The decade following the publication of the No Child Left Behind Act 2001 was an innovative period with respect to inclusive assessment practices for students with disabilities (SWDs). As the United States educational policies under the Obama Administration's Race to the Top initiative re-conceive the inclusion of SWDs in state assessment-based accountability systems, there is hope that the next generation of general assessments will better serve the principle of promoting access to the general education curriculum for SWDs, and will move beyond access to foster their inclusion in post-school college and career options to the maximum extent possible. The present paper traces some important "lessons learned" in the development of inclusive assessments over the past decade for students with disabilities, and makes recommendations for the direction of future assessment research for the incorporation and extension of these innovations. (Contains 3 notes.)