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Kearns, Jacqueline Farmer; Kleinert, Harold L.; Clayton, Jean; Burdge, Michael; Williams, Richard – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
Describes Kentucky's inclusion of all students in its educational assessment and accountability system. Describes how this system operates at three elementary schools to drive high expectations for all students and include students with disabilities in the general education curriculum. Students participate in either the standard assessment or…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Assessment and Evaluation Program. – 1994
This document describes the holdings of the Test Center of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory as of April 1994 in the area of assessment alternatives in social studies. The bibliography lists 45 entries about such subjects as portfolio assessment, diploma examinations, performance criteria, performance assessment models, integrating…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Ysseldyke, Jim; Olsen, Ken; Thurlow, Martha – 1997
This report discusses the many issues that need to be considered as states and districts begin to design and implement alternate assessments, which are used for students with severe cognitive delays or multiple disabilities or students who require such significant accommodations that the validity of the test would be compromised. The report…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Confidentiality