What We Know and Need To Know about Alternate Assessment.

Browder, Diane M.; Spooner, Fred; Algozzine, Robert; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Flowers, Claudia; Karvonen, Meagan

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ERIC Number: EJ674651

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Publication Date: 2003

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What We Know and Need To Know about Alternate Assessment.

Browder, Diane M.; Spooner, Fred; Algozzine, Robert; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Flowers, Claudia; Karvonen, Meagan

Exceptional Children, v70 n1 p45-61 Fall 2003

This article reviews promises, practices, and provisos of alternative assessment as a basis for illustrating what is known about measuring progress of students with disabilities in statewide assessment programs. Nineteen data-based studies have been used to begin to document the effects of alternative assessment. However, it is concluded there are currently insufficient data to draw conclusions. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Effectiveness, State Programs, Student Evaluation, Teacher Expectations of Students

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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