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NCEO Policy Directions: Out-of-Level Testing: Pros and Cons (#9)
This year 1999 report gives the history and arguments for and against the use of out-of-level testing and identifies key issues to consider before implementing this policy.
Published: April 1999
Frontline Initiative: Self-Determination
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities as they decide for themselves how to spend their lives.
Published: Spring 1999
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Status of the States in the Development of Alternate Assessments (#31)
This 1999 report describes the results of an online survey to assess the status of states in the development of alternate assessments to be in place by July 1, 2000.
Published: April 1999
NCEO Technical Reports: State Graduation Requirements for Students With and Without Disabilities (#24)
This year 1999 report documents graduation requirements based on a survey study of assessment directors of 50 states and the District of Columbia for students with and without disabilities.
Published: April 1999
Issues and Consequences for State-Level Minimum Competency Testing Programs (Wyoming Report 1)
A report from the past Wyoming Assessment Project, a federally funded effort.
Published: January 1999
Frontline Initiative: International Issue
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) showing how DSPs in other countries effectively support individuals with disabilities.
Published: Winter 1999
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Participation and Performance of Students from non-English Language Backgrounds: Minnesota's 1996 Basic Standards Tests in Reading and Math (#17)
This year 1999 report summarizes data for students from non-English language backgrounds taking Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests in 1996.
Published: January 1999
Through Asking the Right Questions... You Can Reach Your Destination
A pocket guide containing questions for families and persons with disabilities to ask as they interview residential service providers and decide which are best suited to meet their support needs.
Published: 1999
NCEO Technical Reports: Educational Results for Students with Disabilities: What Do the Data Tell Us? (#23)
This year 1998 report presents an analysis of state performance reports, focusing on how students with disabilities are doing nationally on assessments of academic content and nonacademic measures.
Published: December 1998
NCEO Technical Reports: Desired Characteristics for State and School District Educational Accontability Reports (#22)
This year 1998 report presents a study of stakeholders' views of desirable characteristics of performance reports for all students, including students with disabilities, and gives recommendations.
Published: November 1998
NCEO Framework for Educational Accountability: Post-School Outcomes
This 1998 document extends the NCEO Framework for Educational Accountability, focusing on outcomes and indicators for the post-school individual, and examines the relationship between these …
Published: October 1998
Frontline Initiative: Professionalism
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities by becoming more professional in their work habits …
Published: Fall 1998
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Participation and Performance of Students with Disabilities: Minnesota's 1996 Basic Standards Tests in Reading and Math (#16)
This year 1998 report summarizes the participation and performance of students with disabilities on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests in 1996.
Published: October 1998
Frontline Initiative: Stress and Burnout
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals showing how they can cope with stress while still effectively supporting individuals with disabilities.
Published: Summer 1998
NCEO Technical Reports: An Analysis of Perceived Desirability, Feasibility, and Actual Use of Specific Criteria for Large-Scale Assessment and Accountability Systems (#21)
This year 1998 report describes national survey results on the desirability, feasibility and use of criteria for large-scale assessment and accountability systems for students with disabilities.
Published: July 1998
NCEO Framework for Educational Accountability
This 1998 paper describes a revised framework for educational accountability, which started with outcomes and indicators. The revised framework can be adapted for system-wide or individual accounta…
Published: May 1998
NCEO Technical Reports: State Accountability Reports: What are States Saying about Students with Disabilities? (#20)
This year 1998 report reviews state accountability documents from 48 states and Washington DC, specifically analyzing how students with disabilities are represented, and provides recommendations.
Published: May 1998
Accountability for the Results of Educating Students with Disabilities
This report from 1998 describes the findings of a conference NCEO convened to define issues and develop recommendations related to state and district-wide assessments and accountability needed to …
Published: April 1998
Accountability for the Results of Educating Students with Disabilities: Assessment Conference Report on the New Assessment Provisions of the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
A year 1998 conference report on the assessment provisions of the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Published: April 1998
Frontline Initiative: Communication
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities by communicating better with them.
Published: Spring 1998
NCEO Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project: Performance Trends and Use of Accommodations on a Statewide Assessment: Students with Disabilities in the KIRIS On-Demand Assessments from 1992-93 through 1995-96 (#3)
A report from the past Maryland-Kentucky-NCEO Assessment Project, a federally funded effort supported, in part, by a grant to the Maryland State Department of Education.
