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Exploring the Effect of Disability, Race-Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Scores on the Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report
Content type: Journal Article
The Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report (SDI:SR) was developed to address a need in the field for tools to assess self-determination that are aligned with current best practices in assessment development and administration, and emerging research...
Manifestation Determinations: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Best Practices
Content type: Journal Article
Students with disabilities are overrepresented within the population of students suspended or expelled from school. When a student with a disability faces an expulsion or suspension equaling more than 10 days, a manifestation determination review (MDR)...
Assessing and Supporting Social-Skill Needs for Students With High-Incidence Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
Increasingly, special education teachers are charged, either directly or indirectly, with assessing and supporting students’ social skill needs both in the classroom and across educational settings. While some students may have behavioral goals outlined in...
Using Performance Feedback to Increase Special Education Teachers’ Use of Effective Practices
Content type: Journal Article
To support teachers in the process of increasing their use of effective practices, we suggest a six-step procedure using performance feedback: Step 1: select an instructional practice; Step 2: identify critical components; Step 3: identify a colleague to...
SMART or Not? Writing Specific, Measurable IEP Goals
Content type: Journal Article
Annual goals and present level of academic and functional performance are required components of the individualized education programs (IEP) for students with identified disabilities. A wide range of service providers, in addition to special educators take...
Commentary: Delivering Educational Services That Meet the Needs of All Students
Content type: Journal Article
Federal policies intended to promote educational equity, especially through state accountability mechanisms, have mobilized efforts to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. Although these efforts have met with some success, achievement gaps...
The Political Dilemmas of Formative Assessment
Content type: Journal Article
The literature base on using formative assessment for instructional and intervention decisions is formidable, but the history of the practice of formative assessment is spotty. Even with the pressures of high-stakes accountability, its definition is fuzzy...
Introduction to the Special Issue: Changing Conceptions of Special Education
Content type: Journal Article
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Effects of Using Modified Items to Test Students with Persistent Academic Difficulties
Content type: Journal Article
This study investigated the effects of using modified items in achievement tests to enhance accessibility. An experiment determined whether tests composed of modified items would reduce the performance gap between students eligible for an alternate...
What Do Alternate Assessments of Alternate Academic Achievement Standards Measure? A Multitrait—Multimethod Analysis
Content type: Journal Article
This study featured validity evidence for scores from states' alternate assessments of alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AASs). It evaluated students from 6 states who were eligible for an AA-AAS concurrently with measures of academic competence...