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Download full textThurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1995
In response to findings of excessive exclusion of students with disabilities from national and state educational assessments, this document was developed to provide a listing of the states' guidelines for the participation or exclusion of students with disabilities in assessments. Guidelines in use were provided by 43 states. The remaining seven…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Ysseldyke, Jim; Thurlow, Martha L. – Diagnostique, 1997
Describes the development and activities of the National Center on Educational Outcomes, an OSEP-funded center that provides national leadership in the identification of outcomes, indicators, and assessments to monitor educational results for all students, including students with disabilities. The development of a model of educational outcomes is…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Benefits
Anderson, Michael E.; Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Hall-Lande, Jennifer – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2005
This report examines this state-level knowledge base to determine the challenges that state educational agencies face when including English language learners with disabilities in statewide assessments and the solutions they have identified. To do this telephone interviews were conducted with state department personnel in the areas of assessment,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Disabilities, English (Second Language)
Quenemoen, Rachel F.; Lehr, Camilla A.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Thompson, Sandra J.; Bolt, Sara – 2000
This policy study looks at existing and emerging state policies on social promotion to determine the extent to which students with disabilities are included or excluded. Results reflect the status of state polices at one point in time, as determined from publicly available state documents and statutes of 14 states with promotion policies. The…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedThurlow, Martha L.; Ysseldyke, James E. – Journal of School Psychology, 1982
A limited national sample of 49 school psychologists and 30 regular education teachers provided information on assessment procedures for the purpose of instructional planning. Results showed some indications of agreement between school psychologists and teachers, but also several inconsistencies in the views of the two groups. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others – Diagnostique, 1986
Surveys of 60 preschool teachers and in-depth interviews with 10 other teachers regarding assessment and instructional decision-making practices with handicapped children revealed that evaluation and monitoring procedures were not used systematically or regularly. Behavioral observations were the most widely used single source of information for…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Instructional Development
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Van Getson, Gretchen R. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2004
Proponents of out-of-level testing generally contend that there are three benefits for students with disabilities: (1) undue test frustration is avoided; (2) test measurement accuracy is improved; and (3) test items are better matched to students' current educational goals and instructional level (Thurlow, Elliott, & Ysseldyke, 1999). It is…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Instructional Program Divisions, Teacher Attitudes, Measurement
Clapper, Ann T.; Morse, Amanda B.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thompson, Sandra J.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2005
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has been tracking and analyzing state policies on assessment participation and accommodations since 1992. The purpose of the current analysis is to update information on these policies that was last reported by NCEO in 2002 (based on 2001 data). The current analysis of states' 2003 participation…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives, Sign Language, Disabilities
Johnstone, Christopher J.; Altman, Jason; Thurlow, Martha L.; Thompson, Sandra J. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires the reporting of participation in assessments overall and by subgroup, including students with disabilities. As states and school districts strive to meet the goals for adequate yearly progress required by NCLB, the use of individual accommodations continues to be scrutinized for effectiveness,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Test Validity, Research Needs
Thurlow, Martha L.; Langenfeld, Karen L. H.; Nelson, J. Ruth; Shin, Hyeonsook; Coleman, JoAnne E. – 1998
This report summarizes a study that analyzed the inclusion of students with disabilities in the accountability systems of 48 state education accountability reports and that of Washington, D.C. Extreme variability was found to exist in the reporting practices across states and there was little information on students with disabilities. Eleven…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Thurlow, Martha L.; Wiley, Hilda Ives – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2004
This report is the sixth analysis of state reports conducted by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) to examine the extent to which states publicly report information about students with disabilities in statewide assessments. Descriptions of statewide testing systems are presented and examined as to whether these systems included…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1989
Social validity data were collected for three educational interventions designed to increase the academic engaged time of elementary special education students: (1) a reading tutorial intervention, (2) a special education consultation intervention, and (3) a home-based consultation intervention. A total of 29 students, 14 parents, 21 teachers, and…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Elementary Education, Home Programs, Mild Disabilities
Peer reviewedThurlow, Martha L.; And Others – Special Services in the Schools, 1994
Describes specific steps found to be effective in developing and implementing an outcomes system. Discusses ways to establish a foundation for such an effort, how to develop a model, considerations in data collection and reporting, and procedures for installing an outcomes system. Urges others to adopt outcome-focused education. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Data Collection, Educational Change
Nelson, J. Ruth; Ysseldyke, James E.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1998
This report discusses the findings of a study that compared identified desirable characteristics of state accountability reports with 20 accountability reports generated by 7 states. Desirable characteristics included (1) clarity (the intended audience, statements of purpose, a description of the population being reported on and the states'…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Data Interpretation, Disabilities
