NCEO Brief: Performance of Special Education Students: Implications for Common State Assessments (#5)

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Part of the NCEO Brief series.

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Kamarrie Davis, Sheryl Lazarus, Martha L Thurlow

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A brief -- the fifth in a series for the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia -- presenting information on the performance of special education students, highlighting the range in performance of these students in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Consortia states, as well as the nature of gaps between special education and non-special education students. Changes in the percentage of special education students proficient and above on state tests over time are also provided. This brief provides concluding thoughts about the performance of special education students and suggestions for steps that Consortia and states might take to look at their own data. This is one of a series of NCEO Briefs for the Race to the Top (RTTT) Assessment Consortia that address the opportunities, resources, and challenges facing cross-state collaborative assessment efforts as they include students with disabilities and English language learners.

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Date

January 2012 

Type

Brief 

Edition

Number 5

Publisher

National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)