the-NYSAN.org: Testing Accommodations on High Stakes Tests: Who are they for and what is their purpose
Monday, 09 August 2021
Testing Accommodations on High Stakes Tests: Who are they for and what is their purposeTable of ContentsI. What is a disability and how is a disability determined?II. What is the purpose of accommodations?III. What is an appropriate accommodation?IV. The problem of unnecessary accommodationsV. ReferencesThere has been increasing awareness over the last couple of decades of
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DisabilityScoop: Education Department Defends Rollback Of Special Ed Guidance
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Friday, 13 October 2017
In a unanimous ruling with major implications for special education, the U.S. Supreme Court said that public schools must provide students with disabilities more than a minimal benefit. The decision issued Wednesday comes in a case known as Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which pitted the parents of a Colorado boy with autism
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