Use of Alternate Assessment Results in Reporting and Accountability Systems: Conditions for Use Based on Research and Practice (NCEO Synthesis Report)
TITLE Use of Alternate Assessment Results in Reporting and Accountability Systems: Conditions for Use Based on Research and Practice. Synthesis Report. INSTITUTION National Center on Educational Outcomes, Minneapolis, MN. SPONS AGENCY Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. REPORT NO NCEO-43 PUB DATE 2002-05-00 NOTE 37p.; In collaboration with: the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE). CONTRACT H326G000001 AVAILABLE FROM National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 350 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Rd., Minneapolis, MN 55455. For full text: http://education.umn.edu/NCEO/OnlinePubs/ Synthesis43.html. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Accountability; *Disabilities; Educational Assessment; *Educational Testing; Elementary Secondary Education; *Evaluation Methods; Program Development; Scoring; Standards; Student Evaluation; Student Participation; Testing Accommodations IDENTIFIERS Kentucky; North Carolina; Wyoming
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