Hints and Tips for Addressing Accommodations Issues for Peer Review

Author(s)
Laurene L Christensen, Kathryn Lail, Martha L Thurlow

Description

A report examining the key accommodations issues that have arisen for states in the recent federal standards and assessments peer review process. The report by the Institute's National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) was developed in collaboration with the Assessing Special Education Students (ASES) State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS), and results from an analysis of peer review comments on accommodations. This publication highlights examples of assessment accommodations that were considered acceptable and unacceptable for peer review and includes NCEO recommendations for best practices with regard to assessment accommodations.

Details

Date
2007 
Type
Report 
Publisher
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
Collaborators
Council of Chief State School Officers
National Association of State Directors of Special Education

Topics

  • Specific life stage
    • Children
    • Adolescents and young adults
  • Educational accountability and assessment
    • Accessibility & Accommodations
    • Students with Disabilities