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Download full textThurlow, Martha; Christensen, Laurene; Lail, Kathryn E. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
To meet the assessment requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), states must ensure the inclusion of students with disabilities, as well as provide for the appropriate use of assessment accommodations. Accommodations have been defined in a number of ways. In the Council of Chief…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Program Effectiveness, Inferences
Albus, Debra; Thurlow, Martha; Bremer, Chris – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2009
The 2006-2007 school year was the eighth annual reporting period since disaggregating the performance of students with disabilities on state and district-wide assessments was required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It is the fifth reporting period since the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Alternative Assessment, Special Needs Students, Disabilities
Thurlow, Martha; Liu, Kristin – 2001
This report on state and district educational assessment programs suggests that, rather than being a threat, these assessments can be an important avenue to equity and excellence for English language learners with disabilities. It begins by examining some of the original ideas behind standards-based education, such as how current federal…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Direct linkLiu, Kristi; Barrera, Manuel; Thurlow, Martha; Guven, Kamil; Shyyan, Vitaliy – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2005
One of the central themes in the standards-based education movement continues to be the importance of clear and detailed system accountability data showing how students from special needs groups perform on statewide accountability assessments (Albus, Thurlow & Liu, 2002; National Research Council, 1997; Thurlow & Liu, 2001). Armed with such data,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Graduation, English (Second Language)
Albus, Deb; Thurlow, Martha – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2005
Although No Child Left Behind legislation does not require states to report enrollment, participation and performance data for English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities either online or in print-based reports, there is increasing interest in the academic success of this subgroup of students, estimated at about 357,325 nationwide (Zehler,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives
Johnstone, Christopher; Thurlow, Martha; Moore, Michael; Altman, Jason – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and other recent changes in federal legislation have placed greater emphasis on accountability in large-scale testing. Included in this emphasis are regulations that require assessments to be accessible. States are accountable for the success of all students, and tests should be designed in a way that…
Descriptors: Measurement, Outcomes of Education, Inferences, Federal Legislation
Minnema, Jane; Thurlow, Martha; Anderson, Michael; Stone, Karla – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2005
Part of understanding the issues that surround the implementation of transformative federal mandates such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is the accumulation of sound, evidenced-based findings that are coupled with rich descriptive explanatory findings. By doing so, the research community supports educational practice to continually…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Testing Programs, Educational Change, Accountability
