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Download full textKatanyoutanant, Tiffany; Kwon, Sylvia; McNeilly, Markie; Hemberg, Bryan; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Liu, Kristin K. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
Federal regulations require that all students in specified elementary, middle, and high school grade ranges participate in state assessments used for accountability. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that all children with disabilities are included in all general state and districtwide assessment programs with…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Hayes, Susan A.; Howe, Carla; D'Agord, Cesar; Liu, Kristin K.; Hawes, Maureen E.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2018
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) implemented Results Driven Accountability (RDA) in 2014 to help improve the educational outcomes of students with disabilities. As part of RDA, states were required to develop a State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), which is a comprehensive, multi-year plan designed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Outcomes of Education, Disabilities, School Districts
Thurlow, Martha L.; Quenemoen, Rachel F. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2019
The purpose of this brief is to summarize some of the past exclusionary practices that resulted from low expectations for students with disabilities, and how those were addressed in policies related to standards-based reform. The brief is based on a comprehensive paper that takes a cross disciplinary approach to examining expectations for students…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education
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Direct linkThurlow, Martha L.; Quenemoen, Rachel F.; Albus, Debra – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2013
The requirement that individualized education program (IEP) teams make decisions about the participation of students with disabilities in general or alternate state- and district-wide assessments is nearly two decades old. The decisions that must be made have become more complicated with the
addition, in some states, of alternate assessments based…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Alternative Assessment, Decision Making
Bremer, Chris; Albus, Debra; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2011
This is the twelfth annual report by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) analyzing public reporting of disaggregated assessment data for elementary and secondary students with disabilities in the United States. Reporting disaggregated performance data at the state and district level to the public is required of states by the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Alternative Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Disabilities
Thurlow, Martha L.; Quenemoen, Rachel F.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Moen, Ross E.; Johnstone, Christopher J.; Liu, Kristi K.; Christensen, Laurene L.; Albus, Debra A.; Altman, Jason – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
Building on research and practice, the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has revisited and updated its 2001 document that identified principles and characteristics that underlie inclusive assessment and accountability systems. This report on a principled approach to accountability assessments for students with disabilities reflects…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Accountability, Student Evaluation
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Christensen, Laurene L.; Cormier, Damien – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2007
Federal legislation requires that all students, including students with disabilities, be included in all state and district-level accountability systems. Many students can take the regular assessment with or without accommodations, but some students with disabilities need alternate ways to access assessments. For the past several years, states…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Federal Legislation, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities
Ysseldyke, James E.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 2000
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) was funded in 1995 to carry out 3 major strands of activities (documentation and analysis, networking and dissemination, and technical assistance) to examine and promote the participation of students with disabilities in state and national educational reform efforts related to standards,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accountability, Data Analysis, Data Collection
