Synthesis Reports

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States’ Participation Guidelines for Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) in 2008 (Synthesis Report 71) - NEW!
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A Principled Approach to Accountability Assessments for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 70)
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2007 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 69)
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A Brief History of Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards (Synthesis Report 68)
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States’ Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) in 2007 (Synthesis Report 67) HTML format / PDF format

English Language Learners with Disabilities in State English Language Proficiency Assessments: A Review of State Accommodation Policies (Synthesis Report 66) HTML format / PDF format

Item-level Effects of the Read-aloud Accommodation for Students with Reading Disabilities (Synthesis Report 65) HTML format / PDF format

2005 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 64) HTML format / PDF format

A Comparison of IEP/504 Accommodations Under Classroom and Standardized Testing  Conditions: A Preliminary Report on SEELS Data (Synthesis Report 63) HTML format / PDF format

High Stakes Graduation Exams: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Minnesota’s Basic Standards Tests for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 62) HTML format / PDF format

Effect of Minimum Cell Sizes and Confidence Interval Sizes for Special Education Subgroups on School-Level AYP Determinations (Synthesis Report 61) HTML format / PDF format

Dealing with Flexibility in Assessments for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (Synthesis Report 60) HTML format / PDF format

Alternate Assessments Measured Against Grade-level Achievement Standards: The Massachusetts "Competency Portfolio" (Synthesis Report 59) HTML format / PDF format

Access Assistants for State Assessments: A Study of State Guidelines for Scribes, Readers, and Sign Language Interpreters (Synthesis Report 58) HTML format / PDF format

One State's Story: Access and Alignment to the GRADE-LEVEL Content for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (Synthesis Report 57) HTML format / PDF format

2003 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 56) HTML format / PDF format

Expectations for Students with Cognitive Disabilities: Is the Cup Half Empty or Half Full? Can the Cup Flow Over? (Synthesis Report 55) HTML format / PDF format

Alternative Routes to the Standard Diploma (Synthesis Report 54) HTML format / PDF format

Progress Monitoring in an Inclusive Standards-based Assessment and Accountability System (Synthesis Report 53) HTML format / PDF format

Washington Alternate Assessment System Technical Report on Standard Setting for the 2002 Portfolio (Synthesis Report 52) HTML format / PDF version

Large-scale Assessment and Accountability Systems: Positive Consequences for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 51) HTML format / PDF format

Measuring Academic Achievement of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Building Understanding of Alternate Assessment Scoring Criteria (Synthesis Report 50) HTML format / PDF version

Varied Opinions on How to Report Accommodated Test Scores: Findings Based on CTB/McGraw-Hill's Framework for Classifying Accommodations (Synthesis Report 49) HTML format / PDF version

Massachusetts: One State's Approach to Setting Performance Levels on the Alternate Assessment (Synthesis Report 48) HTML format / PDF version

A Report of a Standard Setting Method for Alternate Assessments for Students with Significant Disabilities (Synthesis Report 47) HTML format / PDF version

2001 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations (Synthesis Report 46)  HTML format

Access to Computer-Based Testing for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 45) HTML format / PDF version

Universal Design Applied to Large Scale Assessments (Synthesis Report 44)  HTML format / PDF version 

Use of Alternate Assessment Results in Reporting and Accountability Systems: Conditions for Use Based on Research and Practice (Synthesis Report 43)  HTML format

Setting Standards on Alternate Assessments (Synthesis Report 42)  HTML format

Empirical Support for Accommodations Most Often Allowed in State Policy (Synthesis Report 41)  HTML format

Principles and Characteristics of Inclusive Assessment and Accountability Systems (Synthesis Report 40)  HTML format

Addressing Standards and Assessments on State IEP Forms (Synthesis Report 38)  HTML format

Students with Disabilities in Standards-based Assessment and Accountability Systems: Emerging Issues, Strategies, and Recommendations (Synthesis Report 37)  HTML format

Social Promotion and Students with Disabilities: Issues and Challenges in Developing State Policies (Synthesis Report 34)  HTML format

Neglected Numerators, Drifting Denominators, and Fractured Fractions: Determining Participation Rates for Students with Disabilities in Statewide Assessment Programs (Synthesis Report 23)  HTML format

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