States, Districts Unsure How To Test Students With Disabilities
Charlotte, N.C.
Assessing the progress of students with disabilities is becoming a huge challenge for states and districts, and many questions have yet to be answered, a leading researcher told members of the Council for Exceptional Children meeting here.
The amended Individuals with Disabilities Education Act passed in 1997 requires states and districts either to include those students in general assessments or create alternative tests, and then report the results, the same as for other students. But the federal law and ensuing regulations offer little guidance on how to do so, said James E. Ysseldyke, the director of the National Center on Educational Outcomes at...
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