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Publications and Other Standards 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):

State Literacy Standards, Practice, and Testing: Exploring Accessibility (Technical Report 38) / PDF format (2004)

Progress Monitoring in an Inclusive Standards-based Assessment and Accountability System (Synthesis Report 53) / PDF format (2004)

2003 State Special Education Outcomes: Marching On / PDF format (2003)

Civil Rights, No Child Left Behind, Assessments, Accountability, and Students with Disabilities (Presentation to US Commission on Civil Rights / 2003)

Students with Disabilities in Standards-Based Assessment and Accountability Systems: Emerging Issues, Strategies, and Recommendations (Synthesis Report 37 / 2001)

A Self-Study Guide to Implementation of Inclusive Assessment and Accountability Systems: A Best Practice Approach (2001)

2001 State Special Education Outcomes: A Report on State Activities at the Beginning of a New Decade (2001)

Addressing Standards and Assessments on the IEP (Synthesis Report 38 / 2001)

Principles and Characteristics of Inclusive Assessment and Accountability Systems (Synthesis Report 40 / 2001)

Other Online Resources

Questions and Answers about Provisions in IDEA 97 Related to Students with Disabilities and State and District-wide Assessments - OSERS Office of Special Education Programs, see
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/OSEPmemo0024Assessment.pdf

Joint OSEP/OESE assessment memo:
http://www.ihdi.uky.edu/msrrc/USDOE_Joint_Assessment_Memo.htm

OSEP Family Friendly assessment memo:
http://www.ihdi.uky.edu/msrrc/OSEP_FF_Assessment_Doc.htm

Other Written Resources

American Federation of Teachers (2001). Making Standards Matter 2001: A Fifty-State Report on Efforts to Implement a Standards-Based System. Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers.

Briars, D. and Resnick, L. (2000). Standards, Assessments – and What Else? The Essential Elements of Standards-Based School Improvement. Los Angeles, CA: The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

Browder, D.M. (2001). Curriculum and Assessment for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Dailey, D. and Zantal-Wiener, K. (2000). Reforming High School Learning: The Effect of the Standards Movement on Secondary Students with Disabilities. Alexandria, VA: The Center for Policy Research on the Impact of General and Special Education Reform.

Ford, A, Davert, L, & Schnorr, R. (2001). Learners with significant disabilities: curricular relevance in an era of standards-based reform. Remedial and Special Education 22 (4) 214-222.

Gagnon, J. C., McLaughlin, M. J., Rhim, L. M., & Davis, G. (2002). Standards-driven reform policies at the local level: Report on a survey of local special education directors in large districts. Journal of Special Education Leadership, 15, 3-9. See http://drjc.gmu.edu/caaDistrict.htm.

Giangreco, M. F., Dennis, R. E., Edelman, S.W. & Cloninger, C. J. (1994). Dressing your IEPs for the general education climate. Remedial and Special Education, 15, 288-296.

Kleinert, H. & Kearns, J. (2001). Alternate assessment: Measuring Outcomes And Supports for Students with Disabilities. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.

Landau, J.K., Romano, C.A., Vohs, J.R. (1999). Every Single Student: A PEER Resource Manual on Standards-Based Education and Students with Disabilities. ED439559<

McLaughlin, M.J. (2000). Reform for EVERY Learner: Teachers' Views on Standards and Students with Disabilities. Alexandria, VA: Center for Policy Research.

McLaughlin, M., Nolet, V., Rhim, L., & Henderson, K. (1998). Integrating standards: Including all students. Teaching Exceptional Children, 31(3), 66-71.

National Research Council, McDonnell, L.M., M.J. McLaughlin, and P. Morison, eds. (1997). Educating One and All: Students with Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Nolet, V., & McLaughlin, M.J. (2000). Accessing the General Curriculum: Including Students with Disabilities in Standards-Based Reform. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Sands, D. J., Adams, L., & Stout, D. M. (1995). A statewide exploration of the nature and use of curriculum in special education. Exceptional Children, 62 (1), 68-83.

Strieker, T., & Logan, K. (2001) Everybody WINS! The State Education Standard. Autumn, 2001, 26-31.

Thompson, S., Quenemoen, R., Thurlow, M., & Ysseldyke, J. (2001). Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

The Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment. (2001). Building Tests To Support Instruction And Accountability: A Guide For Policymakers. The Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment.

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