Accountability for Students with Disabilities

Publications and Other Resources

NCEO Resources

Online resources available at NCEO’s Web site (the publications are listed chronologically, with the most recent first; Policy Directions will give a general overview of the issues with other publications providing greater depth).

2009 Survey of States: Accomplishments and New Issues at the End of a Decade of Change
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A Principled Approach to Accountability Assessments for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 70)
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NCLB e IDEA: Lo que los Padres de Estudiantes con Discapacidades Necesitan Saber y Hacer (Spanish version of NCLB and IDEA: What Parents of Students with Disabilities Need to Know and Do)
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Annual Performance Report (APR): 2006-2007 State Assessment Data
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NCLB and IDEA: What Parents of Students with Disabilities Need to Know and Do
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2007 Survey of States: Activities, Changes, and Challenges for Special Education
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2005 State Special Education Outcomes: Steps Forward in a Decade of Change
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Progress Monitoring in an Inclusive Standards-based Assessment and Accountability System (Synthesis Report 53)
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2003 State Special Education Outcomes: Marching On
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Putting it All Together: Including Students with Disabilities in Assessment and Accountability Systems (Policy Directions 16)
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Rethinking Basic Assumptions of Test Development: Assessment Frameworks for Inclusive Accountability Tests (Policy Directions 17)
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Preparing Educators to Teach Students with Disabilities in an Era of Standards-based Reform and Accountability (Educational Policy Reform Research Institute Topical Review 5 / 2003)
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For reports before 2003, see NCEO's Online Publications.

 

Other Online Resources

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) publications: (search for topic: accountability) 

CRESST products: (search for topic: accountability) 

 

Additional Resources

Allington, R.L., & McGill-Franzen, A. (1992). Unintended effects of reform in New York. Educational Policy, 6(4), 397-414.

Cross, R. W., Rebarber, T., & Torres, J. (Eds.). (February, 2004). Grading the systems: The guide to state standards, tests and accountability policies. Washington, DC: Fordham Foundation.

Furney, K.S., Hasazi, S.B., Clark/Keefe, K., & Hartnett, J. (2003). A longitudinal analysis of shifting policy landscapes in special and general education reform. Exceptional Children, 70(1), 81-94.

Gagnon, J. C., & McLaughlin, M. J. (Spring, 2004). Curriculum, assessment, and accountability in day treatment and residential schools. Exceptional Children, 70(3), pp. 263-283.

Goertz, M. E., & Massel, D. (January, 2005). Holding high hopes: How high schools respond to state accountability policies. CPRE Policy Briefs. Philadelphia, PA: Consortium for Policy Research in Education.

Heubert, J. P., & Hauser, R. M. (Eds.) (1999). High stakes testing for tracking, promotion, and graduation. Washington, DC: National Research Council.

Malmgren, K. W., McLaughlin, M. J., & Nolet, V. (2005). Accounting for the performance of students with disabilities on statewide assessments. The Journal of Special Education, 39(2), pp. 86-96. See http://drjc.gmu.edu/policy.htm.

McLaughlin, M. J., & Thurlow, M. (September, 2003). Educational accountability and students with disabilities: Issues and challenges. Educational Policy, 17(4), pp. 431-451.

National Research Council. (1999). Testing, teaching, and learning: A guide for states and school districts. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Thurlow, M. L. (2004). Biting the bullet: Including special-needs students in accountability systems. In S. H. Fuhrman & R. F. Elmore (Eds.), Redesigning accountability systems for education (pp. 115-137). New York: Teachers College Press.

Zlatos, B. (1994). Don't test, don't tell: Is "academic red-shirting" skewing the way we rank our schools? American School Board Journal, 181(11), 24-28.

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