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Download full textThompson, Sandra J.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Clapper, Ann T. – Educational Policy Reform Research Institute, 2005
Many students with disabilities need to use accommodations to meaningfully access instruction and to be appropriately assessed. During the past decade, the use of assessment accommodations has dramatically increased the participation rates of students with disabilities in statewide testing. Assessment accommodations can be defined as "changes…
Descriptors: Testing, Disabilities, Educational Change, Accountability
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; VanGetson, Gretchen R.; Jimenez, Rene – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
This study was designed, in part, to clarify some of the issues that surround including English language learners in states' large-scale assessment programs. More specifically, the authors gathered practical information at the local school level to understand these students' large-scale assessment experiences from a variety of perspectives, to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Research Design, Nontraditional Education
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1993
This report reviews literature pertaining to testing accommodations for students with disabilities. It draws on such information as empirical studies conducted by the Educational Testing Service and the American College Testing Program as well as policies for state assessment programs. The report addresses policy and legal considerations,…
Descriptors: Certification, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary School Students
States' Procedures for Ensuring Out-of-Level Test Instrument Quality. Out-of-Level Testing Report 14
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Moen, Ross E.; VanGetson, Gretchen R. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2004
The present study was initiated to gather information about states' out-of-level testing practices. Specifically, we wanted to see whether states attempted to align out-of-level tests with grade of enrollment content standards, what processes are used to complete this task, and what psychometric information states offer as evidence of that…
Descriptors: Instructional Program Divisions, Testing Accommodations, Student Evaluation, State Government
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1987
Current state guidelines for student-teacher ratios and/or caseloads in special education programs serving mildly handicapped students (including learning disabled, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and speech impaired) were examined and compared with pupil-teacher ratios reported by the U.S. Department of Education. The study defined…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Federal State Relationship
Thurlow, Martha L.; Seyfarth, Allison L.; Scott, Dorene L.; Ysseldyke, James E. – 1997
This report summarizes states' current policies on the participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessment and the accommodations available for these students. Among the generalizations from these summaries are (1) state participation and accommodation policies change frequently; (2) for participation decisions, state policies…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities
