Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ645156
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Clarifying the Policy Contexts of Statewide Testing and Accountability and Their Impact on Secondary-Level Students with Disabilities.
Krentz, Jane L.; Clapper, Ann T.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Johnson, David R.
Assessment for Effective Intervention, v26 n4 p51-63 Sum 2001
This article provides an overview of policymaking in relation to state and local district testing and accountability and concludes by identifying continuing policy issues and strategies for local implementation of standards-based secondary education that aligns with current testing and accountability policies. Governance models for curriculum renewal are described. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Legislators, Policy Formation, Political Influences, School Districts, Secondary Education, State Boards of Education, State Departments of Education, State Programs, Student Evaluation, Testing, Transitional Programs
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special Issue: Assessments that Support the Transition from School to Work for Adolescents with Disabilities.
