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Resource Type: DocumentAccommodations Manual: How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate Use of Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment of Students with Disabilities
Grades: PS/Pre-K to GraduateSubjects: Special Education, Education Theory and PracticeThe Accommodations Manual: How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate Use of Accommodation for Instruction and Assessment of Studen...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentNever Too Late: Approaches to Reading Instruction for Secondary Students with Disabilities
Grades: PS/Pre-K to GraduateSubjects: Special EducationToday, too many children, including students with learning disabilities, do not learn to read proficiently in the primary grades...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Professional Development on Assessment Systems
Grades: PS/Pre-K to GraduateSubjects: Special EducationThis paper provides a brief overview of some professional development principles, defines what each constituent group needs to k...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
A Decision Framework for IEP Teams related to Methods for individual student participation in state accountability assessments
Grades: PS/Pre-K to GraduateSubjects: Special EducationFor students to be appropriately included in large-scale assessments, Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams need to be a...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Standards and Assessment Approaches for Students With Disabilities Using a Validity Argument
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate the validation process for large-scale assessments using the standards-based assess...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Validity Evidence
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationValidity is a unitary concept with multifaceted processes of reasoning about a desired interpretation of test scores and subsequ...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReliability Issues and Evidence
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationThis paper discusses assessment reliability with emphasis on the benefits of careful assessment design and administration when u...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Tangible Symbol Systems: Making the Right to Communicate a Reality for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Growth and Development, Curriculum Design, Special Education, Learning Theories and 2 additional..Charity Rowland and Philip Schweigert are associated with Design to Learn Projects of the Oregon Health & Science University in ...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Alternate Assessment: Teacher and State Experiences
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationThis paper includes true stories from teachers and state level staff who have seen improvements in both the education system and...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Designing from the Ground Floor: Alternate Assessment on Alternate Achievement Standards
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Standardized Testing, Learning Theories, Education Theory and Practice and 6 additional..These training materials are designed to be used with a variety of stakeholder groups at the state and local level to engage in ...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Massachusetts: One State's Approach to Setting Performance Levels on the Alternate Assessment
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Standardized Testing, Learning Theories, Education Theory and Practice, Education Materials and 6 additional..In Massachusetts, about one percent of all students being assessed submit portfolios for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessm...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Departmental Investments Supporting Teaching and Assessing Students With Disabilities
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Assessment & Rubrics, Learning Styles, Growth and Development, Standardized Testing and 5 additional..This document summarizes some of the Department of Education’s investments designed to improve results for students with disabil...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Introduction to the Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationThe Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), an...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Online Accommodations Bibliography
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationThe Online Accommodations Bibliography allows users to search a compilation of empirical research studies on the effects of vari...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Implementers’ Blueprint and Self-Assessment
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationThe purpose of this blueprint is to present a rationale for adopting school-wide positive behavior support (SW-PBS), describe th...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read – K-3
Grades: TK/K to 3Subjects: Special Education, Reading ComprehensionThis document was published by The Partnership for Reading, a collaborative effort of the National Institute for Literacy, the N...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Proven Ideas from Research for Parents: A Child Becomes a Reader – K-3
Grades: TK/K to 3Subjects: Special Education, Reading ComprehensionThis booklet contains: A short summary of what scientific research says about how children learn to read and write; Things you c...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Document
Responsiveness to Intervention in the SLD Determination Process
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationThe purpose of this document is to provide a conceptual overview of responsiveness to intervention (RTI)—including hypothetical ...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students With Disabilities
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Special EducationThe Tool Kit brings together the most current and accurate information, including research briefs and resources designed to impr...Contributor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)Views: 0Favorites: 0