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Download full textCohen, Michael; Heumann, Judith E. – 2001
This policy statement clarifies the role of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team in selecting individual accommodations, modifications in administration, and alternate assessments for state and district-wide assessments. It states that neither the state education agency (SEA) nor the local education agency (LEA) can limit the authority…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Disabilities
Buckman, Dana T.; Coleman, Arthur L.; Farmelo, David A.; Gittins, Naomi E.; Mehfoud, Kathleen S.; Thomas, Lori S.; Wood, R. Craig – 2000
This guide examines the legal issues to consider in setting policy on the appropriate uses, and consequences, of student testing, and explores the controversies that have arisen in places where new polices were implemented. Chapter 1, "An Overview of Student Testing and Assessment," provides a brief overview of some of the state and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disability Discrimination
Zorn, Jeffrey L. – 1983
Although by traditional measures of test validity, the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is not culture biased, it, along with the English Composition Test and the Test of Standard Written English, reinforces a narrow view of academic excellence that excludes culturally different youths. Designed to prevent admission errors, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests
