Sentences with phrase «developing alternate assessment»

Several other states are currently developing alternate assessment programs that rely on portfolios.

Next, she'd push to diminish the role of standardized testing in the evaluations and develop alternate assessments, such as portfolios of student work for some subjects, she said.

A large number are already using testing accommodations and a few are developing alternate assessments.

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Well, we can work to develop and validate alternate models for safety assessment to help reduce the overall cost of drug development.»

NCLB requires states to develop systems for assessing the achievement of all students against the state's standards, with only limited options for alternate assessments for students with significant disabilities.

For the students whose IEPs specify that they should be excluded from regular assessments, the state must ensure development of guidelines for their participation in alternate assessments, and develop and conduct alternate assessments no later than July 1, 2000.

English Language Proficiency Assessments The ACCESS for ELLs and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs are the assessments developed by the WIDA consortium and administered to English learners in order to measure progress toward meeting Minnesota's standards for English language development, developed by the WIDA Assessments The ACCESS for ELLs and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs are the assessments developed by the WIDA consortium and administered to English learners in order to measure progress toward meeting Minnesota's standards for English language development, developed by the WIDA assessments developed by the WIDA consortium and administered to English learners in order to measure progress toward meeting Minnesota's standards for English language development, developed by the WIDA consortium.

Karin draws upon a decade of experience designing and conducting alignment studies for general education and alternate assessments to propose some new coding and analysis protocols for use with both large - scale assessment and locally - developed assessments.

Alternate ELP assessments are included in the IDEA requirement for states to develop and implement alternate assAlternate ELP assessments are included in the IDEA requirement for states to develop and implement alternate assalternate assessments.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) requires states to develop and implement alternate assessments for students with significant cognitive disabilities who can not participate in state and districtwide assessments, even with accommodations.

The DLM Consortium is developing the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment, a computer - based assessment for the 1 % of the K - 12 public school student population with significant cognitive disabilities for whom, even with accommodations, general state assessments are not appropriate.

The alternate assessments are expected to align with the assessment systems being developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), recent awardees of the Race to the Top Assessment program grant.

Alaska becomes the 16th state to join the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Consortium, a multi-state initiative developing a computer - based assessment designed to more validly measure what students with significant cognitive disabilities know and can do.

The DLM Consortium is developing the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment, a computer - based assessment for the 1 percent of the K - 12 public school student population with significant cognitive disabilities for whom, even with accommodations, general state assessments are not appropriate.

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