Published: April 1998
Frontline Initiative: Change
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities as they cope with change.
Published: Winter 1998
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Enhancing Communication: Desirable Characteristics for State and School District Educational Accountability Reports (#30)
A report summarizing a 1997 meeting of a study group to develop a list of necessary, desirable, and succinct characteristics of good state and district educational accountability reports.
Published: January 1998
NCEO Technical Reports: An Analysis of Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in State Standards Documents (#19)
This year 1998 report reviews state accountability documents from 48 states and Washington DC, specifically analyzing how students with disabilities are represented, and provides recommendations.
Published: January 1998
NCEO State Surveys: 1997 State Special Education Outcomes: A Report on State Activities During Educational Reform
This report presents the results of the sixth survey of state activities in the assessment of educational outcomes for students with disabilities conducted by NCEO since 1991.
Published: November 1997
Linking Inclusion to Conclusions: An Empirical Study of Participation of Students with Disabilities in Statewide Testing Programs (Oregon Report 1)
A report from the past Oregon Assessment Project, a federally funded effort.
Published: October 1997
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Educators' Responses to LEP Students' Participation in the 1997 Basic Standards Testing (#15)
This year 1997 report examines participation and accommodations decision-making for English learners on Minnesota's Basic Standards Test.
Published: October 1997
NCEO Synthesis Reports: State Assessment Policies on Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: 1997 Update (#29)
This 1997 report summarizes states' policies on the participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessment, and the accommodations available for those students.
Published: September 1997
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Special Education Teacher Responses to the 1997 Basic Standards Testing (#14)
This 1997 report examines the participation and accommodations decision-making for students with disabilities on the Minnesota Basic Standards Test.
Published: September 1997
NCEO Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project: Reporting School Performance in the Maryland and Kentucky Accountability Systems: What Scores Mean and How They Are Used (#2)
A report from the past Maryland-Kentucky-NCEO Assessment Project, a federally funded effort supported, in part, by a grant to the Maryland State Department of Education.
Published: September 1997
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: High School Graduation Requirements in the U.S. for Students with Limited English Proficiency (#13)
This year 1997 report examines graduation requirements for the 50 states and summarizes how these policies apply to English learners.
Published: September 1997
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Putting Alternate Assessments into Practice: What to Measure and Possible Sources of Data (#28)
This 1997 report highlights four information-gathering procedures that might be used in alternate assessments.
Published: September 1997
NCEO Technical Reports: An Analysis of State Approaches to Including Students with Disabilities in Assessments Implemented During Educational Reform (#18)
This year 1997 report evaluates states' policies on the inclusion, accommodations and reporting of students with disabilities in statewide assessments.
Published: September 1997
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: A Review of the Literature on Students with Limited English Proficiency and Assessment (#11)
This year 1997 report reviews literature on best practices for assessing English learners.
Published: August 1997
NCEO Policy Directions: Reporting Educational Results for Students with Disabilities (#8)
This year 1997 report emphasizes the importance of public reporting of results for students with disabilities and summarizes principles of good reporting practices.
Published: July 1997
NCEO Policy Directions: Providing Assessment Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in State and District Assessments (#7)
This year 1997 report identifies issues to address in facilitating the provision of appropriate accommodations in state and district assessments.
Published: June 1997
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, Spanish-Speaking, and Vietnamese Parents and Students Speak Out on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests (#12)
This year 1997 report summarizes views of English learners and their parents on participation in Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests.
Published: May 1997
NCEO Policy Directions: Increasing the Participation of Students with Disabilities in State and District Assessments (#6)
This year 1997 report identifies considerations and makes recommendations for increasing the participation of students with disabilities in state and district assessments.
Published: May 1997
Frontline Initiative: Training
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals showing how training can help them more effectively support individuals with disabilities.
Published: Spring 1997
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Issues and Considerations in Alternate Assessments (#27)
This 1997 report describes and discusses issues around the design of alternate assessments for students with disabilities.
Published: January 1997
Frontline Initiative: Relationships
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals showing how building relationships can help them more effectively support individuals with disabilities.
Published: Winter 1997
NCEO Synthesis Reports: High Stakes Testing for Students: Unanswered Questions and Implications for Students with Disabilities (#26)
This 1997 literature review looks at existing research on the effects of high stakes tests on students, with particular attention to students with disabilities.
