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| | Series: | NCEO Synthesis Report 68 | | Author: | Quenemoen, Rachel | | Publication Date: | 2008 | | Abstract: | This report provides a historical look back over the past 15 years of alternate assessment development, from the early 1990s through the mid 2000s, as reported by state directors of special education on the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) state surveys, and augmented by other research and policy reports published by NCEO and related organizations during that time frame. It is meant to be a resource to state and federal policymakers and staff, researchers, test companies, and the public to help us understand why and where we have come from and where we may be going in the challenging work of alternate assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities. | | Publisher: | National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) | | Pages: | 38 | | Format: | PDF, HTML | | Target Age: | | | Intended Audience: | | | HTML Version: | http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis68/index.htm | | PDF Version: | http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis68/Synthesis68.pdf |
| | Series: | | | Author: | Küpper, Lisa | | Publication Date: | 1999 | | Abstract: | On the audiotape of this award winning set, young people with mental retardation or autism speak candidly about their job related experiences. Parents, transition specialists, and employers also share their insights. A Student’s Guide to Jobs is designed especially for students with significant disabilities such as mental retardation and autism. This guide and the tape are meant to be used in combination with NICHCY's Technical Assistance Guide: Helping Students with Cognitive Disabilities Find and Keep a Job. The Student’s Guide to Jobs package includes a printed booklet and an audiotape. | | Publisher: | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) | | Pages: | 12 | | Format: | PDF | | Target Age: | | | Intended Audience: | Educators Families | | HTML Version: | | | PDF Version: | http://www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/Documents/NICHCY%20PUBS/st2.pdf |
| | Series: | NCEO Synthesis Report 60 | | Author: | Gong, Brian; Marion, Scott | | Publication Date: | 2006 | | Abstract: | Alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards—and the corresponding instruction for these students—have come from a highly individualized tradition in which comparisons among students and data aggregation have not been the focus. Alternate assessment and instruction is moving more firmly into a standards-based accountability world, due in large part to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997, the reauthorization of IDEA in 2004, and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).
This report provides a useful framework to inform discussion about flexibility in assessments for students with significant cognitive disabilities that will:
a. permit clarification of values and goals so fundamental policy decisions can be made regarding desired comparability,
b. support research and development work to improve assessment for this population of students, with the long-term goal that such assessment will support improved achievement,
c. help the discussion of alternate assessment approaches move beyond simply using nominal labels of familiar assessment formats (e.g., portfolio, performance, checklist or rating scales) and recognize that most alternate assessments are a blend of multiple formats with varying degrees of flexibility for different components of the system, and
d. assist in the evaluation of the technical quality of alternate assessment systems. | | Publisher: | National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) | | Pages: | 31 | | Format: | PDF, HTML | | Target Age: | | | Intended Audience: | | | HTML Version: | http://www.education.umn.edu/NCEO/OnlinePubs/Synthesis60.html | | PDF Version: | http://education.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis60.pdf |
| | Series: | NICHCY Fact Sheet, FS8SP, 1-4. | | Author: | Centro Nacional de Diseminacion de Informacion para Ninos con Discapacidades (NICHCY), en ingles National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities | | Publication Date: | 2004 | | Abstract: | Esta hoja informativa presenta un resumen del retraso mental -- caracteristicas y sintomas, que tan comun es el retraso mental e implicaciones educativas. Tambien provee informacion sobre como tratar las necesidades especiales de un nino con retraso mental. Una lista de libros y organizaciones se provee al final del documento. Esta publicacion tambien esta disponible en ingles.
The fact sheet presents an overview of mental retardation -- characteristics and symptoms, how common mental retardation are, and educational implications. Tips are given to parents and teachers for addressing the special needs of a child with mental retardation. The fact sheet concludes with a list of helpful books and organizations. Also available in English.
| | Publisher: | Centro Nacional de Diseminacion de Informacion para Ninos con Discapacidades (NICHCY), en ingles National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities | | Pages: | 4 | | Format: | PDF | | Target Age: | | | Intended Audience: | Educators Families General Public | | HTML Version: | | | PDF Version: | http://www.nichcy.org/Documents/Spanish%20pubs/FS8SP.pdf |
| | Series: | NCEO Synthesis Report 55 | | Author: | McGrew, Kevin S.; Evans, Jeffrey | | Publication Date: | 2004 | | Abstract: | To make informed decisions about the best instruction and assessments for students with cognitive disabilities, several questions need to be answered. For instance, how many students with cognitive disabilities can be expected to achieve the same level of proficiency as other students? To what extent can we predict who these students are? Can we discern whether a student’s failure to meet profi ciency is due to the student’s disabling condition or lack of appropriate instruction? Finally, what effects do teacher expectations have on student achievement?
This report addresses these questions, and includes an analysis of nationally representative cognitive and achievement data to illustrate the dangers in making blanket assumptions about appropriate achievement expectations for individuals based on their cognitive ability or diagnostic label. In addition, a review of research on the achievement patterns of students with cognitive disabilities and literature on the effects of teacher expectations is included. | | Publisher: | National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) | | Pages: | 41 | | Format: | PDF, HTML | | Target Age: | | | Intended Audience: | | | HTML Version: | http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis55.html | | PDF Version: | http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis55.pdf |
| | Series: | NICHCY Fact Sheet, FS8, 1-4. | | Author: | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) | | Publication Date: | 2004 | | Abstract: | The fact sheet on intellectual disability presents a short overview of the specific disability--its characteristics, incidence, and educational implications--and concludes with a list of helpful books and organizations. This publication is also available in Spanish. | | Publisher: | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) | | Pages: | 4 | | Format: | PDF | | Target Age: | | | Intended Audience: | Educators Families General Public | | HTML Version: | http://www.nichcy.org/Disabilities/Specific/Pages/IntellectualDisability.aspx | | PDF Version: | http://www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/Documents/NICHCY%20PUBS/fs8.pdf |
| | Series: | NCEO Synthesis Report 50 | | Author: | Quenemoen, Rachel; Thompson, Sandra; Thurlow, Martha | | Publication Date: | 2003 | | Abstract: | This report discusses how selected states are addressing the challenge of defining successful outcomes for students with significant disabilities as reflected in state criteria for scoring alternate assessment responses or evidence. | | Publisher: | National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) | | Pages: | 59 | | Format: | PDF, HTML | | Target Age: | | | Intended Audience: | | | HTML Version: | http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis50.html | | PDF Version: | http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/SynthReport50.pdf |
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