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Publications and Other Graduation Requirements 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):

• Revisiting Graduation Requirements and Diploma Options for Youth with Disabilities: A National Study (Technical Report 49) / PDF format (2007)
• High Stakes Graduation Exams: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Minnesota’s Basic Standards Tests for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 62) / PDF format (2006)
• Alternative Routes to the Standard Diploma (Synthesis Report 54) / PDF format (2005)
• Large-Scale Assessment and Accountability Systems: Positive Consequences for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 51) / PDF format (2004)
• High Stakes Testing and College Admission: A Review of Admissions Policies in New Mexico (2003)

For reports before 2003, see NCEO's Publications Archives.

Additional Resources

Achieve. (2009). Closing the expectations gap.  Washington, DC: Author. http://www.achieve.org/files/50-state-2009.pdf

American Education Research Association (2000). AERA Position Statement Concerning High-Stakes Testing in PreK-12 Education.

Center on Education Policy. (2008). State high school exit exams: A move toward end-of-course exams. Washington, DC: Author.

Chambers, D., Rabren, K., & Dunn, C. (2008). A comparison of transition from high school to adult life of students with and without disabilities. Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 32(1), 42-52.

Christenson, S.L., Decker, D.M., Triezenberg, H.L., Ysseldyke, J.E., & Reschly, A. (2007). Consequences of high-stakes assessment for students with and without disabilities. Educational Policy, 21(4), 662-690.

Education Trust. (2003). Telling the whole truth (or nut) about high school graduation. Washington, DC: Author.

Hall, Daria. (2007). Graduation matters: Improving accountability for high school graduation. Washington, DC: Education Trust. http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/5AEDABBC-79B7-47E5-9C66-7403BF76C3E2/0/GradMatters.pdf

Hartwig, R., & Sitlington, P.L. (2008). Employer perspectives on high school diploma options for adolescents with disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Students, 19(1), 5-14.

Johnson, D. R., Thurlow, M., Cosio, A., & Bremer, C. D. (2005). High school graduation requirements and students with disabilities. Information Brief, 4(2), 1-4.

Lehr, C. A., Clapper, A. T., & Thurlow, M. L. (2005). Graduation for all: A practical guide to decreasing school dropout. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

National Education Association. (2008). Changing the landscape including students with disabilities in high school graduation rates. Washington, DC: Author. http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/PB21_StudentDisabilities.pdf

Thurlow, M., & Johnson, D. (2000). High-stakes testing of students with disabilities. Journal of Teacher Education 51(4), pp. 305-314.

Zabala, D. (2008). State high school exit exam: Students with disabilities. Washington, DCL Center on Education Policy.

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