Alternate Assessments for Students with Disabilities.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education.

State governments.

Students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (32 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes Department of Education regulations that allow States to use scores from alternate assessments for adequate yearly progress calculations in accountability systems. Addresses current status of State implementation of alternate assessments, and examines some of the challenges that States have encountered in developing and implementing these assessments. Discusses other policy proposals for measuring achievement of students with disabilities and including them in accountability systems.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Alternate Assessments for Students with Disabilities

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