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Article: The impact of teacher training on state alternate assessment scores.
- Article from:
- Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
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In the past, students with severe disabilities were often exempted from the large-scale assessments that have been a key component of school reform. Since the passage of the 1997 Amendments of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), inclusion of all students with disabilities in accountability systems has been mandatory. Students who are unable to participate in large-scale assessments with accommodations must be given an alternate assessment. No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2002) required states to report progress on state standards in reading and math, and in science by 2007, and allowed for alternate assessments to be used for students unable to participate ...