Alternate Assessments for Students With Disabilities - Couverture souple

Quenemoen NULL, NULL Rachel F.; Thompson NULL, Dr. Sandra J.; Thurlow, Dr. Martha L.; Ysseldyke, Dr. James E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761977740 ISBN 13 : 9780761977742

Editeur : Corwin, 2001

Synopsis

This landmark book combines current research and case studies to address continuous improvement of alternate assessments at all levels.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Sandra Thompson, Ph.D. serves as a Research Associate at the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) at the University of Minnesota, where she has been responsible for state survey research activities that document the status of outcomes for students with disabilities, current assessment policies and practices, and involvement with IDEA activities. Dr. Thompson has an extensive background in preparing students with disabilities for successful adult lives.

Rachel Quenemoen, M.S., is the National Center on Educational Outcome's (NCEO) Technical Assistance and Dissemination Area Leader, and a specialst in "research into practice" efforts. She has 25 years of experience as an educational sociologist and as a parent of a young person with a disability.

Martha L. Thurlow, Ph.D., is Director of the National Center on Educational Outcomes in the Institute on Community Integration (University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities) at the University of Minnesota. In this position, she addresses the implications of contemporary U.S. policy and practice for students with disabilities and English Language Learners, including national and statewide assessment policies and practices, standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements. Dr. Thurlow has conducted research for the past 35 years in a variety of areas, including assessment and decision making, learning disabilities, early childhood education, dropout prevention, effective classroom instruction, and integration of students with disabilities in general education settings. She has published extensively on all of these topics, and also recently completed serving as co-Editor with Bob Algozzine of Exceptional Children, the research journal of the Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Thurlow is a co-author of several books, including Testing Students with Disabilities, Improving Test Performance of Students with Disabilities, Alternate Assessments for Students with Disabilities, and Critical Issues in Special Education. Dr. Thurlow was one of the original developers of the dropout prevention program Check and Connect, which was empirically tested, and replicated in several settings. She is the author of numerous reports, journal articles and chapters on the topic of dropouts and dropout prevention, and also addresses the dropout problem within the current context of federal legislation, high stakes testing, and standards-based education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761977740
• ISBN 13: 9780761977742
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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