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Peer reviewedKoretz, Daniel; Hamilton, Laura – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2000
Studied Kentucky's efforts to include students with disabilities in its statewide assessment, exploring the inclusion achieved, the kinds of accommodations offered, student performance, and the relationship between performance and the use of accommodations. Statewide results show that most students were included, but that some scores may not be…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs
Download full textYsseldyke, 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
