Sheryl Lazarus
- Senior Research Associate
- Email :: laza0019@umn.edu
- Phone :: +1 612-625-6032
- Address ::
- Inst on Community Integration/NCEO
- Room 215B PtH [map]
- 150 Pillsbury Dr S E
- Minneapolis, MN 55455
Sheryl Lazarus, Ph.D. is a senior research associate at the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO), and is the co-principal investigator for the National Assessment Center. In this position she addresses policy issues related to the inclusion of students with disabilities and English learners (ELs) in assessments. She holds a Minnesota K-12 principal's license. Her research and technical assistance priorities include: comprehensive assessment systems, student participation, accommodations, balancing test security and accessibility, alternate assessments, technology, and teacher effectiveness. Dr. Lazarus also has expertise in formative assessment, school accountability, research design (including cost analyses), data-driven decision-making, rural education, and the economics of education. Dr. Lazarus has conducted research and done consulting in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. She has published extensively, including papers in peer-reviewed journals in both the fields of education and economics.
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- Considerations for Developing State-Defined Alternate Diplomas for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (2016)
This Brief describes the criteria that must be met for a State-defined alternate diploma to meet federal requirements for inclusion in the Title I Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR).
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - Data Informed Accessibility: A Review of the Literature (2017)
The purpose of this literature review is to: (a) summarize the shift that has occurred in approaches to accessibility in testing (including the paradigm shift of what accessibility for all students...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Developing and Improving Modified Achievement Level Descriptors: Rationale, Procedures, and Tools (2010)
A report providing a rationale, procedures, and tools to develop and continuously improve alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) achievement level descriptors...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Educators' Experiences With and Attitudes Toward Accessibility Features and Accommodations (2017)
A report from the DIAMOND project that explores the results of an online survey about educators' familiarity with and attitudes toward accessibility features and accommodations.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Educators' Perspectives on Classroom Implementation of Accessibility Features and Accommodations (2018)
A report from the DIAMOND project on phone interviews conducted with educators to highlight effective practices being used to implement accessibility features and accommodations in their classrooms.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Educators' Thoughts on Making Decisions About Accessibility for All Students (2018)
This report describes the asynchronous online focus group activity of the Data Informed Accessibility - Making Optimal Needs-based Decisions (DIAMOND) project. The goal of conducting the focus...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Forum on Common Language for States and Assessment Vendors (2016)
A report on a forum held on June 20, 2016 in Philadelphia that brought together states, assessment vendors, and other educational stakeholders to address the need for developing a common language...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Forum on Evaluating Educator Effectiveness: Critical Considerations for Including Students with Disabilities (2012)
A report summarizing the discussion at the Forum on Evaluating Educator Effectiveness held in June 2012 in Minneapolis. Thirty-six individuals representing a dozen states, four testing companies,...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Forum on Speech-to-Text and Scribing: Getting a Handle on What This Means (2018)
A report on a forum held on June 26, 2018 in San Diego, California that brought together staff from state departments of education, school districts, testing and testing-related companies, and...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Forum on Text Readers for Everyone on All Tests: Getting a Handle on What This Means (2017)
A report on a forum held on June 27, 2017 in Austin, TX that brought together staff representing state departments of education, school districts, testing and testing-related companies, and other...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Informe sobre el desarrollo de un lenguaje común de la accesibilidad para los estados y proveedores de evaluaciones (2017)
Spanish translation of the report, "White Paper on Common Accessibility Language for States and Assessment Vendors."
