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Download full textNational Council on Disability, 2018
This report is part of a five-report series on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that examines the Every Student Succeeds Act's (ESSA's) amendments to IDEA, explains their likely impact on students with disabilities as ESSA implementation progresses, and provides recommendations. The National Council on Disability conducted…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2018
This guide aims to help parents understand the flexibility provided to States and school districts in the "Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA), which amended the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act," a landmark Federal education law. Parents are the most important advocates for their children. Because States and school…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Tests
Schifter, Catherine C.; Carey, Martha – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation spawned a plethora of standardized testing services for all the high stakes testing required by the law. We argue that one-size-fits all assessments disadvantage students who are English Language Learners, in the USA, as well as students with limited economic resources, special needs, and not reading on…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Models, Evaluation Methods, Educational Legislation
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Direct linkKettler, Ryan J. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2011
The final regulations of the "No Child Left Behind" Act (U.S. Department of Education, 2007a, 2007b) indicate that a small group of students with disabilities can be counted as proficient through an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards. This new policy gives individualized education program teams the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities, Testing Accommodations
Winter, Phoebe C., Ed. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010
In 2006, a consortium of state departments of education, led by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the Council of Chief State School Officers, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to investigate methods of determining comparability of variations of states' assessments used to meet the requirements of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Spanish, Linguistics
Altman, J. R.; Lazarus, S. S.; Quenemoen, R. F.; Kearns, J.; Quenemoen, M.; Thurlow, M. L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2010
This report summarizes the twelfth survey of states by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) at the University of Minnesota. Results are presented for all 50 states and 8 of the 11 unique states. The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of the new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during this…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
