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Peer reviewedSalend, Spencer J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
Among six guidelines for portfolio assessment are (1) identify the goals of the portfolio; (2) determine type of portfolio to be used; and (3) establish procedures for organizing the portfolio. Insets explain performance-based assessment and use of portfolio assessment to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Peer reviewedKearns, Jacqueline Farmer; Kleinert, Harold L.; Kennedy, Sarah – Educational Leadership, 1999
Under the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments, all states must now include students with disabilities in statewide and districtwide educational assessments. So far, Kentucky is the only state with a comprehensive alternative portfolio-assessment program for students unable to participate in "regular" testing…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Download full textOlsen, Ken; Bechard, Sue; Kennedy, Sarah; Haigh, John; Parshall, Lucian; Friedebach, Melodie – 1998
This report discusses the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that require states to develop alternate assessments for students with disabilities who cannot participate in large-scale assessment programs. The report also profiles five state alternate assessment practices that have been developed or are emerging and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Educational Legislation
Warlick, Ken; Olsen, Ken – 1999
This paper discusses the new Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997 amendments that require states to develop alternate assessments and reviews state practices in Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee. These states were selected because they had either been implementing, were…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