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - Lessons Learned About Assessment from Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in College and Career Ready Assessments (2016)
The new large-scale assessments rolled out by consortia and states are designed to measure student achievement of rigorous college- and career-ready (CCR) standards. Recent surveys of teachers in...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Lessons Learned About Instruction from Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in College and Career Ready Assessments (2016)
This Brief provides information and suggestions for SEAs and other technical assistance providers with challenges identified by the teachers related to college- and career-ready (CCR) standards.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Lessons Learned in Federally Funded Projects that Can Improve the Instruction and Assessment of Low Performing Students with Disabilities (2013)
A report detailing the work of researchers from projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education in 2006-2007 under three funding sources (General Supervision Enhancement Grants, Enhanced...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Meeting the Needs of Special Education Students: Recommendations for the Race-to-the-Top Consortia and States (2011)
A report identifying several actions for the Race to the Top assessment consortia to take to meet the needs of special education students. The actions are consistent with standards and principles...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Multi-Attribute Consensus Building Tool (2013)
A tool that can be used to help groups prioritize strategies, decisions, recommendations, or policies. It has been used by NCEO for over a decade and the use of the Multi-Attribute Consensus...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - NCEO Brief: Considerations for Consortia as States Transition Away from AA-MAS (#7) (2014)
A brief addressing the need for consortia to assist their member states in moving away from the alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). It focuses on key...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Developing Common Accommodations Policies Discussion Points for Consortia (#2) (2011)
A brief -- the second in a series for the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia -- addressing the need for the Consortia to develop shared accommodations policies. The publication presents...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Don't Forget Accommodations! Five Questions To Ask When Moving to Technology-based Assessments (#1) (2011)
A brief -- the first in a series for the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia -- addressing the need to think carefully about accommodations when moving from paper-based assessments to...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Exploring Alternate ELP Assessments for ELLs with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (#10) (2014)
A brief presenting information on what we know about the participation of English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities in state alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Including Students with Disabilities in Common Non-Summative Assessments (#6) (2012)
A brief -- the sixth in a series for the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia -- addressing the Consortia's need to develop an inclusive approach to their non-summative assessments, including their...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Making Accessibility Decisions for ALL Students (#11) (2015)
A Brief presenting information on steps to take in the transition from a focus on making decisions about accommodations for students with disabilities and English language learners (ELLs), to a...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Meeting the Needs of ELs with Disabilities in Your State: Making EL Exit Decisions (#13) (2017)
The purpose of this Brief is to highlight the numbers and characteristics of English learners (ELs) with disabilities and current decision-making processes for exiting these students from EL...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Participation of ELLs with Disabilities in ELP Assessments (#8) (2014)
A brief presenting information on what is known about the participation of English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities in state English language proficiency (ELP) assessments. It highlights...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Performance of Special Education Students: Implications for Common State Assessments (#5) (2012)
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...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: State Assessment Decision-Making Processes for ELLs with Disabilities (#9) (2014)
A brief presenting information on what is known about assessment decision-making processes for English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities. It highlights information that has been collected...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Strategies for Meeting the 1% State-level Cap on Participation in the Alternate Assessment (#12) (2017)
The purpose of this Brief is to assist states in identifying strategies to use to meet the state 1% cap on participation in the alternate assessment.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Suggestions for Aligning Alternate Achievement Standards with WIOA (#16) (2019) [New]
This Brief provides information on alternate achievement standards and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014, and makes several suggestions about ways to show that a student...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - NCEO Brief: Understanding Subgroups in Common State Assessments: Special Education Students and ELLs (#4) (2011)
A brief -- the fourth in a series for the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia -- presenting information on the characteristics of special education students, English Language Learners (ELLs), and...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Brief: Using Local Assessment Data to Measure Progress Toward the State-Identified Measurable Result (SIMR) (#14) (2018)
The purpose of this Brief is to outline key strategies for the collection, analysis, and use of local assessment data to monitor progress toward the (State-Identified Measurable Result)SIMR.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - NCEO Data Analytics: 2012-13 Publicly Reported Assessment Results for Students with Disabilities and ELLs with Disabilities (#2) (2015)
An interactive, online brief analyzing public reporting practices for assessment data for students with disabilities in K-12 schools in the United States. This interactive brief is based on NCEO...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - NCEO Data Analytics: Graduation Policies for Students with Disabilities Who Participate in States' General Assessments (#3) (2015)
A report presenting the results of a study looking at coursework and exit exam requirements for students with IEPs compared to students without IEPs. This relates to the larger issues of graduation...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - NCEO Data Analytics: Graduation Policies for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Who Participate in States' AA-AAS (#1) (2015)
An online, interactive brief presenting the results of NCEO's analysis of states' graduation policies for their students with significant cognitive disabilities who participate in the alternate...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - NCEO Data Analytics: State and National Demographic Information for English Learners (ELs) and ELs with Disabilities, 2012-13 (#4) (2016)
This interactive report presents data that states have submitted on the five languages most frequently used by English learners (ELs) in each state, the percent of identified ELs receiving...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - NCEO Data Analytics: State Assessment Participation and Performance of Students with IEPs, 2014-2015 (2018)
This interactive report presents data on the participation and performance of students receiving special education services in statewide assessments used for Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - NCEO Data Analytics: State Assessment Participation and Performance of Students with IEPs, 2015-2016 (2018)
This interactive report presents data on the participation and performance of students receiving special education services in statewide assessments used for Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - NCEO Data Analytics: State Assessment Participation and Performance of Students with IEPs 2013-2014 (#5) (2017)
This interactive report presents data on the participation and performance of student receiving special education services in statewide assessments used for Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - NCEO Policy Directions: Considerations When Including Students with Disabilities in Test Security Policies (#23) (2015)
A report concluding that assessments better measure what students know and can do when states and consortia thoughtfully consider how to balance test security and accessibility. Many states are...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Policy Directions: Successfully Transitioning from the AA-MAS to the General Assessment (#22) (2014)
A report exploring how federal policy initiatives such as the flexibility waivers for accountability are requiring that states transition away from the use of an alternate assessment based on...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Policy Directions: Using Growth for Accountability - Considerations for Students with Disabilities (#21) (2010)
A report providing considerations and recommendations on growth models for students with disabilities. The academic progress of students is an important indicator of educational success. For school...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - NCEO Reports: 2013-14 Publicly Reported Assessment Results for Students with Disabilities and ELLs with Disabilities (#401) (2016)
This is the seventeenth report NCEO that describes how states publicly report online assessment data for students with disabilities in K-12 schools in the United States.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Reports: 2014-15 Publicly Reported Assessment Results for Students with Disabilities and ELs with Disabilities (#405) (2017)
This is the eighteenth report by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) that describes how states publicly report online assessment data for students with disabilities in K-12 schools...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Reports: 2015-16 High School Assessment Accommodations Policies: An Analysis of ACT, SAT, PARCC, and Smarter Balanced (#403) (2016)
This report provides a snapshot of how accommodations were included in policies across ACT, SAT, PARCC, and Smarter Balanced during the 2015-16 school year.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Reports: 2015-16 Publicly Reported Assessment Results for Students with Disabilities and ELs with Disabilities (#407) (2018)
This is the nineteenth report by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) that describes how states publicly report online assessment data for students with disabilities in K-12 schools...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF, Online - NCEO Reports: A Summary of the Research on the Effects of Test Accommodations: 2013-2014 (#402) (2016)
This report provides an update on the state of the research on testing accommodations as well as to identify promising future areas of research. Previous reports by NCEO have covered research...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Reports: Alternate Assessments for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Participation Guidelines and Definitions (#406) (2017)
This report documents the status of states' assessment participation guidelines and definitions of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities that were in place just prior to the...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Reports: Principios y Características de Sistemas Inclusivos de Evaluación en un Escenario de Evaluación Cambiante (#400 Spanish) (2016)
This document is the fourth in a series of Principles documents produced by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). NCEO revisited and revised its 2008 Principles for inclusive...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Reports: Principles and Characteristics of Inclusive Assessment Systems in a Changing Assessment Landscape (#400) (2016)
This document is the fourth in a series of Principles documents produced by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). NCEO revisited and revised its 2008 Principles for inclusive...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Reports: Providing English Language Development Services to English Learners with Disabilities: Approaches to Making Exit Decisions (NCEO Report 404) (2017)
The purpose of this report is to provide a baseline report, prior to the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, on factors that affect decisions to exit English learners (ELs) with disabilities...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO State Surveys: 2007 Survey of States - Activities, Changes, and Challenges for Special Education (2008)
This year 2007 report summarizes a survey to states addressing accommodations, participation rates and performance of students with disabilities in statewide assessments.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO State Surveys: 2009 Survey of States - Accomplishments and New Issues at the End of a Decade of Change (2010)
A 2009 report providing a snapshot of the new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during this important period of standards-based education reform ...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO State Surveys: 2012 Survey of States: Successes and Challenges During a Time of Change (2013)
A report providing a snapshot of new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during this important period of education reform as states document the academic achievement of...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO State Surveys: 2014 Survey of States: Initiatives, Trends, and Accomplishments (2015)
A report providing a snapshot of the new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during this important period of education reform as states documented the academic achievement of...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO State Surveys: 2016 Survey of States: State Activities Amid Evolving Educational Policies (2017)
A report providing a snapshot of the new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during a period of new education laws and initiatives. This is the fifteenth such survey of states...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: 2001 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations (#46) (2002)
This year 2001 report analyzes state participation and accommodation policies nationwide and presents major findings.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - NCEO Synthesis Reports: 2003 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (#56) (2005)
This year 2005 report analyzes states' 2003 participation and accommodation policies, but does not determine whether policies complied with federal requirements.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: 2005 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (#64) (2006)
This year 2006 report analyzes states' participation and accommodation policies for students with disabilities for school year 2005, but does not determine federal compliance.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: 2007 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (#69) (2008)
A 2008 report updating the National Center on Educational Outcomes' (NCEO) report from 2006 that tracked and analyzed state policies on assessment participation and accommodations since 1992. The...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: 2012 State Policies for Accommodations Used to Deliver Assessments Orally (#91) (2013)
A report examining the wide variation across states in their accommodations policies for Human Reader, Text to Speech, and Pre-recorded Audio. The results of the analyses in the report can inform...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: 2013 State Policies for Selected Response Accommodations on Statewide Assessments (#93) (2014)
A report providing information on selected response accommodations (i.e., Human Scribe, Speech to Text, Audio Transcription, Grammar Checker, Spell Checker, Calculator) that were included in state...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: A Principled Approach to Accountability Assessments for Students with Disabilities (#70) (2008)
A 2008 report updating the National Center on Educational Outcomes' (NCEO) report from 2001 that identified principles and characteristics underlying inclusive assessment and accountability...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: A Summary of the Research on the Effects of Test Accommodations, 2011-2012 (#94) (2014)
A report providing an update on the state of the research on testing accommodations as well as to identify promising future areas of research. Previous reports by NCEO have covered research...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Accommodations: Results of a Survey of Alabama Special Education Teachers (#81) (2010)
A report containing the findings from a survey of 2,336 special education teachers in the state of Alabama on making and implementing decisions about accommodations. A number of areas of strength...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Characteristics of States' Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards in 2008 (#72) (2009)
A report describing an assessment option permitted by federal regulations that give states the flexibility to offer an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Characteristics of States' Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards in 2009-2010 (#80) (2010)
A report tracking the characteristics of states' alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-MAS) that the National Center on Educational Outcomes has been following since...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Characteristics of States' Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards in 2010-2011 (#85) (2011)
A report tracking test design changes between the alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards (AA-MAS) and regular assessment, whether states' AA-MAS were computer-based,...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Computer-Based Testing: Practices and Considerations (#78) (2010)
A report exploring the context of computer-based testing (CBT), current state computer-based tests, and considerations for students with disabilities, in part as follow-up to a similar exploration...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Graduation Policies for Students with Disabilities who Participate in States' General Assessments (#98) (2015)
A report detailing the results of states' 2014-15 requirements for students with disabilities who participate in the general assessment to earn a regular diploma, and comparing the requirements...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Graduation Policies for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Who Participate in States' AA-AAS (#97) (2014)
A report analyzing the graduation requirements and diploma options for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who participate in states' alternate assessments based on alternate...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Professional Development to Improve Accommodations Decisions - A Review of the Literature (#84) (2011)
A report summarizing the research literature for both professional development on accommodations decision making, and traditional and high-quality online teacher professional development. NCEO...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Science Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) During School Year 2014-2015 (#99) (2015)
A report that analyzes the characteristics of states' science alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS)in 2014-2015.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: States' Accommodations Policies for Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) in 2008-2009 (#74) (2010)
A report presenting the results of an analysis of states' accommodations policies for the Alternate Assessment based on Modified Achievement Standards (AA-MAS), and compares these policies with the...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: States' Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) in 2007 (#67) (2007)
This year 2007 report summarizes publicly available information about alternates based on modified achievement standards with regard to eligibility and assessment characteristics.
