National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) focuses on the inclusion of students with disabilities, English learners, and English learners with disabilities in instruction and assessments. The scope of NCEO’s work includes issues related to accessibility of assessments across the comprehensive assessment system including formative assessment practices, classroom-based assessments, diagnostic assessments, interim assessments, and summative assessments.
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Latest News and Publications
Unlocking Potential: Harnessing AI for Inclusive Learning
This report contains the proceedings of a forum held on June 26, 2024 in Seattle, Washington to discuss issues surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and accessibility in education. A specific goal of the forum was to bring together representatives from state education agencies (SEAs), assessment vendors, AI experts, and others to discuss the implications of AI for accessibility in instruction and assessment.
This Brief focuses on collaboration between special education and assessment offices, but other offices (e.g., curriculum and instruction, accountability) may also need to be involved. The Brief describes the reasons for collaboration and its benefits, provides suggestions for who needs to be involved, and provides specific examples of successful collaboration.
NCEO Newsletter: October 2024 issue
NCEO’s October 2024 newsletter features several new NCEO publications: several reports published by a project affiliated with NCEO that share findings of research studies about students who shifted from the alternate assessment to the general assessment, another about how states address the federal requirement that 95% of students participate in state assessments used for accountability, the unintended consequences of improved accessibility on state tests, and one about the accommodations research literature.