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- Accommodations Toolkit: Large Print: States’ Accessibility Policies, 2022Formats: Online
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for large print is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 6/8/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Large Print: ResearchFormats: Online
This fact sheet on large print is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use of large print as an accessibility feature or accommodation.
Published: 6/08/2022 - What New Special Education Directors Need to Know about Academic AssessmentsFormats: Online
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide easy access to information that will help special education directors fulfill their role in ensuring the participation of students with disabilities in assessments. The toolkit is meant to assist directors in locating information and resources on the website of the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) . The information and resources highlighted in this resource can help support special education directors in ensuring that all students with disabilities are included in state, district, and school assessments and accountability systems in a manner that is appropriate for each student based on their specific instructional and assessment needs.
Published: June 2022 - NCEO Reports: The Formative Assessment Practices Landscape for Students with Disabilities: An Analysis of State Definitions and Practices, 2021 (#435)
This report outlines the approaches that state education agencies (SEAs) have taken in defining and using formative assessment practices, including practices to explicitly support students with disabilities. At the state level, there have been efforts to develop or adopt formal definitions of formative assessment practices that guide how these practices are used in instruction. Given the different approaches and definitions that might exist for formative assessment practices, this report aims to describe how states are communicating and supporting these practices with their districts and schools.
Published: May 2022 - NCEO Reports: A Summary of the Research on the Effects of K–12 Test Accommodations: 2019 (#433)
This report provides an update on the state of the research on testing accommodations. Previous reports by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) have covered research published since 1999. In this report, we summarize the research published in 2019. During 2019, 11 research studies were published on the topic of testing accommodations in the U.S. elementary and secondary education system.
Published: May 2022 - NCEO Newsletter: June 2022 issueFormats: Online
This issue highlights several new products available from NCEO including the updated guide to universally designed assessments, an analysis of how states include students with disabilities in test security policies, and the findings of a survey on how states monitor alternate assessment participation decisions. There is also an article about two resources that address the role of related service providers in making accessibility and accommodations decisions. This issue includes a summary of all the sessions in which NCEO is participating during the National Conference on Student Assessment (NCSA). Finally, there is an article on the forum that follows NCSA on assistive technology interoperability with online assessment platforms, and other technology and services.
Published: 6/1/2022 - NCEO Reports: State Approaches to Monitoring AA-AAAS Participation Decisions (#432)
This report presents the findings of a survey of states that examined the policies, practices, and procedures State Education Agencies (SEAs) used to monitor IEPs for participation decision making in alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). It is imperative that only students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participate in the AA-AAAS because it has short- and long-term implications. The instruction of students taking the AA-AAAS may be reduced in depth, breadth, or complexity, and this may have implications for graduation as well as reduce post-secondary options.
Published: April 2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Recorded Oral Delivery: States' Accessibility Policies, 2021Formats: Online
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for recorded oral delivery is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 4/5/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Recorded Oral Delivery: ResearchFormats: Online
This fact sheet on recorded oral delivery is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use of recorded oral delivery as an accessibility feature or accommodation.
Published: 4/5/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Human Read-Aloud: States' Accessibility Policies, 2021Formats: Online
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for human read-aloud is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 4/5/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Human Read-Aloud: ResearchFormats: Online
This fact sheet on human read-aloud is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use of human read-aloud as an accessibility feature or accommodation.
Published: 4/5/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Highlighting: States' Accessibility Policies, 2021Formats: Online
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for highlighting is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 4/5/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Highlighting: ResearchFormats: Online
This fact sheet on highlighting is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use of highlighting as an accessibility feature or accommodation.
Published: 4/5/2022 - TIES Center Briefs: Debunking Myths about Inclusive Education for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities (TIES Center Brief #8)
Controversy often surrounds the inclusion of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in the general education classroom and curriculum. This is the case even though the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is clear in its Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) provisions that the presumed education setting for all students with disabilities is the general education classroom. There are many myths about including students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in general education classrooms. This Brief debunks six of them. At the end of each myth there is a short list of related resources.
Published: 2/22/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Speech-to-Text: States' Accessibility Policies, 2021Formats: Online
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for speech-to-text is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 2/10/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Speech-to-Text: ResearchFormats: Online
This fact sheet on speech-to-text is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use of speech-to-text as an accessibility feature or accommodation.
Published: 2/10/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Scribe: States' Accessibility Policies, 2021Formats: Online
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for scribe is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 2/10/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Scribe: ResearchFormats: Online
This fact sheet on scribe is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use of a scribe as an accessibility feature or accommodation.
Published: 2/10/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Noise Reduction: States' Accessibility Policies, 2021Formats: Online
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for noise reduction is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 2/10/2022 - Accommodations Toolkit: Noise Reduction: ResearchFormats: Online
This fact sheet on noise reduction is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use of noise reduction as an accessibility feature or accommodation.
Published: 2/10/2022