Teleconference 11: February 6, 2006

11:30 am Pacific, 12:30 pm Mountain, 1:30 pm Central, 2:30 pm Eastern. 
1.5 hours duration.

MAKING GOOD DECISIONS ON SPECIAL EDUCATION NCLB FLEXIBILITY OPTIONS

States have multiple options for including students with disabilities in their assessment and accountability systems. There are data-based strategies to ensure state policy-makers understand the implications of these options, so they can make good decisions that support high achievement for all students. This telephone conference will focus on how to mine your assessment and accountability data to see which students are where in your system - and why - in the interest of coherent policy decisions on assessment and accountability flexibility options.

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Please e-mail Rachel Quenemoen at quene003@umn.edu with your questions, comments, and ideas for future telephone conferences, before or after our February 6 call.

In order to get the most out of our February 6 telephone conference, please review these materials online, or if you prefer, download them to your computer, or print them out.  Thank you.

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I. Materials for Teleconference 11

a. "Mining Achievement Data to Guide Policies on Assessment Options," Scott Marion presentation (PowerPoint)

b.  Assessing "Students in the Gap" in Colorado, Report from the HB 05-1246 Study Committee (PowerPoint)

c. Colorado study (PDF)

II. Additional Resources

a.   Side by side summary of “beating the odds” research from the last year  (PDF)

b.  TO BE RELEASED IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2006: Please come back to this page to download the paper on or just after the day of the teleconference. "Teaching Matters: The Link Between Access to the General Education Curriculum and Performance on State Assessments."

"The link between access to the general education curriculum and student performance on State assessments is important because without exposure to the general education curriculum, students have little chance of succeeding on the assessments." LEA Administrator

This Information Brief, produced by the Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8, funded by OSEP, is an introduction to the linkage between classroom practice and student performance on State assessments. The brief provides practitioners and administrators with an overview of instructional practice and content, based on rigorous academic standards, to heighten awareness regarding the connection between access to the general education curriculum and student performance on large scale assessments. Visit the Center's website to download this product and other tools and resources www.k8accesscenter.org.

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Panelists for the February 6, 2006 Teleconference

Researcher Panelist

Scott Marion, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment

State Panelists

Terri Rogers Connolly, Director, Colorado Department of Education Exceptional Student Services
Jason Glass, Principal Consultant/Coordinator of Student Achievement for Students with Disabilities, Colorado Department of Education Exceptional Student Services

Federal Panelists

OSEP:  David Egnor and Cynthia Bryant
OESE:  Sue Rigney

Co-hosts

Eileen Ahearn, National Association of State Directors of Special Education
Rachel Quenemoen, National Center on Educational Outcomes