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: States' Flexibility Plans for Phasing Out the Alternate Assessment Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) by 2014-15 (#89) (2013)
A report compiling, analyzing, and summarizing states' plans for phasing out the alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) in their approved waiver applications. The...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: States' Flexibility Waiver Plans for Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) (#96) (2014)
A report compiling, analyzing, and summarizing what states said about the Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) in their waiver applications. The U.S. Department...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: States' Participation Guidelines for Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) in 2008 (#71) (2008)
A report describing an assessment option permitted by federal regulations that give states the flexibility to offer an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: States' Participation Guidelines for Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) in 2010 (#82) (2011)
A report updating the information gathered by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) in previous reports. Since 2007, NCEO has annually compiled, analyzed, and summarized states'...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Synthesis Reports: Test Security and Students with Disabilities: An Analysis of States' 2013-14 Test Security Policies (#95) (2014)
A report analyzing how accommodated tests, and students with disabilities and the assessments they take, are addressed in state test security policies -- a subject about which little is known. This...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Technical Reports: 2011-12 Publicly Reported Assessment Results for Students with Disabilities and ELLs with Disabilities (#69) (2014)
A report analyzing public reporting practices for assessment data for students with disabilities in K-12 schools in the United States -- the 15th NCEO report to do so. The publication presents...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Technical Reports: 2012-13 Publicly Reported Assessment Results for Students with Disabilities and ELLs with Disabilities (#70) (2015)
A report analyzing public reporting practices for assessment data for students with disabilities in K-12 schools in the United States. This report -- the 16th of its kind by the National Center on...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Technical Reports: An Evaluation of the Extent to Which Teachers Used the "IEP Quality Tutorial-South Dakota" After Training (#63) (2012)
A report discussing the use of the "IEP Quality Tutorial-South Dakota (IEPQ-SD)." During the 2010-2011 school year, the state of South Dakota piloted an online program called the "IEP Quality...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Technical Reports: Characteristics of Low Performing Special Education and Non-Special Education Students on Large-Scale Assessments (#60) (2012)
A report investigating whether the characteristics of the lowest performing students in special education differ from the characteristics of the lowest performing students who are not in special...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Technical Reports: Participation and Performance Reporting for the Alternate Assessment Based on Modified Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) (#58) (2011)
A report examining publicly-reported participation and performance data for the alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). Analysis included all states publicly...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Technical Reports: Tennessee Special Education Teacher Survey: Training, Large-scale Testing, and TCAP-MAAS Administration (#61) (2012)
A report explaining how Tennessee developed an Alternate Assessment based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards called the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program-Modified Academic...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Technical Reports: Test Administrators' Perspectives on the Use of the Read Aloud Accommodation in Math on State Tests for Accountability (#66) (2012)
A report describing a study conducted by NCEO, in collaboration with the South Dakota Department of Education, that used focus group methodology to look closer at what happens in the room on test...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - NCEO Technical Reports: Using Cognitive Labs to Evaluate Student Experiences with the Read-Aloud Accommodation in Math (#67) (2012)
A report describing a study of the read-aloud accommodation, which is frequently used on mathematics assessments. However, Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams often find it difficult to...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - PARA Accessible Reading Assessment Reports: State Accommodations Policies: Implications for the Assessment of Reading (2006)
A report presenting the results of an analysis of the accommodations that are included in state accommodations policies and guidelines. The purpose of the analysis was to learn more about 10...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - Successfully Transitioning Away from the 2% Assessment (2014)
A Webinar for states that are transitioning away from the 2% assessment - the alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) that is being discontinued. The materials from...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online - The Characteristics of Low Performing Students on Large-Scale Assessments (NCEO Brief) (2010)
A brief reporting the findings of a longitudinal analysis of three years of student-level demographic and performance data for four states: the 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07 school years. Data sets...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - TIES Center Briefs: 10 Reasons to Support Inclusive School Communities for ALL Students (#1) (2018) [New]
Educators, students, and families have found many compelling reasons to support inclusive education for students with and without disabilities. This Brief delineates ten reasons that supporting...
Cost: Free Delivery format: Online, PDF - Topical Review Eight: The Role of Accommodations in Educational Accountability Systems (#8) (2005) [Archived]
This year 2005 topical review addresses the use of accommodations for students with disabilities on state-wide tests and their implications for educational accountability systems.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Topical Review Five: Preparing Educators to Teach Students with Disabilities in an Era of Standards-based Reform and Accountability (#5) (2003) [Archived]
This year 2003 topical review addresses the knowledge and skills needed by teachers to effectively promote the achievement of students with disabilities within the current era of standards-based...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - Topical Review Three: Reporting on the State Assessment Performance of Students with Disabilities (#3) (2001) [Archived]
The purpose of this year 2001 topical review is to provide a comprehensive account of reporting the performance of students with disabilities on state assessments.
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - What Have We Learned About Student Characteristics, Accommodations, and AA-MAS? (2010)
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) and a consortium of five states joined together to form the Multi-state GSEG Toward a Defensible Alternate Assessment Based on Modified...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF - White Paper on Common Accessibility Language for States and Assessment Vendors (2016)
This White Paper by DIAMOND project staff addresses the issue that different test platforms use different terminology for the accessibility features and accommodations that they offer to students,...
Cost: Free Delivery format: PDF