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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Developing an Assessment Participation Action Plan: A Tool for State Leaders (NCEO Tool #13)

Developing an Assessment Participation Action Plan: A Tool for State Leaders (NCEO Tool #13) PDF

The purpose of this resource is to provide a tool for states that wish to improve student assessment participation. The tool provides guidance on how state leaders can develop an assessment participation action plan and describes a series of steps that support the development of the action plan.

Developing an Assessment Participation Action Plan: A Tool for District Leaders (NCEO Tool #14)

Developing an Assessment Participation Action Plan: A Tool for District Leaders (NCEO Tool #14) PDF

The purpose of this resource is to provide a tool for districts that wish to improve student assessment participation. The tool provides guidance on how district leaders can develop an assessment participation action plan and describes a series of steps that support the development of the action plan.

Gaps in the Accommodations Research Literature (NCEO Brief #31) PDF

Federal and state policymakers, as well as educators, rely on the accommodations research literature to evaluate how accommodations should be used to improve accessibility for students with disabilities. This Brief consolidates information about gaps in this research with the goal of promoting wider interest in and additional research on accommodations.