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Download full textHuynh, Ryan; Midyett, Chase; Quan, Delphean; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2022
This report outlines the approaches that state education agencies (SEAs) have taken in defining and using formative assessment practices, including practices to explicitly support students with disabilities. At the state level, there have been efforts to develop or adopt formal definitions of formative assessment practices that guide how these…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Liu, Kristin K.; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
As states, districts, and schools plan to return for the 2021-22 school year, questions are raised about whether and how to test children with disabilities, including children with the most significant cognitive disabilities and English learners with disabilities. This FAQ addresses some common questions and provides links to useful resources.
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Testing, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Thurlow, Martha L.; Warren, Sandra H.; Chia, Magda – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
This report provides 10 lessons about how to ensure inclusive assessment practices for students with disabilities and English learners. In addition to the 10 lessons, it provides foundational information on the characteristics of these students that require consideration during all phases of assessment design, development, and implementation. The…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, English Language Learners, Inclusion, Student Evaluation
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Ressa, Virginia A. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) held a virtual meeting of an Interim Assessment Advisory Panel on February 16 and 17, 2021, to tap into the panel members' collective knowledge about using interim assessments to support valid interpretations of what students with disabilities know and can do. The panel represented…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Students with Disabilities, Guidance, State Departments of Education
Updated Assessment Principles and Guidelines for English Learners with Disabilities. NCEO Report 424
Liu, Kristin K.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Jarmin, Jaime; Ward, Jenna; Christensen, Laurene – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
This report is an update of the assessment principles and guidelines for English language learners published in 2013 (Thurlow, Liu, Ward, & Christensen). That report, which was developed by the Improving the Validity of Assessment Results for English Language Learners with Disabilities (IVARED) project, presented essential principles of…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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This article highlights a set of principles and guidelines, developed by a diverse group of specialists in the field, for appropriately including English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities in large-scale assessments. ELLs with disabilities make up roughly 9% of the rapidly increasing ELL population nationwide. In spite of the small overall…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Disabilities, Measurement, Student Evaluation
Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Dosedel, Michael – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires 95% participation in state achievement testing. Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participate in states' alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). A growing number of these students are also English learners (Christensen et al., 2018).…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
