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Direct linkSheryl S. Lazarus; Martha L. Thurlow; Mari K. A. Quanbeck – Journal of Special Education, 2025
The 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act placed a 1.0% cap on the participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). U.S. Department of Education regulations clarified that states must develop participation guidelines and a definition of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Alternative Assessment, Guidelines, State Standards
Download full textMari Quanbeck; Sheryl S. Lazarus; Martha L. Thurlow – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2023
In the years since the 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) placed a 1.0% cap for states on participation in the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS), states have worked hard to navigate the new restrictions on participation in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Alternative Assessment
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
Cheatham, Gregory A.; Hart, Juliet E.; Malian, Ida; McDonald, Joan – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to support school professionals in their work with parents as they meet IDEA (2004) requirements during IEP meetings. The authors share tools to help recognize when IDEA principles are violated and provide alternative responses that school professionals and parents can offer. Definitions and brief explanations of the…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Advocacy, Educational Principles
Buck, Linda Lee – 1983
This handbook is designed to aid educators as they serve handicapped students who are enrolled in regular programs. The emphasis of the handbook is on selecting an appropriate vocational program, developing an individualized education program (IEP), and preparing students for meaningful employment through effective teaching. Addressed in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Community Services, Counseling Techniques
TIU Adult Education and Job Training Center, Lewistown, PA. – 1999
This document contains the final report and selected materials and products from Project Learner Goals, a project undertaken to assist the Pennsylvania Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) in describing the form and content of project learner activities (activities serving short-term learner goals) within an ABLE-funded program and,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies
Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers, 2006
Some students with disabilities need accommodations or modifications in their educational program in order to be successful in school. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its regulations do not offer a definition for an accommodation or modification. However, there is general agreement as to what the terms mean. An…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Individualized Instruction, Definitions
Morse, Dian; Minugh, Carol J. – 1981
This policy and procedures manual, one in a series of nine staff development guides prepared by the Philadelphia School District, clarifies roles and responsibilities of various staff members and parents in providing programs to meet the career and vocational education needs of mildly to moderately handicapped students. This manual is designed to…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Annotated Bibliographies, Board of Education Policy, Career Education
Peavey, Kay – 1997
This document shares the collective wisdom and experience of professionals who have successfully guided the transition of hundreds of youths and adults from New York's correctional institutions back into the community. The first section begins with an overview of the New York State Education Department's transition program model to move…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Adult Programs
