"When a student with a disability takes a different assessment than a student without a disability, there is no way to compare their performance, no way to accurately measure achievement gaps and no way to know how well they have grasped the grade-level content." Read Full Post >
The survey creator hopes the responses will provide further insight into an underresearched area. Read Full Post >
The news story explores the balance at one school between teaching practical skills and basic academic concepts to students with serious intellectual disabilities. Read Full Post >
Can advocates concerned about restraint and seclusion of students in the U.S. learn from this extraordinary school? Read Full Post >
Alternate assessments for students with disabilities are being used more frequently, say state officials. Read Full Post >
Special education officials often complain about how the testing provisions of No Child Left Behind penalize schools with high numbers of students with disabilities, but the Washington Post had an interesting story on the front page today about a lesser-known problem: schools with high numbers of me... Read Full Post >
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