment Project
Effect
of a Multiple Day Test Accommodation on the Performance of Special Education
Students (Report 34)
Initial
Perceptions of English as a Second Language Educators on Including Students
with Limited English Proficiency in Minnesota's High Standards
(Report 33)
Minnesota's Comprehensive Assessments: 1998 and 1999 Participation and
Performance of Students with Disabilities (Report 32)
Bilingual Accommodations for Limited English Proficient Students on
Statewide Reading Tests: Phase 2 (Report 31)
Participation and Performance of Limited English Proficient Students During
Second Attempts on a Graduation Exam (Report 28)
Factors
Related to the Performance of LEP Students on Basic Standards Tests
(Report 27)
Data on
LEP Students in State Education Reports (Report 26)
Initial
Perceptions of Educators as They Work Toward Including Students with
Disabilities in Minnesota's High Standards (Report 25)
Unintended Consequences of the Minnesota Basic Standards Tests: Do the Data
Answer the Questions Yet? (Report 23)
Feasibility and Practicality of a Decision Making Tool for Standards Testing
of Students with Limited English Proficiency (Report 22)
Feasibility and Practicality of a Decision Making Tool for Standards Testing
of Students with Disabilities (Report 21)
Bilingual Accommodations for Limited English Proficient Students on
Statewide Reading Tests: Phase 1 (Report 20)
Educators'
Responses to LEP Students' Participation in the 1997 Basic Standards Testing
(Report 15)
Special
Education Teacher Responses to the 1997 Basic Standards Testing
(Report 14)
High School
Graduation Requirements in the U.S. for Students with Limited English
Proficiency (Report 13)
A Review of
the Literature on Students with Limited English Proficiency and Assessment
(Report 11)
Input from
the Field on the Participation of Students with Limited English Proficiency
and Students with Disabilities in Meeting the High Standards of Minnesota's
Profile of Learning (Report 10)
A Review of
the Literature on Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
(Report 9)
Resources:
Limited English Proficient Students in National and Statewide Assessments
(Report 8)
Resources:
Students with Disabilities in National and Statewide Assessments
(Report 7)
Accommodations for Students with Limited English Proficiency: Analysis of
Guidelines from States with Graduation Exams (Report 6)
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Guidelines from States with
Graduation Exams (Report 5)
Focus Group
Input on Students with Limited English Proficiency and Minnesota's Basic
Standards Tests (Report 4)
Focus Group
Input on Students with Disabilities and Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests
(Report 3)
Input from
the Field on Assessing Students with Limited English Proficiency in
Minnesota's Basic Requirements Exams (Report 2)
Input from
the Field on Assessing Students with Disabilities in Minnesota's Basic
Standards Exams (Report 1)
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Archived
Oregon Assessment Project
Linking Inclusion to Conclusions: An Empirical Study of Participation
of Students with Disabilities in Statewide Testing Programs
(Report 1)
Archived Rhode Island Project
Accommodations and the Performance of All Students on Rhode
Island's Performance Assessment
Archived
Wyoming Assessment Project
Issues
and Consequences for State-Level Minimum Competency Testing Programs
(Report 1)
Archived Classroom-Based
Assessment Project
Using a Curriculum-Based Instructional Management System to Enhance Math
Achievement in Urban Schools
Enhancing the Learning of English Language Learners: Consultation and a
Curriculum Based Monitoring System
Effects of Using a Curriculum-Based Monitoring System on the Classroom
Instructional Environment and Math Achievement
Changes in Mathematics Achievement and Instructional Ecology Resulting from
Implementation of a Learning Information System
Using
Accelerated Math to Enhance Instruction in a Mandated Summer School Program
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Archived
StateLinks
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