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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"alternate assessment"”.
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New York State's Alternate Assessment: Is It Really Fulfilling Its Purpose?
… study was to demonstrate that the New York State Alternate Assessment is not a useful tool for instructional planning. The current study suggested that in all cases, it is not. As mentioned prior, the purpose of implementing an assessment is to use the results to improve teaching practices. The …
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Impact of Psychometric Decisions on Assessment Outcomes in an Alternate Assessment
… a statutory requirement to develop and implement alternate assessments for students with disabilities unable to participate in the statewide large-scale assessment. States were given the challenge of creating, implementing, and executing these tests within a short period of three years. In most …
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Special Education Teachers' Experiences and Perceptions of the Georgia Alternate Assessment
… Georgia Teachers with administering the Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) to elementary students with significant cognitive disabilities and determine how those experiences informed their perception of the Georgia Alternate Assessment. The GAA was designed to assess students with significant …
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The impact of alternate assessment on teaching and learning for students with significant cognitive disabilities
… in standards based education and in state assessments linked to those standards. To address this issue, this study used a multiple case study design in order to determine the impact alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards have on teaching and learning for students …
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Promoting student self-efficacy through assessment
… study was to examine the impact of using alternate assessment methods as a means of promoting student self-efficacy. The study was conducted in a preK-8 public school located in Camden, NJ. The participants were 18 fourth grade students from a co-taught inclusion classroom. Two units of …
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Teachers' attitudes towards the New Jersey's Alternate Proficiency Assessment for students with severe disabilities
… teachers' attitudes towards the New Jersey's Alternate Proficiency Assessment (APA) for students with severe disabilities. A total of 25 special education teachers, who had experiences in the APA portfolio implementation, participate in this study. A survey including 25 questions on a five …
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"You don't know what you don't know until you know it": perceptions, practices and implementation of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for students with complex communication needs
… 50 percent of students participating in the alternate assessment who are pre-symbolic or emergent communicators do not have access to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). The Systematic Processes for Enhancing and Assessing Communication Supports (SPEACS) Initiative was created …
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The relationship between the Indiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting (ISTAR) and the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus (ISTEP+) for students with and without mild disabilities : implications for policymakers
… is meet the requiremcnts for technically sound assessment instruments as required by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), this study investigates the construct validity of Indiana's alternate assessment, the Indiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting (ISTAR), a teacher rating …
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Implications of Perceptions of a Teacher Implementing Authentic Assessment
… of a teacher as she implemented authentic assessment in a sixth grade classroom. Specifically, this study was to answer the following research questions: (a) What were the experiences and perceptions of a teacher as she implements authentic assessment in sixth grade science? (b) What …
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THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATE ASSESSMENTS AND STANDARDS-BASED IEPS ON CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
… systems whether it is through regular state assessments or alternate assessments. For students eligible to take an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards, they require the development and use of standards-based Individualized Education Plans (IEP) is a …