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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
Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Quenemoen, Rachel F. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2015
Students with significant cognitive disabilities may participate in states' alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). A growing number of students with significant cognitive disabilities are also English learners (ELs) whose family may use another language in the home. They may only be exposed to English in a school…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Severity (of Disability), English Language Learners, Severe Intellectual Disability
Thurlow, Martha L.; Liu, Kristin K.; Ward, Jenna M.; Christensen, Laurene L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2013
The Improving the Validity of Assessment Results for English Language Learners with Disabilities (IVARED) project has identified essential principles of inclusive and valid assessments for English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities. These principles were developed from a Delphi expert review process with nationally recognized experts in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Christensen, Laurene L.; Albus, Debra A.; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Kincaid, Aleksis – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2013
English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities are required to participate in all state and district assessments similar to their peers without disabilities. This includes assessments used for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I accountability purposes for demonstrating proficiency in academic content, assessments used…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Policy, Disabilities, Student Participation
Thurlow, Martha L.; Yesseldyke, James E. – 1979
Data from questionnaires completed by 44 Child Service Demonstration Centers were analyzed, providing information on the number of children served, the definition of LD (learning disabilities) used, the kinds of assessment data collected and the purpose for which they were used, the specific assessment devices used to collect data and the purpose…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedThurlow, Martha L.; Ysseldyke, James E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The assessment and decision-making practices used by 44 child service demonstration centers, which provide services to learning disabled (LD) children, were investigated in a national survey. Results suggested that assessment and decision making in the field of learning disabilities are characterized by variability and inconsistency. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Children, Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
Thurlow, Martha L.; Ysseldyke, James E. – 1980
A nationwide sample of 49 school psychologists and 30 regular education teachers provided information on assessment for the purpose of instructional planning. School psychologists listed the types of information they collected for this purpose and teachers listed the types of information they considered useful. While some indications of agreement…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
Thompson, Sandra J.; Johnstone, Christopher J.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 2002
This paper explores the development of universal design and considers its application to large-scale assessments. Universal design is a concept that originated in the field of architecture, but quickly expanded into environmental initiatives, recreation, the arts, health care, and now, education. In addition to the concept's application to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Thurlow, Martha L.; Ysseldyke, James E. – 1993
This paper cites evidence that the word "all" in referring to the education of all children is not being used in the universal sense, and notes that actions have not matched the rhetoric about "all" students. The paper defines the terms "outcomes,""indicators," and "standards." It discusses key issues that arise in talking about outcomes for all…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Policy
