Guidelines for Participation and Testing Accommodations for Special Populations in State Assessment Programs

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Parents; Students; Teachers; Practitioners

State Standards; Guidelines; Educational Change; Testing; Testing Accommodations; Academic Achievement; High School Students; Knowledge Level; Mathematics Skills; Reading Skills; Writing Skills

This publication is designed to assist administrators, teachers, parents, and students in making decisions regarding participation and testing accommodations for special populations in statewide testing in Washington. The intent of Washington's Education Reform Act of 1993 is to increase student achievement by developing a public school system focusing on the educational performance of students, and includes high expectations for all students. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) administers a state assessment system that includes assessments designed to measure student achievement and progress toward meeting the state standards in the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) and Grade Level Expectations (GLEs). In addition to completing a culminating project, meeting class credit requirements, and crafting a high school and beyond plan, students graduating from public high schools in Washington beginning with the class of 2008 will be expected to demonstrate achievement of the reading, writing and mathematics standards as measured by the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). The Certificate of Academic Achievement (CAA), which is awarded upon meeting standards on the high school WASL, helps to measure that all students have the essential skills needed to succeed after high school. [This report was produced by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction]

ERIC

2005

ED486519