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Download full textLazarus, Sheryl S.; Hodgson, Jennifer; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2010
All students, including students with disabilities, must be included in state accountability systems as required by law. In April 2007, federal regulations provided states the flexibility to offer another assessment option--an Alternate Assessment based on Modified Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) for some students with disabilities. The AA-MAS is…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Alternative Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Disabilities
Albus, Deb; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Cormier, Damien – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2009
In April 2007, Federal No Child Left Behind regulations were finalized that provided states with additional flexibility for assessing some students with disabilities. The regulations allowed states to offer another assessment option, alternate assessments based on modified academic achievement standards (AA-MAS). States are not required to have…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Thurlow, Martha L.; Thompson, Sandra J. – 2003
The inclusion of students with disabilities in state and district assessments rests on a fundamental belief: all children can learn. This belief centers on all children who receive educational services, even those whose teachers and therapists work with them at home or in the hospital. The purpose of this chapter is to clarify the rationale for…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Rogers, Christopher; Cormier, Damien; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
Federal regulations (U.S. Department of Education, 2007a) provide states with the flexibility to offer an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards (AA-MAS). This assessment option is for a small group of students with disabilities who can make significant progress, but may not reach grade-level achievement within the…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Disabilities
Barrera, Manuel; Shyyan, Vitaliy; Liu, Kristi K.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
This study, conducted in 2005-06, identified teacher-initiated instructional strategies currently preferred by practitioners who daily work with English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities. The findings generated in this study could potentially confirm strategies identified in the authors' earlier work (Thurlow et al., 2004) through the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Second Language Learning
Spande, Gail E.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1994
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has formulated a conceptual model of educational outcomes, including eight major domains, that is appropriate for all students, including those with disabilities. This document presents the results of matching 17 states' expected outcomes and the NCEO outcomes at the level of school completion.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disabilities, Educational Objectives, Graduation Requirements
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1995
This study analyzed documentation from 50 state departments of education concerning high school graduation requirements for students in general and for students with disabilities. Preliminary information reviews research on graduation requirements, research on minimum competence tests, and legal issues and implications. Study findings are then…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Credits, Disabilities, Graduation Requirements
Thompson, Sandra J.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Quenemoen, Rachel F.; Esler, Amy; Whetstone, Patti – 2001
A study examined state Individualized Education Program (IEP) forms to determine the extent to which they include documentation of standards and assessments. All 50 states were asked to send their IEP Forms and to indicate whether they were required, recommended, or simply sample forms. Out of the 41 states with IEP forms, only 5 states…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities, Documentation
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Warren, Sandra Hopfengardner – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, University of Minnesota (NCSET), 2004
This report is the first accounting of one case study of large-scale assessment practices in a local educational agency (LEA) where students with disabilities are administered states' standards-based tests out of level. The overall purpose of the research project was to describe the specific effects of testing students with disabilities out of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Case Studies, Testing Accommodations, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Peer reviewedThurlow, Martha L.; Ysseldyke, James E.; Reid, Cheryl L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
Comparison of state graduation requirements found significant differences in the exit documents awarded to students with disabilities, with similar requirements sometimes earning different types of exit documents in different states. It was also found that 44 states use Carnegie course unit requirements and 17 states have minimum competency…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Credits, Disabilities, Graduation Requirements
Thurlow, Martha L.; Ysseldyke, James E. – 1993
This paper cites evidence that the word "all" in referring to the education of all children is not being used in the universal sense, and notes that actions have not matched the rhetoric about "all" students. The paper defines the terms "outcomes,""indicators," and "standards." It discusses key issues that arise in talking about outcomes for all…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Policy
Elliott, Judith L.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1997
This document discusses educational reform and the implications of educational standards on students with disabilities. Topics addressed include: (1) common educational reforms; (2) new laws promoting education reform; (3) how today's reforms fit with special education; (4) the different types of standards, including content standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Quenemoen, Rachel F.; Lehr, Camilla A.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Massanari, Carol B. – 2001
This paper addresses emerging issues affecting students with disabilities in standards-based assessment and accountability systems. Challenges and possible strategies for addressing the challenges are provided as identified by researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, based on a model developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Change Strategies, Disabilities
Peer reviewedThurlow, Martha L. – Remedial and Special Education, 2002
This article identifies the promises of standards-based reform and the mechanisms that were supported to ensure that these promises were fulfilled. It addresses ways in which adjustments are being made to ensure that standards-based reform for all students really means all students, including students with disabilities. Next steps are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedThompson, Sandra J.; Thurlow, Martha L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
Findings are presented from the National Center on Educational Outcomes' 1999 survey of state directors (n=48) of special education about test participation rates and factors that influence participation. More students are participating in statewide testing, however, there are factors that continue to inhibit greater participation. Recommendations…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
