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Download full textStader, David L.; Lowe, Jerry M.; Neely, Robert – 2001
This report describes the Body of Evidence approach taken in Wyoming to implement standards-based graduation. The Body of Evidence plan calls for more than a single test to justify issuing a high school diploma. Graduation requirement rules, known as Chapter 31 rules, establish the requirements for a diploma. The body of evidence is to be…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Graduation Requirements, High School Students, High Schools
Edgley, Mary – 1998
This training manual is designed to provide information that will help Missouri educators understand and implement new state requirements regarding the inclusion of students with disabilities in the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP). It addresses the following topics: (1) reasons for including students with disabilities in a state assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Decision Making, Disabilities
Elmore, Randy – 1991
Shortcomings in the current student assessment program in Georgia are identified, proposed revisions are described, and additional changes are recommended. Georgia educators have complained that curricula place too much emphasis on basic skills, to the detriment of subjects like science and social studies. Reform legislation in Georgia has…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Basic Skills
Rafferty, Eileen A. – 1993
Maryland, the first state to mandate performance assessments for its elementary school students, administers the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program as a week-long series of activities measuring reading, writing, language in use, science, and social studies for students in grades 3, 5, and 8. Open-ended questions are built around…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
