Draft Would Not Order Written Tests for Aides
Paraprofessionals could prove they meet the qualification standards in the "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001 without taking a written assessment, according to preliminary guidelines released by the Department of Education this month.
Observations and
portfolios could be used alone or in combination with standardized
tests to gauge the abilities of teachers' aides who are covered by the
law, the 11-page document says, allowing options that many state
officials greeted with relief.
The department recommends, however, that any evaluations used be equivalent in difficulty to systems designed to measure the knowledge and skills of second-year college students. The evaluations also should be reliable, valid, and document each...
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