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The National Center on Educational Outcomes provides national leadership in the participation of students with disabilities in national and state assessments, standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements.


The NCEO Data Viewer

The NCEO Data Viewer lets you view information related to students with disabilities and create individualized reports based on criteria that you can choose. Two major databases are currently available for your use:

  1. State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
  2. Annual Performance Reports

Get started by using our Data Viewer Tutorial.


New and Most Requested Publications

Annual Performance Report (APR): 2006-2007 State Assessment Data - NEW!
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Cover of Improving Accommodations Outcomes  

Improving Accommodations Outcomes: Monitoring Instructional and Assessment Accommodations for Students with Disabilities - NEW!
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Grade-Level Standards-Based Science Outcomes for English Language Learners and Language Minority Students: A Review of the Literature (LEP Projects Report 6) - NEW!
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NCLB e IDEA: Lo que los Padres de Estudiantes con Discapacidades Necesitan Saber y Hacer  

NCLB e IDEA: Lo que los Padres de Estudiantes con Discapacidades Necesitan Saber y Hacer (Spanish translation of NCLB and IDEA: What Parents of Students with Disabilities Need to Know and Do)
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States’ Participation Guidelines for Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) in 2008 (Synthesis Report 71)
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A Principled Approach to Accountability Assessments for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 70)
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2007 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 69)
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Good News and Bad News in Disaggregated Subgroup Reporting  to the Public on 2005–2006 Assessment Results (Technical Report 52)
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An Analysis of Accommodations Issues from the Standards and Assessments Peer Review (Technical Report 51)
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NCEO Brief: Trends in the Participation and Performance of Students with Disabilities
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Thinking About the Students Who May Qualify to Participate in An Alternate Assessment Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS): A Tool for Study Groups
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2007 Survey of States: Activities, Changes, and Challenges for Special Education
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A Brief History of Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards (Synthesis Report 68) HTML format  / PDF format

Trends in the Participation and Performance of Students with Disabilities (Technical Report 50) HTML format / PDF format

Links for Academic Learning: An Alignment Protocol for Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards
(published by the National Alternate Assessment Center)
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Learning Opportunities for Your Child Through Alternate Assessments: Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards
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Learning Opportunities for Your Child Through Alternate Assessments (Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards)
(published by the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services)
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NCLB and IDEA: What Parents of Students with Disabilities Need to Know and Do
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Teleconference 17: January 15, 2009
NAAC Curriculum Summit for State Department of Education Leaders: A Conversation about Curricular Priorities for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (and for AA-AAS)


New Publication:
Meaningful Accountability for Students with Dyslexia

Co-editor, Rachel Quenemoen


Technical Assistance for APR Part B Indicator 3 – Assessment


Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS)


Teleconference 16: September 29, 2008
Practical Strategies for Accommodations Monitoring and Training


Teleconferences on Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards

September 20, 2007
The Role of the IEP Team in Identifying 2% Students: Notes

August 16, 2007
Identifying the 2% Students: Resources / Notes

June 21, 2007
AYP Caps on 1% and 2%, Interim Flexibility: Notes

May 17, 2007
Standards-based IEPs and IEP Goals based on Grade-Level Standards: Notes


NCLD Publications

Rewards and Roadblocks: How Special Education Students are Faring Under No Child Left Behind

State Testing Accommodations: A Look at their Value and Validity

NCEO is supported primarily through a Cooperative Agreement (#H326G050007) with the Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Additional support for targeted projects, including those on LEP students, is provided by other federal and state agencies. Opinions expressed in this Web site do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Education or Offices within it.

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This page was last updated on August 07, 2009