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Melissa L. Gholson; Lorraine Sova; Maurice Cogan Hauck; Linda Howley; And Traci Albee – Educational Assessment, 2024
Designing an effective K-12 alternate English language proficiency assessment (ELP) for English learners with significant cognitive disabilities (ELSCDs) is a substantial undertaking, particularly given the absence of design models for such an assessment and limited empirical research to guide test design teams. These challenges emphasized the…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Student Diversity, English Language Learners, Elementary School Students
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Snyder, Robin A.; Pufpaff, Lisa A. – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2021
Education reform legislation has led to an upwelling of mandatory teacher evaluation for all elementary, middle school, and high school educators, including those who teach special education. While this reform effort aimed to improve overall teacher effectiveness and student learning outcomes, the teacher evaluation for special education is a…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Special Education Teachers, Barriers, Teacher Role
Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Quenemoen, Rachel F. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2015
Students with significant cognitive disabilities may participate in states' alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). A growing number of students with significant cognitive disabilities are also English learners (ELs) whose family may use another language in the home. They may only be exposed to English in a school…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Severity (of Disability), English Language Learners, Severe Intellectual Disability