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Boyer, Michelle; Landl, Erika – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
This Brief contains a scan of the interim assessment landscape, and is focused on the availability of documentation supporting the appropriateness of these assessments for students with disabilities. The purpose of this Brief is to advise the development of guidance that facilitates improved practices related to the use of interim assessments for…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Inclusion
Clapper, Ann T.; Morse, Amanda B.; Thompson, Sandra J.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2005
For several years, states have listed accommodations allowed on state assessments. States soon found that the definitions of these accommodations varied not only across states, but also within states and even in schools. Over the past few years, states have made greater attempts to define each accommodation and to decide whether the accommodation…
Descriptors: Test Results, Outcomes of Education, Guidelines, Educational Objectives
Geisinger, Kurt F.; Carlson, Janet F. – 1995
The assessment of students with disabilities has taken on considerable importance since the passing of the "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)" of 1990. ADA requires that assessment of individuals with disabilities be performed with any reasonable accommodations being made. The considerations involved in assessing students with…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Disabilities