Special Needs Network
Provides special education and medical information for department of defense families www.mfrc-dodqol.org
Questions and Answers about Provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 Related to Students with Disabilities and State and District-wide Assessments
OSEP Memo
August 24, 2000 www.dssc.org/frc/AssessmentQ&A.html
Alternate Assessment: Q&A
Carol B. Massanari, Ph.D.
Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (MPRRC)
2000
Summary of information shared by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) during a teleconference call with the State Directors of Special Education in the MPRRC region.
How to Conduct Alternate Assessments: Practices in Nine States
Ken Warlick and Ken Olsen
Mid-South Regional Resource Center
April 1999
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/images/stories/MSRRC/DOCS/ASSESSMENT/how to
conduct alt assmts april 1999.pdf
Includes information on Alternate Assessments from Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee. These states had set up or were implementing the alternate assessments when the article was written.
Summary of Research on Test Changes: An Empirical Basis for Defining Accommodations
Gerald Tindal, PhD and Lynn Fuchs, PhD
July 1999, revised March 2000
www.rrfcnetwork.org/images/stories/MSRRC/DOCS/ACCOMMODATIONS/tindal&fuchs.pdf
Examines the accommodations available for assessments of students with disabilities.
What Gets Tested, Gets Taught; Who Gets Tested, Gets Taught
Curriculum Framework Development Process
Patricia Burgess & Sarah Kennedy
August 1998
www.rrfcnetwork.org/images/stories/MSRRC/DOCS/ASSESSMENT/what%20gets%20tested%20aug%201998.pdf
Describes various approaches taken by some states that have accepted the challenge of creating links with the state adopted curriculum frameworks.