Published: January 1997
Play Time/Social Time
A research-based curriculum guiding instruction for children with and without disabilities, emphasizing social interaction skills and positive patterns of social behavior, using children's natural …
Published: 1997
NCEO Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project: A Comparison of State Assessment Systems in Maryland and Kentucky with a focus on the participation of students with disabilities (#1)
A report from the past Maryland-Kentucky-NCEO Assessment Project, a federally funded effort supported, in part, by a grant to the Maryland State Department of Education.
Published: November 1996
Frontline Initiative: Premier Issue
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals through this and future issues of the series.
Published: Fall 1996
NCEO Policy Directions: Alternate Assessments for Students with Disabilities (#5)
This year 1996 report describes options for developing alternate assessments for students unable to participate in district and state assessments used for accountability purposes.
Published: October 1996
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Assessment Guidelines that Maximize the Participation of Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale Assessments: Characteristics and Considerations (#25)
This 1996 report provides characteristics and considerations on assessment guidelines that maximize the participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessments.
Published: October 1996
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Neglected Numerators, Drifting Denominators, and Fractured Fractions: Determining Participation Rates for Students with Disabilities in Statewide Assessment Programs (#23)
This 1996 report provides recommendations for policymakers, local practitioners and administrators to assist reporting the participation of students with disabilities in statewide assessments.
Published: October 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Input from the Field on the Participation of Students with Limited English Proficiency and Students with Disabilities in Meeting the High Standards of Minnesota's Profile of Learning (#10)
This year 1996 report summarizes educator input on the participation of English learners and students with disabilities in Minnesota's Profile of Learning classroom assessments.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Questions and Answers: Tough Questions about Accountability Systems and Students with Disabilities (#24)
This 1996 report provides answers to some of the most commonly asked questions addressing the participation of students with disabilities in educational accountability systems.
Published: September 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: A Review of the Literature on Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (#9)
This year 1996 report reviews literature on testing accommodations for students with disabilities.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Resources: Limited English Proficient Students in National and Statewide Assessments (#8)
This year 1996 report provides an annotated review of the literature on issues in assessing English learners.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Resources: Students with Disabilities in National and Statewide Assessments (#7)
This year 1996 report provides an annotated review of the literature on issues in assessing students with disabilities.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Accommodations for Students with Limited English Proficiency: Analysis of Guidelines from States with Graduation Exams (#6)
This year 1996 report reviews high stakes graduation testing guidelines and summarizes accommodation trends for English learners.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Guidelines from States with Graduation Exams (#5)
This year 1996 report reviews state accommodation policies for students with disabilities on high stakes tests.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Focus Group Input on Students with Limited English Proficiency and Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests (#4)
This year 1996 report summarizes focus group input on the participation of English learners on Minnesota's first Basic Standards Test administration.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Focus Group Input on Students with Disabilities and Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests (#3)
This year 1996 report summarizes focus group input on the participation of students with disabilities on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Input from the Field on Assessing Students with Limited English Proficiency in Minnesota's Basic Requirements Exams (#2)
This year 1996 report summarizes survey data on the inclusion of English learners in Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests.
Published: August 1996
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Input from the Field on Assessing Students with Disabilities in Minnesota's Basic Standards Exams (#1)
This year 1996 report summarizes survey data on the inclusion of students with disabilities in Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests.
Published: August 1996
Self-Study Guide for the Development of Statewide Assessments that Include Students with Disabilities
This year 1996 self-study guide is designed to help state education agency (SEA) staff evaluate and revise their assessment policies and procedures in a way that promotes the participation of all …
Published: 1996
NCEO State Surveys: 1995 State Special Education Outcomes: Longitudinal Trends in How States are Assessing Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
This report presents the results of the fifth annual survey of state activities in the assessment of educational outcomes for students with disabilities.
Published: April 1996
NCEO Synthesis Reports: A Disability Perspective on Five Years of Education Reform (#22)
This report provides a summary of policy trends of the five years preceding 1995, focusing on the implications of policy shifts for the educational outcomes of students with disabilities.
Published: December 1995
NCEO Technical Reports: Matching Information in National Data Collection Programs to a Model of Post-School Outcomes and Indicators (#17)
This year 1995 report describes the extent of correspondence on post-school outcomes between national data collection programs and the National Center on Educational Outcomes' model of outcomes.
Published: October 1995
NCEO Technical Reports: Matching State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for Grade 8 (#16)
This year 1995 report describes the extent of correspondence between grade 8 state articulated student outcomes and grade 8 model outcomes developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes.
Published: October 1995
NCEO Technical Reports: Matching State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for Grade 4 (#15)
This year 1995 report describes the extent of correspondence between grade 4 state articulated student outcomes and grade 4 model outcomes developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes.
Published: September 1995
NCEO Technical Reports: Matching State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for Age 6 (#14)
This year 1995 report describes the extent of correspondence between age 6 state articulated student outcomes and age 6 outcomes in a model developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes.
Published: August 1995
NCEO Technical Reports: Matching State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for Age 3 (#13)
This year 1995 report describes the extent of correspondence between age 3 state articulated student outcomes and age 3 outcomes in a model developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes.
Published: August 1995
NCEO Technical Reports: Matching State Goals to a Model of Outcomes and Indicators for the Post-School Level (#12)
This year 1995 report describes the extent of correspondence between state articulated student outcomes and the outcomes in a model developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes.
Published: August 1995
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Why We Can't Say Much About the Status of Students with Disabilities During Education Reform (#21)
This 1995 report synthesizes results of NCEO activities that focused on determining if analysis of data collection programs could produce policy-relevant reports on the status youth with disabilities.
Published: August 1995
NCEO Technical Reports: Disability Summary Analyses of Select National Data Collection Programs (#11)
This year 1995 report presents disability summaries that document the amount and nature of information on individuals with disabilities in select national data collection programs.
Published: August 1995
NCEO Synthesis Reports: High School Graduation Requirements: What's Happening for Students with Disabilities? (#20)
This 1995 report examines documentation from state departments of education on high school graduation requirements for students in general, and for student with disabilities.
Published: May 1995
NCEO Synthesis Reports: A Perspective on Education and Assessment in Other Nations: Where Are Students with Disabilities? (#19)
The purpose of this 1995 report is to address the status of students with disabilities in international comparison assessments and in the assessments used in other nations.
Published: April 1995
NCEO Synthesis Reports: A Compilation of States' Guidelines for Accommodations in Assessments for Students with Disabilities (#18)
This report provides a listing of states' written guidelines on accommodations, modifications, and adaptations of assessments for students with disabilities (1993).
Published: March 1995
NCEO State Surveys: State Special Education Outcomes 1994: A Report on How States are Assessing Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
A report on NCEO's survey of states conducted in 1993 to address the needs of state directors, policymakers and others for information about current state activities.
Published: March 1995
NCEO Synthesis Reports: A Compilation of States' Guidelines for Including Students with Disabilities in Assessments (#17)
This report provides a listing of states' written guidelines on the participation of students with disabilities in assessments (1993).
Published: February 1995
NCEO Policy Directions: Opportunity to Learn Standards (#4)
This year 1995 report gives recommendations on reasonably including students with disabilities in opportunity-to-learn standards.
Published: January 1995
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Synthesis Report Update 1994: Reports on the Status of Education, Desired Outcomes, and Reform Initiatives (#16)
This report examines national activities by highlighting 40 reports that reflect the array of reform initiatives underway in 1995.
Published: January 1995
NCEO Policy Directions: Educational Accountability for Students with Disabilities (#3)
This year 1994 report outlines steps educators can take towards an inclusive accountability system with consistent procedures for all students, including students with disabilities.
Published: November 1994
NCEO Technical Reports: Secondary Analysis of State Assessment Data: Why We Can't Say Much About Students with Disabilities (#10)
This year 1994 report summarizes NCEO's attempt at producing a report on the status of students with disabilities from the secondary analysis of state collected achievement data.
Published: August 1994
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Opportunity-to-Learn Standards (#14)
This report provides an overview of the use of the term "Opportunity to learn (OTL) standards in recent (1994) legislation, alternative perspectives on OTL standards, and state practices.
Published: July 1994
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Recommendations for Making Decisions About the Participation of Students with Disabilities in Statewide Assessment Programs: A Report on a Working Conference to Develop Guidelines for Statewide Assessments and Students with Disabilities (#15)
This report is a summary of a meeting held in the Washington, DC area on May 17 and 18, 1994. This report proposes a set of recommendations for making participation and accommodation decisions.
