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Download full textMassachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2003
This publication presents guidelines for parents and educators in making appropriate decisions about participation in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MACS) tests for students with disabilities, and it describes commonly used test accommodations. State law requires the participation in MCAS of all students who are educated with…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2000
This guide discusses the participation of students with disabilities in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), the state's student testing program that is being implemented in response to the Education Reform Law of 1993. The statewide assessment program is designed to strengthen public education in Massachusetts and ensure that…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Quenemoen, Rachel; Thurlow, Martha – US Department of Education, 2007
The purpose of this booklet is to introduce parents of students with disabilities to the "big ideas" contained in school improvement efforts under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and to provide them with the information they need to help ensure that their children…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Accountability
