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Christensen, Laurene L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Crone, Melissa; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
This document presents an update of a 2006 report from NCEO tracking and analyzing state policies on assessment participation and accommodations since 1992. The purpose of the current analysis is to update information on these policies that was last reported by NCEO in 2006 (based on 2005 data). In this analysis, policies from all 50 states, plus…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Government, Educational Policy, Change
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Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2009
Several states had an assessment that they considered to be an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards (AA-MAS) in place, or in development, when the April 2007 federal regulations on modified achievement standards were finalized. This article uses publicly available information collected by the National Center on…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Guidelines, State Standards
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lail, Kathryn E.; Eisenbraun, Kristin D.; Kato, Kentaro – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has been tracking and analyzing state policies on assessment participation and accommodations since 1992. The purpose of the current analysis is to update information on these policies that was last reported by NCEO in 2005 (based on 2003 data). The current analysis of states' 2005 participation…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Student Participation