Special Education:

Educational Assessment and Accountability for All Students

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

1. Educational Assessment Today

   Why Assess Students?

   Let's Communicate: Some Key Terms

   Guiding Principles

   High Standards for All Students

   Teachers Have Standards, Too: Professional Roles and Responsibilities
   for High Quality Student Assessments

   Assessment is Communication!

    

2. Characteristics of Good Assessment

   Validity

   Reliability

   Usability

   Applying Knowledge of Good Assessments to Your Work

    

3. Understanding and Using the Wisconsin Student Assessment System

   Why Assess?

   Wisconsin Student Assessment System Structure and Content

   Understanding Wisconsin Student Assessment System Results

   Applying Your Knowledge of the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations

   Commonly Asked Questions and Answers About the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations

    

4. Facilitating the Participation of All Students in Assessments

   All Means ALL

   The Case of Michele

   The Case of Ben

   Tactics for Increasing Meaningful Participation of ALL Students in Assessment Programs

   Reporting Test Results of Students with Disabilities

   Guidelines for Testing Students with Disabilities: Putting Testing Accommodations and Alternate Assessments into Practice

   Case Applications

   Preparing All Students to Take Tests

   A Concluding Thought
   
   

5. Best Practices in Assessment Programs for Educational Accountability

   A Summary of Inclusive Assessment Practices

   Fair Testing Practices Require Efforts from Many People

   Completing the Educational Accountability Puzzle
   
   

6. Appendixes
   1. Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students
   2. Calculating the Standard Error of Measurement
   3. Department of Public Instruction Guidelines for Appropriate Testing Procedures
   4. Department of Public Instruction Guidelines to Facilitate the Participation of Students with Special Needs in State Assessments 1999-2000
   5. Department of Public Instruction Information Update Bulletin No. 98.14: Learning Support/Equity and Advocacy Information (Guidelines for Complying with the Assessment Provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
   6. Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education 105

   
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   Last updated on 2/25/2008 12:53:57 PM