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Direct linkAnderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
All of the states in this study have recently been involved in school accountability system reform. Since 2011, the states have taken advantage of a federal program to give them flexibility around certain requirements of the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 (NCLB), the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Policy, State Programs, State Standards
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
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
McKenna, Francis E. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Reports results of a 1982 survey of suburban and rural local governments in Maryland, which showed that cable television in rural areas is generally inferior to that in the suburbs, providing less revenue for local governments and poorer services. Advises local officials how to improve their current cable arrangements. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Services, Community Surveys, Federal Legislation
Webster, Jeff, Ed. – 1988
This volume presents papers from a 1988 conference on collegiate student financial aid which focused on trends in the cost of higher education, student loan defaults, trends in borrowing, the impact of congressional legislation, and state-level financial aid research. The papers are grouped in five sections corresponding to the five topics, and…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Educational Finance, Educational Trends
