This report is a summary of a May 1994 meeting on the participation of students with disabilities in statewide assessment programs. The report reviews the background of the meeting, states the issues addressed, and summarizes the major points of agreement reached. A set of recommendations is offered for making participation and accommodation decisions. Nineteen major points are summarized, including: there is a lack of understanding of the magnitude of exclusion of students with disabilities in state assessment programs; and approximately 85 percent of these students could be included with or without some accommodations. Issues still to be resolved in the areas of parent involvement, scoring nonparticipants, and norm-referenced versus criterion-referenced assessments are identified, as are assumptions underlying participation and accommodation decisions. Recommended practices include the following: (1) include students with disabilities in statewide assessments at three points--instrument development, instrument administration, and reporting of results; (2) accommodations and adaptations should be considered when needed, including presentation adaptations, response adaptations, setting adaptations, and timing/scheduling adaptations; and (3) mechanisms to check on implementation should be put into place, such as conducting follow-up studies of excluded and included students, removing incentives for exclusion, and reviewing requests for new forms of testing modifications. Appendices list the meeting participants and agenda and present a possible checklist for decision making. (DB)