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Effect of Different Methods of Reporting and Reclassification on Trends in Test Scores for Students with Disabilities.
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Ysseldyke, Jim; Bielinski, John – Exceptional Children, 2002
A study compared the effects of different methods of analyzing trends to illustrate how failure to account for change in classification will lead to misinterpretation of data on the performance of students with disabilities. Data from five years of assessment in Texas is used to illustrate effects of classification changes. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Classification, Data Collection
Why We Can't Say Much about Students with Disabilities during Education Reform.
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Vanderwood, Mike; McGrew, Kevin S.; Ysseldyke, James E. – Exceptional Children, 1998
A study of 13 national and state data collection programs examined the exclusion of students with disabilities from data collection programs evaluating student educational outcomes. Eight recommendations are offered for improving the collection and reporting of information in state and national data collection programs. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
What We Know and Need To Know about Alternate Assessment.
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Browder, Diane M.; Spooner, Fred; Algozzine, Robert; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Flowers, Claudia; Karvonen, Meagan – Exceptional Children, 2003
This article reviews promises, practices, and provisos of alternative assessment as a basis for illustrating what is known about measuring progress of students with disabilities in statewide assessment programs. Nineteen data-based studies have been used to begin to document the effects of alternative assessment. However, it is concluded there are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities