National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment and Students with Disabilities. Performance Assessment: CEC Mini-Library.

Autor/in	Thurlow, Martha L.
Institution	Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA.; ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Reston, VA. ERIC/OSEP Special Project on Interagency Information Dissemination.
Titel	National and State Perspectives on Performance Assessment and Students with Disabilities. Performance Assessment: CEC Mini-Library.
Quelle	(1994), (53 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-86586-251-6
Schlagwörter	Academic Standards; Data Collection; Disabilities; Educational Assessment; Educational Change; Educational Legislation; Educational Objectives; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Methods; National Programs; Performance Based Assessment; State Programs; Student Evaluation; Testing Accommodations; National Adult Literacy Survey (NCES); National Assessment of Educational Progress + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Data capture; Datensammlung; Handicap; Behinderung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Bildungsreform; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; nicht übertragen; Leistungsermittlung; Regierungsprogramm; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Testdurchführung; Testen; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter
Abstract	This booklet examines national and state educational reform in the 1990s, noting the ways in which performance assessment is being presented as a mechanism of reform. Three reform initiatives are examined: national education goals, standards, and reform legislation. In conjunction with these reform movements, new methods of assessment are being called for. Large amounts of money and excitement have surrounded national and state reform activities that either directly or indirectly are connected to the idea of performance-based assessments. Major national data collection efforts have changed to adopt the performance assessment approach, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the National Adult Literacy Survey. Participation of students with disabilities in national assessments is problematic, constrained by the lack of accommodations. The use of performance assessment is also increasing in statewide assessment programs, requiring that accommodations and adaptations for students with disabilities be considered. There is some evidence that the use of performance assessments may not benefit students with disabilities, and to date, their use has not increased the participation of students with disabilities, but they hold the possibility of more equitable student measurement. (Contains 43 references.) (JDD)
Anmerkungen	Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Dr., Reston, VA 22091-1589 ($8.90 non-members, $6.25 members; Stock No. P5060; $32 set, non-members, $22.50 set, members; Stock No. P5062).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC