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NCEO Technical Reports: Interpreting Trends in the Performance of Special Education Students (#27)
This year 2000 report examines how transitions between regular education and special education effect performance trends across grades for the special education population.
Published: October 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: 1999 Report on the Participation and Performance of Limited English Proficient Students on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests (#30)
This year 2000 report builds on previous reports examining the participation and performance rates of LEP eighth grade students on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests. This report covers the testing …
Published: August 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Bilingual Accommodations for Limited English Proficient Students on Statewide Reading Tests: Phase 2 (#31)
This year 2000 report examines a bilingual side-by-side test accommodation for English learners on a reading test.
Published: August 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Data on LEP students in State Education Reports (#26)
This year 2000 report summarizes the extent of states' public reporting of English learner data on state assessments.
Published: August 2000
NCEO Out-of-Level Testing Project Reports: How Out-of-Level Testing Affects the Psychometric Quality of Test Scores (#2)
This year 2000 report presents a review and analysis of the psychometric literature on the topic of out-of-level testing.
Published: August 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Initial Perceptions of Educators as They Work Toward Including Students with Disabilities in Minnesota's High Standards (#25)
This year 2000 report examines educator perceptions on including students with disabilities in Minnesota's High Standards.
Published: July 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: 1999 Report on the Participation and Performance of Students with Disabilities on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests (#29)
This year 2000 report examines the participation and performance of students with disabilities on the Basic Standards Tests since the first statewide administration in 1996, across grades 8 …
Published: July 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Factors Related to the Performance of LEP Students on Basic Standards Tests (#27)
This year 2000 report summarizes factors affecting English learner performance on Minnesota's state assessments.
Published: July 2000
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Appeals Processes for Students Who Fail Graduation Exams: How Do They Apply to Students with Disabilities? (#36)
A 2000 report of findings about high stakes tests for students with disabilities, and the appeals processes for those who need an alternative way of demonstrating skills. High stakes tests that...
Published: July 2000
Alternate Assessment Forum: Connecting into a Whole
A report summarizing the discussion sessions during the Third Annual Alternate Assessment Forum held in 2000. One hundred thirty-five representatives from 39 states plus American Samoa participated…
Published: 2000
Assessing Retention Outcomes
A document and form helping Direct Support managers to determine their staff turnover and vacancy rates. This, in turn, allows them to choose retention strategies, identify reasons for agency …
Published: 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Participation and Performance of Limited English Proficient Students During Second Attempts on a Graduation Exam (#28)
This year 2000 report examines the performance of English learners on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests.
Published: June 2000
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Social Promotion and Students with Disabilities: Issues and Challenges in Developing State Policies (#34)
This 2000 policy study looks at existing and emerging state policies on social promotion to determine the extent to which students with disabilities are included or excluded.
Published: June 2000
NCEO Synthesis Reports: State Alternate Assessments: Status as IDEA Alternate Assessment Requirements Take Effect (#35)
A report describing the approaches states were taking, as of the year 2000, to alternate assessments for the small number of students with disabilities who could not participate in state and …
Published: June 2000
NCEO Policy Directions: Non-Approved Accommodations: Recommendations for Use and Reporting (#11)
This year 2000 report is intended to help states and districts address the use and reporting of data from assessments taken with non-approved accommodations.
Published: May 2000
NCEO Out-of-Level Testing Project Reports: Past and Present Understandings of Out-of-Level Testing: A Research Synthesis (#1)
This year 2000 report presents the historical background of out-of-level testing and addresses how it was studied, the rationale for its use, and missing information in the literature.
Published: May 2000
Policy Research Brief: "No Right is More Precious" - Voting Rights and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
A brief reviewing U.S. laws that impact, and present barriers to, the exercise of voting rights by persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Published: May 2000
Frontline Initiative: Credentialing
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities by gaining the credentials to do so.
Published: Spring 2000
NCEO Synthesis Reports: State Participation and Accommodation Policies for Students with Disabilities: 1999 Update (#33)
This 2000 report summarizes states' policies on the participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessment, and the accommodations in state policies as available for those students.
Published: April 2000
NCEO Technical Reports: Where's Waldo? A Third Search for Students with Disabilities in State Accountability Reports (#25)
This year 2000 report analyzes state education reports to determine what types of information are provided on students with disabilities and makes recommendations based on findings.
Published: April 2000
NCEO Classroom-Based Assessment Project: Changes in Mathematics Achievement and Instructional Ecology Resulting from Implementation of a Learning Information System
A report from NCEO's Classroom-Based Assessment Project.
