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Download full textStrunk, Kathy; Thurlow, Martha L.; Arner, Justin – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
The 2015 reauthorization of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) placed a state-level 1.0% threshold on student participation in the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standard (AA-AAAS). ESSA also stipulated that state education agencies (SEAs) may not impose on any local educational agency (LEA) a cap on the percentage…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Hayes, Susan A.; Nagle, Kate; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Dosedel, Michael; Quanbeck, Mari; Olson, Rachel – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
This report presents the findings of an analysis of states' FFY 2018 State Systemic Improvement Plans (SSIPs), submitted to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in April 2020. It specifically addresses how assessments were included in states' State-Identified Measurable Results (SIMRs). For states with…
Descriptors: State Programs, Statewide Planning, Educational Improvement, Strategic Planning
Katanyoutanant, 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.; Johnstone, Christopher J.; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Burden, Kathryn – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2022
This "Guide" is an update to the State Guide to Universally Designed Assessments produced by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) in 2006 (Johnstone et al.). It provides a brief overview of what a universally designed assessment is, followed by a set of steps for states to consider when designing and developing, or…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Test Construction, Summative Evaluation
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2022
This Brief provides an overview of issues related to the inclusion of students with disabilities and English learners with disabilities in early grade (that is, K-2) assessments and offers strategies for improved practices.
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, English Language Learners, Primary Education
Peer reviewedStrunk, Kathy; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Thurlow, Martha L. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2022
The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is the heart of providing special education services to students with disabilities. It is a complex document that is supposed to include several required components. IEP teams are required to be composed of certain individuals, including "a representative of the district who is qualified to provide…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Teamwork, Administrator Role
Olson, John F.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Quanbeck, Mari – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
This report provides a snapshot of how accommodated tests for students with disabilities, accessibility, alternate assessments, and other related issues were addressed in states' test security policies for 2020-21. Strong test security policies and procedures are needed to help ensure the integrity and validity of state assessments, yet some test…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Information Security, State Policy, Policy Analysis
Hinkle, Andrew R.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Strunk, Kathy – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2022
This report presents the findings of a survey of states that examined the policies, practices, and procedures State Education Agencies (SEAs) used to monitor IEPs for participation decision making in alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). It is imperative that only students with the most significant…
Descriptors: State Surveys, State Policy, State Departments of Education, Program 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
Thurlow, Martha L.; Nye-Lengerman, Kelly; Lazarus, Sheryl S. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2019
Ensuring that all students achieve successful post-school outcomes has been a goal of U.S. education policy for many years. Clear statements and policy priorities emerged in the late 2000s about a goal for all students to leave high school ready for success in postsecondary education or employment (often referred to as college and career…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Legislation
Liu, Kristin K.; Wolforth, Sara; Thurlow, Martha L.; Jacques, Catherine; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; August, Diane – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
Determining whether an English learner with significant cognitive disabilities should participate in an alternate English language proficiency (alt-ELP) assessment is a challenge for Individualized Education Program teams. Although some states provide guidelines for making the decision, many do not. The purpose of this resource is to provide…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Intellectual Disability, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Albus, Deb A.; Larson, Erik D.; Liu, Kristin K. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2019
States continue to navigate the shift that came with the 1% threshold on participation in alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). This shift, following the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015, limited participation in the…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards
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
Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Larson, Erik D.; Albus, Deb A.; Liu, Kristi K.; Kwong, Elena – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2017
With the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 2015, renewed attention was paid to the importance of guidelines for participation in alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) and to understanding of who the students are who have significant cognitive disabilities. The analyses…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Guidelines, Definitions, Academic Standards
Albus, Deb A.; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2019
This is the 20th report by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) that describes how states publicly report assessment data for students with disabilities in K-12 schools in the United States. The purpose of this report is to examine the extent to which states reported 2016-17 assessment data for students with disabilities "to the…
Descriptors: Disclosure, Test Results, Students with Disabilities, English Language Learners
