Martha Thurlow November 18, 2009 Assessments for Students with Disabilities.
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Martha ThurlowNovember 18, 2009
Assessments for Students with Disabilities
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Overview
Requirements for Race to Top Assessments
Computer-based AssessmentsSome Bottom Lines
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Requirements• Start by recognizing that students
with disabilities are general education students first
Design assessments from the beginning with all students in mind, including students with disabilities
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Requirements
• Define allowable accommodations as part of the assessment development process
Work from clear grade-level content standards
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Requirements
• Include all students
No exceptions!
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Computer-based Testing
Incorporate “accommodations”Increase transparency about
content standards assessedUse grade-based criterion-
referenced approach
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Bottom LinesDo nothing that would reopen doors to
lowered expectations and outcomes for students with disabilities
Do nothing that could result in a separate curriculum for some students with disabilities
Do nothing that would track students into a separate achievement expectation early in their school careers