Published: March 2000
NCEO Synthesis Reports: Gray Areas of Assessment Systems (#32)
A 2000 paper clarifying what is meant by "gray areas of assessment" systems, the primary issues that contribute to gray areas, and providing suggestions for developing fully inclusive systems.
Published: March 2000
NCEO Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project: Instructional and Assessment Accommodations in Kentucky (#7)
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: January 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Unintended Consequences of the Minnesota Basic Standards Tests: Do the Data Answer the Questions Yet? (#23)
This year 2000 report reviews the effects of statewide testing policies in published research compared to local level perceptions.
Published: January 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Participation and Performance of Limited English Proficient Students: Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments in Reading and Math, 1998-99 (#24)
This year 2000 report summarizes data for English learners taking Minnesota's Comprehensive Assessments in 1998-1999.
Published: January 2000
Frontline Initiative: Diversity
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting diverse individuals with disabilities.
Published: Winter 2000
Institute on Community Integration (ICI) Website
A website presenting the Institute on Community Integration (ICI), a federally designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD - pronounced U Said), part of a...
Published: 2000
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) Website
A website presenting NCEO, which is a federally-funded technical assistance center that supports states and districts on issues related to inclusive assessments, particularly for students with...
Published: 2000
NCEO Policy Directions: Diploma Options and Graduation Policies for Students with Disabilities (#10)
This year 2000 report identifies key issues to answer on graduation policies for students with disabilities and provides suggestions for fair and inclusive diploma options and policies.
Published: January 2000
Workforce Status and Outcomes
An instrument helping Direct Support agency managers to determine the success of their recruitment and retention efforts.
Published: 2000
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Feasibility and Practicality of a Decision Making Tool for Standards Testing of Students with Limited English Proficiency (#22)
This year 1999 report describes an accommodation decision-making tool for educators and examines the tool's feasibility.
Published: December 1999
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Feasibility and Practicality of a Decision Making Tool for Standards Testing of Students with Disabilities (#21)
This year 1999 report summarizes a feasibility and practicality study for a decision-making tool for testing students with disabilities.
Published: December 1999
NCEO Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project: Instructional and Assessment Accommodations in Maryland (#6)
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: December 1999
NCEO Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project: Accommodations, Modifications, and Alternates for Instruction and Assessment (#5)
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: December 1999
NCEO State Surveys: 1999 State Special Education Outcomes - A Report on State Activities at the End of the Century
This year 1999 report summarizes a survey to states on participation of students with disabilities in state assessments, high stakes for tests, and alternate assessment development.
Published: December 1999
Frontline Initiative: Tribute to John F. Kennedy, Jr.
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering a tribute to John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1960-1999), a great advocate for individuals with disabilities.
Published: Fall 1999
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Bilingual Accommodations for Limited English Proficient Students on Statewide Reading Tests: Phase 1 (#20)
This year 1999 report examines the feasibility and desirability of offering English learners a reading test with bilingual test items and answer choices.
Published: October 1999
Policy Research Brief: Behavioral Outcomes of Deinstitutionalization for People with Intellectual Disabilities - A Review of Studies Conducted Between 1980 and 1999
A brief reporting the results from a review of 38 published studies that measured behavioral outcomes associated with the movement of people with mental retardation from public institutions to …
Published: October 1999
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Limited English Proficient Students' Participation and Performance on Statewide Assessments: Minnesota Basic Standards Reading and Math, 1996-1998 (#19)
This year 1999 report summarizes data for English learners taking the Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests from 1996 to 1998.
Published: September 1999
Frontline Initiative: Complex Needs
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals offering various perspectives on effectively supporting individuals with disabilities with complex needs.
Published: Summer 1999
NCEO Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project: Characteristics of Students Who Participate in Kentucky's Testing System Under Various Conditions (#4)
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: August 1999
Forum on Alternate Assessment and "Gray Area" Assessment
This year 1999 report presents the proceedings of a pre-conference session at the National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment that took place June 1999, where consensus emerged that it is not …
Published: July 1999
NCEO Classroom-Based Assessment Project
The Classroom-Based Assessment Project was a project at the National Center on Educational Outcomes.
NCEO Classroom-Based Assessment Project: Using Accelerated Math to Enhance Instruction in a Mandated Summer School Program
A report from NCEO's Classroom-Based Assessment Project.
Published: July 1999
Accommodations and the Performance of All Students on Rhode Island's Performance Assessment (Rhode Island Report 1)
A report from the past Rhode Island Assessment Project, a federally funded effort.
Published: June 1999
NCEO Minnesota Assessment Project Reports: Participation and Performance of Students Receiving Special Education Services on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests: Reading and Math, 1996 through 1998 (#18)
This year 1999 report summarizes data for students with disabilities on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests from 1996 to 1998.
Published: April 1999
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

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