Alternate Assessments for Special Education Students in the Southwest Region States - Paperback

by United States Department of Education (Created by), National Center for Education Evaluation (Created by)

In 2003, the U.S. Department of Education issued regulations allowing states to develop alternate standards and assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. This study reviews and summarizes alternate assessment policies and practices and their implementation and impact for the most significantly cognitively disabled students, across the five states in the Southwest Region.