Measuring the Achievement of Students with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education's final regulation under the No
Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) providing additional flexibility to states to
more appropriately measure the achievement of certain students with
disabilities. These regulations allow states to develop modified
academic achievement standards that are challenging for eligible
students and measure a student's mastery of grade-level content,
but are less difficult than grade-level achievement standards. The
new regulations are part of an ongoing effort to ensure that all
students, indlucing those with disabilities, fully participate in a
states's accountability system and are assessed in an appropriate
and accurate manner.
Measuring Achievement.pdf
(U.S. Department of Education)