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Download full textRiden, Benjamin S.; Taylor, Jonte' C.; Lee, David L.; Scheeler, Mary Catherine – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2018
Daily behavior report cards (DBRCs) have shown to be effective in addressing academic and behavioral challenges for a variety of students in past literature. The purpose of this literature review and analysis is to update and summarize findings on the use of DBRCs on academic and social behavior for students considered to have disruptive behaviors…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Literature Reviews, Disabilities
Hodgson, Jennifer R.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2011
Teachers play an important role in making decisions about students' accommodations for instruction and assessment. Although teachers are a significant part of the decision-making process, "gaps" in teachers' accommodations knowledge are well documented. Some of these gaps may be due to challenges in providing teacher professional…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Internet, Faculty Development, Testing Accommodations
Stone, Elizabeth; Davey, Tim – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
There has been an increased interest in developing computer-adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage assessments for K-12 accountability assessments. The move to adaptive testing has been met with some resistance by those in the field of special education who express concern about routing of students with divergent profiles (e.g., some students with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Disabilities, Special Education
Pullin, Diana – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
Recent efforts to change the teaching profession and teacher preparation include a number of innovations to use portfolio assessment, value added measures (VAM), accountability metrics and other corporate education reform ideas. These approaches may provoke considerable potential legal consequences. Traditional constitutional and civil rights…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Teacher Evaluation, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Change
Direct linkTowles-Reeves, Elizabeth; Kleinert, Harold; Muhomba, Monicah – Exceptional Children, 2009
Since the first review of alternate assessment literature by Browder, Spooner, Algozzine, et al. (2003), educational research related to alternate assessment has rapidly expanded as state and federal policies have required the inclusion of students with disabilities, including students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, in state and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Research, Federal Legislation
Stone, Elizabeth; Davey, Tim – Educational Testing Service, 2011
There has been an increased interest in developing computer-adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage assessments for K-12 accountability assessments. The move to adaptive testing has been met with some resistance by those in the field of special education who express concern about routing of students with divergent profiles (e.g., some students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adaptive Testing, Accountability, Computer Assisted Testing
Price, Lynn M.; Hodgson, Jennifer R.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2011
All students, including students with disabilities, participate in state accountability systems. Most students with disabilities participate in the regular assessment, with or without accommodations. Students with more significant cognitive disabilities participate in the alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). A…
Descriptors: Test Format, Individualized Education Programs, Eligibility, Alternative Assessment
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
Peer reviewedWoods, Thomas S. – Behavioral Disorders, 1982
This paper addresses efforts to monitor and control the applications of behavioral technology in human services. A brief review of accountability from a behavioral perspective is followed by viewpoints on the rights of clients subject to behavioral interventions. Three state/provincial efforts at creating policy and guidelines are examined.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Modification, Disabilities, Due Process
Gallagher, James J. – 1981
Presented are the formal presentation and edited comments from the 1981 Statesmen's Roundtable focusing on professional accountability in special education. The author's presentation addresses some of the assumptions made about special education, and the role of The Council for Exceptional Children regarding evaluation and accountability. Among…
Descriptors: Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Elliott, Judy – 2003
Inclusive assessment and accountability for all students with disabilities has been a significant focus of educators for the past six years. Yet only 35 states reported 1999-2000 test results for students with disabilities on some of their state assessments. Although the areas of assessment and accountability are just one focus of IDEA 1997 and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Gerber, Michael M. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1981
The author considers fundamental economic considerations which underlie decisions concerning individual education programs (IEPs) as mandated by P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) for handicapped students. (SB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Disabilities, Economic Factors
Nazzaro, Jean N. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1979
The text of a conversation with a Florida special education administrator explores such aspects as the skills that are being tested, how standards were derived, the effects of testing on curricula, special diplomas, and the improvement in scores noted in the second year of the testing. (DLS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Disabilities
Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, Margaret J.; Thurlow, Martha – Educational Policy, 2003
New accountability requirements contain provisions that mandate the participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessments and the public reporting of these students' performance along with other important educational outcomes. Discusses the technical, legal, and practical challenges to implementing the new accountability mandates.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Etter, Ermaleen B. – 1980
The document focuses on the impact of the cooperating teacher on the attitudes and behavior of the student special education teacher. The need for reform in teacher education which would produce more field based teacher training experience earlier is pointed out, and components of the Millersville State College (PA) undergraduate special education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Communication Skills, Cooperating Teachers, Disabilities
