Policies and Practices that Support Making More Appropriate Assessment Participation Decisions

• In Event: Considerations in Assessing Special Populations

Abstract

States struggle to meet ESSA’s 1.0% cap on student participation in the alternate assessment. This paper examines the relationship between AA-AAAS participation rates and placement rates in more restrictive educational settings, read aloud allowance on the general assessment, and using “time spent receiving special education services” in making participation decisions.

Authors

• Sheryl Lazarus, NATIONAL CENTER ON EDUCATIONAL

• Mari Quanbeck, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities