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Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about Minnesota's Graduation Required Assessments for Diploma (GRAD), comprehensive proficiency assessments of the skills and knowledge in mathematics, reading, and writing that are necessary for graduation. The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, Series II, into which the GRAD tests are embedded, measure…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation, High School Graduates, Exit Examinations
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Thurlow, Martha; Tindal, Gerald; Powers, Richard; Lewis, Preston; Laitusis, Cara Cahalan; Breslin-Larson, Joan – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2007
Current educational policies require the participation of students with disabilities in state assessments. Their participation has raised a number of issues, among them the need for accommodations. In this article we consider the role that assistive technology (AT) can play to alleviate current accommodations demands, and highlight research and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Testing Accommodations
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families and Learning, St. Paul. Office of Special Education. – 1998
Intended for Minnesota legislators, this report compares special education requirements under Minnesota special education legislation and federal legislation. It is divided into two parts. Part 1 compares Minnesota special education law and federal special education requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Part 2…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Anderson, Carolyn – 2001
This manual is designed to assist Minnesota school districts in implementing surrogate parent programs under federal law (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and federal and state regulations. An introduction notes that Minnesota special education rules expand on the federal law by clarifying what school districts must do, including…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Due Process
Martens, Elise H. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1941
Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, School Administration, Residential Institutions
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1997
This report presents findings of a state-wide evaluation of special education in Minnesota with emphasis on costs and the impact of state and federal regulations. Major findings indicated that the percentage of students receiving special education services has risen from 7.4 percent to 10.9 percent over the last two decades; special education…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Educational Finance