Published: July 1994
NCEO Policy Directions: Students with Disabilities and Educational Standards: Recommendations for Policy and Practice (#2)
This year 1994 report describes types of education standards and summarizes issues in applying these standards to all students, including students with disabilities.
Published: May 1994
NCEO Policy Directions: Guidelines for Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale Assessments (#1)
This year 1994 report makes recommendations for guidelines and monitoring practices that promote the full participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessment programs.
Published: May 1994
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Making Decisions About the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale Assessments: A Report on a Working Conference to Develop Guidelines on Inclusion and Accommodations (#13)
This report is a summary of a meeting held in Washington, D.C. on March 9-10, 1994 on the challenges faced in making decisions about inclusion and accommodations for students with disabilities.
Published: April 1994
NCEO State Surveys: State Special Education Outcomes 1993: A Report on State Activities in the Assessment of Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
This is NCEO's second survey of states conducted in 1993 to address the needs of state directors, policymakers and others for information about current state activities.
Published: March 1994
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Implementation of Alternative Methods for Making Educational Accountability Decisions for Students with Disabilities (#12)
This report examines some of the issues and challenges in gathering data for purposes of making accountability decisions for students with disabilities (1994).
Published: March 1994
NCEO Technical Reports: Matching State Goals to a Model of School Completion Outcomes and Indicators (#9)
This year 1994 report presents a conceptual model of school completion indicators developed by NCEO and stakeholders and compares identified indicators to models developed by states.
Published: February 1994
NCEO Technical Reports: Availability of Data on School Completion Outcomes and Indicators (#8)
This year 1994 report examines the extent that indicators, in the model of outcomes and indicators developed by NCEO, were found in states at the school completion level.
Published: January 1994
NCEO Technical Reports: Matching Information in National Data Collection Programs to a Model of School Completion Outcomes and Indicators (#7)
This year 1994 report compares information in national data collection programs with NCEO's Outcomes and Indicators for Students Completing School and provides recommendations.
Published: January 1994
NCEO Synthesis Reports: National Goals, National Standards, National Tests: Concerns for All (Not Virtually All) Students With Disabilities? (#11)
This report provides an analysis of inclusion as it relations to national goals, national standards, and national tests for students with disabilities.
Published: November 1993
NCEO Technical Reports: The Identification of People With Disabilities in National Databases: A Failure to Communicate (#6)
This year 1993 report presents an analysis of how people with disabilities were identified in 19 national databases and provides suggestions for improvement.
Published: September 1993
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Outcome-Based Education: Its Relevance to State and National Decision Making (#9)
This report was developed to propose a framework for applying an outcome-based approach throughout the education system for students with disabilities.
Published: October 1993
NCEO Synthesis Reports: The Effects of Standards and Assessment on Students in Special Education (#10)
In this report, the author examines accountability and assessment issues that are relevant to students in special education.
Published: October 1993
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Synthesis Report Update 1993: Recent Activities in National Goals, Standards, and Tests (#8)
This report updates major recent (1993) national initiatives in the areas of (a) the national education goals, (b) standards, and (c) national testing for students with disabilities.
Published: September 1993
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Views on Inclusion and Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (#7)
This monograph represents the culmination of an effort to obtain expert opinions about the challenges of inclusion and accommodations, and presents papers written by experts in the field.
Published: September 1993
NCEO Technical Reports: IEPs and Standards: What They Say for Students with Disabilities (#5)
This year 1993 report presents a study comparing the IEPs of students with mild disabilities to national and locally defined standards for mathematics.
Published: May 1993
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Implications of Outcomes-Based Education for Children with Disabilities (#6)
This report discusses Outcomes-based education (OBE) and its implications for students with disabilities.
Published: April 1993
NCEO State Surveys: State Special Education Outcomes 1992: A Report on State Activities in the Assessment of Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
A report on NCEO's second survey of states conducted in 1992 to address the needs of state directors, policymakers and others for information about current state activities.
Published: March 1993
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Can "All" Ever Really Mean "All" in Defining and Assessing Student Outcomes? (#5)
This report explores what what "all" means in defining student outcomes in educational assessment systems.
Published: March 1993
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature (#4)
This report is a review of literature (1993) pertaining to testing accommodations for people with disabilities.
Published: March 1993

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