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NCLB Alternate Assessment Policies and Postschool Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
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Collin Shepley; R. Joseph Waddington – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
The participation of students with significant cognitive disabilities in accountability assessments aligned with general education standards is a heavily debated topic in the field of special education. Attempts to understand the impact of these assessments have generally been limited to correlational methods. We employed a…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Severe Intellectual Disability
Predictors of Risky Behavior and Offending for Adolescents with Mild Intellectual Disability
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Savage, Melissa N.; Bouck, Emily C. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Adolescents with intellectual disability (ID) engage in risky behavior and offending. However, little is known on the impact school-related predictors have on engagement in risky behaviors for adolescents with ID. This study analyzed secondary data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) to determine levels of engagement in risky…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Special Education, Transitional Programs