Presentations

Communities of Practice Teleconference (6/5/07)
Introduction to the NCEO Data Viewer

OSEP (7/17/07)
Building Consensus on Effective Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners with Disabilities (Martha Thurlow and Kristi Liu)

ASES SCASS (2/6/07)
NCEO ASES SCASS presentation

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (4/9/05)
Strategies and Tools for Teaching English Language Learners with Disabilities (Kristi Liu and Ann Clapper)
Math Handout
Math Glossary Handout
Innovation Configuration Map

Minnesota CEC - NCEO presentation (2/23/05)
Accessible Reading Approaches for Students with Disabilities (Ann Clapper and Christopher Johnstone)
Case Study 1
Case Study 2
Case Study 3
Handout
Grant Reading Flyer

Universally Designed English Proficiency and Content Area Assessments (2004):
Training Module for the Universal Design of Assessments (Prepared as part of the Title VI grant: Improving the Achievement of English Language Learners Through Authentic Proficiency Assessments in collaboration with the states of Minnesota, Nevada, and South Carolina)

CCSSO 2004:

NCEO CCSSO Pre-Conference Clinic:

• Under the Big Top! Accommodating Assessments for ALL Students
• Spotlight on Student Data

CCSSO Conference Presentations:

Alternate Assessments: State of the States:

• 2003 State Special Education Outcomes: Marching On (Martha Thurlow)
• Alternate Assessment: State of the States 2004 (Betsy Case)

Approachig the Validation of Alternate Assessments: A Research Framework and Examples from States - Current Status of State Alternate Assessments and Challenges Validating Alternate Assessments (Martha Thurlow)

Designing and Using Assessment and AYP Reports for Improved Achievement at State and Local Levels: Introduction and State Reporting Summary (Martha Thurlow and Hilda Ives Wiley)
Using Assessment Data to Improve Student Achievement and Using MCAS Achievement Data to Make Accommodations Decisions (Dan Wiener, Coordinator of Assessment for Students with Disabilities; Bill Henderson, Principal, O'Hearn School, Boston)

How Do We Keep Kids From Being Stuck In Our Gap? A frame, a series of discussion questions, and some possible answers (Rachel Quenemoen, NCEO)

In Search of Consistency: Guidelines for the Administration of Accommodations by Third Parties (Ann Clapper, Amanda Blount Morse, NCEO; Janet Filbin, Colorado Dept. of Education; and Scott Trimble, Kentucky Dept. of Education)

Measurement Purgatory or Best Practice? Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (Don Peasley, Ohio Dept. of Education; Tom Deeter, Iowa Dept. of Education; and Rachel Quenemoen, NCEO)

Meeting NCLB Act: Students with Disabilities Who Are Caught in the Gap (Martha Thurlow, Ross Moen, Jane Minnema, NCEO)
Meeting NCLB Act: Students with Disabilities Who Are Caught in the Gap (Sue Rigney, U.S. Dept. of Education)

What item Level Data Tell us About Universal
Design: Fantasy, Foolishness, or Fuel for Fire? in Large-Scale Assessments: Introduction (Martha Thurlow)