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Direct linkWessels, Marleen D.; van der Putten, Annette A. J.; Paap, Muirne C. S. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Knowledge about the quality of assessment methods used in the support of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) is scarce. This study aimed to provide an overview of the assessment methods used in practice and to examine whether these instruments were studied for their psychometric properties for people with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Nieminen, Juuso Henrik – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
This study examines the underlying mechanisms of ableism and disablism in the assessment of student learning in higher education. Globally, higher education institutions rely strongly on assessment accommodations (e.g., extra time in tests) to ensure disabled students' participation in assessment. This is also the case in Finland. Even though…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Social Bias, College Students, Students with Disabilities
Anderson, Laura K. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Students with intellectual disabilities are among the least likely students to spend a significant amount of time in general education classrooms. When they are included, they may spend their time on non-academic learning experiences. Universal Design for Learning is a lesson planning framework that can guide teachers in inclusive lesson planning.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Inclusion, Access to Education
Download full textMari Quanbeck; Sheryl S. Lazarus; Martha L. Thurlow – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2023
In the years since the 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) placed a 1.0% cap for states on participation in the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS), states have worked hard to navigate the new restrictions on participation in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Alternative Assessment
Anna Cecilia McWhirter; Karrie P. Walters – Grantee Submission, 2024
Psychological assessment is an integral aspect of training in graduate school. Developing ecologically integrated and culturally sensitive diagnostic tools to support case conceptualization and differential diagnosis is critical to improving assessment practices. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of research on diagnostic training practices,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests
Petri Partanen; Anna Eva Hallin – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2025
This study investigates the familiarity with and application of Dynamic Assessment (DA) among Speech and Language Pathologists (SLPs) in Sweden, focusing on its use in diagnosing language disorders in children. Using a mixed-methods approach, survey data were collected from 565 SLPs, revealing that 72% were familiar with DA. However, a significant…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Clinical Diagnosis, Alternative Assessment, Foreign Countries
Jessica Arnold; Susan Hayes; Elizabeth Zagata – WestEd, 2025
Despite decades of tenacious advocacy and improvement efforts to expand and enshrine rights for students with disabilities, many students with individualized education programs (IEPs) still lack access to high-quality, effective learning opportunities. This can be due to a range of factors, including low expectations, exclusion from general…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Equal Education, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
McClure, Erica B.; Burt, Jonathan L. – Beyond Behavior, 2023
Functional communication training (FCT) is a strategy to address problem behavior for students with various disabilities that is supported by a broad evidence base. Despite this support, multiple factors continue to dissuade educators from utilizing FCT in their classrooms. This article outlines the process of developing and implementing FCT plans…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Students with Disabilities, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice
Tessie Rose Bailey; Zachary Weingarten – National Center on Intensive Intervention, 2022
The 2017 Supreme Court decision "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" highlighted the importance of monitoring students' progress toward appropriately challenging individualized educational program (IEP) annual goals and making changes to students' educational programs when needed. The process for setting an IEP goal should be…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Quality, Individualized Education Programs, Court Litigation
Tesfaye, Rackeb; Courchesne, Valerie; Yusuf, Afiqah; Savion-Lemieux, Tal; Singh, Ilina; Shikako-Thomas, Keiko; Mirenda, Pat; Waddell, Charlotte; Smith, Isabel M.; Nicholas, David; Szatmari, Peter; Bennett, Terry; Duku, Eric; Georgiades, Stelios; Kerns, Connor; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Zaidman-Zait, Anat; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Elsabbagh, Mayada – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Most research regarding youth with autism spectrum disorder has not focused on their first-person perspectives providing limited insight into methodologies best suited to eliciting their voices. We conducted a synthesis of methods previously used to obtain the first-person perspectives of youth with various disabilities, which may be applicable to…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Youth, Disabilities
Sara Kemper; Laura Potter; Eskender Yousuf; Brittany Stahlman – Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2023
Educational leaders across the country are catching on to the idea that traditional grading practices and standardized tests do not adequately capture the scope of what young people know and can do. These schools and districts are experimenting with new models for assessing learning and communicating results with students and families. This…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Educational Innovation, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Muller, Kristen; Brady, Nancy C.; Fleming, Kandace K. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate and compare alternative modalities and stimuli used to measure receptive vocabulary skills in autistic children who are minimally verbal. This study systematically compared participants' outcomes on three different receptive vocabulary assessment conditions: a low-tech assessment that used a stimulus…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children
Freiermuth, Mark R.; Tsunoda, Angela Karsten; Oliveira, Diego; Muramoto, Erica Maria; Nagatani, Luzinete; Nakajima, Yukiko – School Psychology International, 2023
This study discusses the disparity in numbers between Japanese children and their Brazilian immigrant peers concerning placement in Japanese special education classes. In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 stakeholders including Japanese nationals and Brazilian immigrants to see if there were any ways to explain the larger numbers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, 2018
The purposes of "Guidelines for Serving Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Educational Settings" are to: (1) Update previous guidance on serving students with specific learning disabilities (SLD); (2) Provide guidance on the implementation with fidelity of the Response to Intervention (RTI) models as well as the discrepancy…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Student Needs, Individualized Education Programs, Inclusion
Videira, Katherine – Online Submission, 2018
How do art educators find out if the art lesson they just taught made sense to every student in their classroom? Due to the increasing prevalence of inclusion and need for accountability in schools, art teachers need information about how students with special needs interact with assessments. However, the literature that highlights the debate over…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, Art Teachers, Art Education
