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Peer reviewedThompson, Sandra J.; Quenemoen, Rachel F. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
These steps are described for implementation: inform stakeholders of the importance of alternate assessments, educate all students to high standards, identify partners to support participants, use a practical process to decide eligibility, develop standards-based Individualized Education Programs, use a variety of assessment strategies, use scores…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment
Download full textThompson, Sandra J.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Clapper, Ann T. – Educational Policy Reform Research Institute, 2005
Many students with disabilities need to use accommodations to meaningfully access instruction and to be appropriately assessed. During the past decade, the use of assessment accommodations has dramatically increased the participation rates of students with disabilities in statewide testing. Assessment accommodations can be defined as "changes…
Descriptors: Testing, Disabilities, Educational Change, Accountability
Peer reviewedThompson, Sandra J.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Esler, Amy; Whetstone, Patti J. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
A study that examined state Individualized Education Program (IEP) forms found that out of the 41 with IEP forms, only 5 specifically addressed educational standards on their forms. Thirty-one states addressed the general curriculum on their IEP forms and 30 states listed three or more options for assessment participation. (Contains nine…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities
