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Ysseldyke, James E.; Thurlow, Martha – NCEO Policy Directions, 1994
Students with disabilities have been excluded to an unreasonable extent from large-scale assessment programs at the national, state, and local levels. One implication of this exclusion practice is that students who are left out of assessments tend not to be considered during reform efforts. Another implication is that estimates of performance are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education