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PACER Center, 2022
School work is designed to challenge students and help them meet grade-level academic standards. Students with disabilities have the right to learn and participate in the general education curriculum. Public school districts must provide these students with the services, accommodations, and modifications that they need to learn the same material…
Descriptors: Special Education, Student Evaluation, Students with Disabilities, Public Schools
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Liu, Kristin K.; Hinkle, Andrew R.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
As states, districts, and schools plan to return for the 2021-22 school year, questions are raised about whether and how to test children with disabilities, including children with the most significant cognitive disabilities and English learners with disabilities. This FAQ addresses some common questions and provides links to useful resources.
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Testing, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
This booklet has been developed in hopes that it may aid in keeping communication open and focused between families and schools. Building communication between parents and the school staff through letters offers a way of keeping records of ideas, concerns, and suggestions. This booklet provides general guidelines to writing letters as well as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Communication Skills, Skill Development, Parent School Relationship
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2019
This booklet has been developed in hopes that it may aid in keeping communication open and focused between families and schools. Building communication between parents and the school staff through letters offers a way of keeping records of ideas, concerns, and suggestions. This booklet provides general guidelines to writing letters as well as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Communication Skills, Skill Development, Parent School Relationship
Nitko, Anthony J.; Hsu, Tse-Chi – Educational Technology, 1974
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing, Individual Testing, Individualized Instruction
Johnson, Robert E.; Lavay, Barry – 1988
This manual was developed to address the need for health-related physical fitness testing of children with special needs. The first section defines the components of health-related physical fitness which consist of: (1)abdominal strength and endurance measured by a sit-up test; (2) flexibility, measured by a sit and reach test; (3) upper body…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Programs
Vodola, Thomas M. – 1975
Presented is the competency-based teacher training manual for Project ACTIVE (All Children Totally Involved in Exercising), a program designed for training educators to organize, conduct, and evaluate individualized-personalized physical education programs for handicapped students, prekindergarten through high school. The first three chapters…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Definitions
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Kinnison, Lloyd R.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1981
The article explores grading options for the teacher to consider when evaluating students who are receiving specialized education and participating in the mainstream of regular education. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Grading, Individualized Education Programs
Rotatori, Anthony F.; Mauser, August J. – Academic Therapy, 1980
The article describes the organization of an assessment battery which generates data for establishing individualized education programs (IEPs) for children with learning disabilities. Instruments and procedures for obtaining data related to each facet of assessment are identified. (SBH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Individualized Education Programs, Learning Disabilities
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1979
Two purposes are served by this guide: to allow school districts to examine their special education programs and related pupil personnel services, and to aid state departments of education in evaluating the nature, scope, and quality of school district offerings to handicapped students. The guide is divided into two parts: one provides forms for…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Agency Cooperation, Check Lists, Data Collection
Cavanagh, Gray C.; Trip, Gus Van Vierssen – English Exchange, 1970
Tests are inevitably designed to measure students and therefore will affect both teaching techniques and the student's concept of what is important in learning. Standardized, objective high school English tests, which neglect the individual's needs or accomplishments, limit classroom freedom and the natural course of the curriculum. An integral…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Achievement Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
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Menear, Kristi Sayers; Sims, Sandra K.; Phillips, John – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2007
Fitness testing is an important assessment tool used by physical educators for many purposes. Some states require fitness testing to monitor individual student progress throughout the school year. Some physical educators use it to monitor the effects of the physical education curriculum and to teach concepts such as goal setting and personal…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Evaluation, Testing, Physical Fitness
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Ysseldyke, Jim; Thurlow, Martha; Bielinski, John; House, Allison; Moody, Mark; Haigh, John – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
A study investigated the kinds of instructional and assessment accommodations received by 280 students with disabilities and the extent to which instructional accommodations match assessment accommodations. Most students who had Individualized Education Programs in specific content areas received instructional accommodations in those areas.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Martin, Larry L.; And Others – 1980
The report presents a model for appraisal and individualized educational programing for learning disabled children at the School of Education, Auburn University, Alabama. Descriptions by clinic staff of visitations to exemplary models and a summary of a regional conference on learning disabilities introduce the report. The clinic model is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Managed Instruction, Definitions
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Thompson, Sandra; Thurlow, Martha; Whetstone, Patti – 2001
This paper discusses federal requirements for addressing general education curriculum standards and student participation in educational assessments in the Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) of students with disabilities. Specific regulations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are cited, and the following recommendations are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
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