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Peer reviewedGronna, Sarah S.; Jenkins, Amelia A.; Chin-Chance, Selvin A. – Exceptional Children, 1998
A study examined the rate of participation of Hawaiian students with disabilities in state-wide assessments in grades three, six, eight, and ten. Results found that roughly 64% of all students with disabilities were assessed in 1995. Most students who were excluded from testing were those with severe disabilities. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewedJohnson, Evelyn; Kimball, Kathy; Brown, Shawn Olson; Anderson, David – Exceptional Children, 2001
A study presents a post-hoc evaluation of the use of accommodations in the Washington Assessment of Students Learning of 4th and 7th graders in 1998. Results indicate that while the use of accommodations appeared to be consistent with state guidelines, increased training opportunities and revisions in reporting procedures are advised. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Peer reviewedBrowder, Diane M.; Spooner, Fred; Algozzine, Robert; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Flowers, Claudia; Karvonen, Meagan – Exceptional Children, 2003
This article reviews promises, practices, and provisos of alternative assessment as a basis for illustrating what is known about measuring progress of students with disabilities in statewide assessment programs. Nineteen data-based studies have been used to begin to document the effects of alternative assessment. However, it is concluded there are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities
