Improving test performance of students with disabilities : on district and state assessments

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Improving test performance of students with disabilities : on district and state assessments

Judy L. Elliott, Martha L. Thurlow

Corwin Press, c2000

  • : cloth
  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The authors of the bestselling Testing Students With Disabilities ( Corwin Press 1997) offer practical, useful advice that can help practitioners maximize the performance of students with disabilities. Research and theory are translated in user-friendly resources, including checklists, worksheets, and fact sheets that teachers, school psychologists, counsellors, support staff, and even students can use to produce better performance.

Table of Contents

Preface About the Authors 1. Key Elements in Maximizing the Performance of Students with Disabilities 2. Educational Accountability What Is It? 3. Standards-Based Instruction The Backbone of Educational Accountability 4. Improving the Performance of Students in the Alternate Assessment 5. Accommodations How to Make Sound Decisions for Instruction and Assessment 6. Preparing Students for Testing 7. Parent Support for Testing 8. Integrating Transition Needs With Accountability Requirements 9. Instruction The Bottom Line in Improving Test Performance 10. Teaching and Assessment for Shades of Grey The Kids in Between 11. Addressing the Assessment Needs of Students with Disabilities Who are Learning English The IEP/LEP Population Resource A Reproducible Forms Resource B Professional Development Resource C Technical Assistance and Dissemination Networks Glossary Index

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