Alternate Assessments for Students With

This landmark book combines current research and case studies to address continuous improvement of alternate assessments at all levels.

Preface

ix

Meet Lara

ix

Audience

xii

Acknowledgments

xii

About the Authors

xiii

Alternate Assessment: What and Why

1

(14)

A Bit of Educational History

2

(1)

Overview of Standards-Based Reform

3

(3)

State Laws and Implementation

6

(1)

Accountability, Assessment, and Testing Defined

7

(1)

Assessment and Accountability Systems

8

(1)

Alternate Assessments Within Assessment and Accountability Systems

9

(1)

All Means All

9

(1)

Does All Include Lara?

10

(1)

Overview of the Book

11

(4)

Inclusive Standards: High Expectations for All Students

15

(14)

Content Standards Defined

17

(1)

How Content Standards Apply to All Students

18

(1)

Performance Standards Defined

19

(1)

How Performance Standards Apply to All Students

19

(1)

Content and Performance Standards in Practice

20

(4)

How to Get Students With Disabilities Involved in Standards-Based Instruction

24

(1)

Selecting Standards to Work Toward

25

(4)

Alternate Assessment Partners

29

(16)

Who Brings Information About Standards and Assessments to IEP Teams?

33

(1)

Who Brings Information About a Student to IEP Meetings?

33

(1)

Who Decides How Students Can Work Toward Standards?

34

(1)

Who Supports Students in Their Work Toward Standards?

34

(2)

Who Makes Alternate Assessment Participation Decisions?

36

(4)

Who Conducts Alternate Assessments?

40

(1)

Summary of Tasks and Roles

40

(2)

On a Larger Scale---Who Develops Alternate Assessment Systems in the First Place?

42

(3)

Assessment Participation Decisions

45

(14)

What the Laws Say

47

(1)

Assessment Participation Options

47

(1)

Assessment Accommodations

48

(2)

Participation Decision Makers

50

(2)

Participation Decision-Making Process

52

(2)

Documenting Participation Decisions on the IEP

54

(1)

Examples of Alternate Assessment Participants

55

(2)

Considerations in the Development of Participation Guidelines

57

(2)

Standards-Based IEPs, Transition Plans, and Alternate Assessments

59

(20)

What the Laws Say

61

(2)

How to Build a Standards-Based IEP

63

(4)

Standards-Based Versus Classroom-Based---An Important Distinction

67

(2)

Transition-Focused, Standards-Based IEPs

69

(2)

Setting Goals for Adult Life

71

(1)

An Effective Transition-Planning Process

72

(4)

Transition Plans and Alternate Assessments

76

(1)

In Summary

77

(2)

The Nuts and Bolts of Alternate Assessment Administration

79

(22)

Typical Assessment Strategies

80

(1)

Observation

81

(3)

Recollection

84

(3)

Record Review

87

(2)

Combining Assessment Strategies

89

(1)

Alternate Assessment Portfolios

90

(1)

What to Include in an Alternate Assessment Portfolio

91

(10)

Scoring, Reporting, and Using Alternate Assessment Data

101

(16)

Using Data From Alternate Assessments

102

(2)

Scoring Alternate Assessments

104

(1)

Values Reflected by State Scoring Rubrics

105

(1)

Setting Performance Levels

106

(1)

Reporting Assessment Results

107

(2)

Using Assessment Results

109

(1)

Continuous Improvement at the School Level

110

(2)

Audiences for the Information

112

(5)

Tying It All Together

117

(12)

Improving Alternate Assessments

118

(1)

Thinking It Through: Who Benefits From Alternate Assessments?

118

(3)

Our Answers to the Tough Questions

121

(6)

And Why Do We Care?

127

(2)

Resource A: Legal References

129

(2)

Resource B: Resources for Information and Assistance

131

(8)

References

139

(2)

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