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Special Education and Alternate Assessment – Publications

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Measured Progress Researchers Work to “Bridge the Gaps” in Educational Assessments, by Sarah Connell (2007)

Who are students in the gaps, what are their attributes, and how do they perform?, by Sue Bechard and Ken Godin (2007), supported and published by the New England Compact research grant

In-Depth Look at Students Who Take Alternate Assessments: What Do We Know Now?,
by Patricia Almond and Sue Bechard (2005)

Reliability in Two Types of Alternate Assessments for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Administration Fidelity, Rater Agreement, and Internal Consistency, by Patricia Almond, Janet Filbin, and Sue Bechard (2005), Paper presented at the 2005 National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada
Publication and PowerPoint

Developing Alternate Assessments Using Expanded Benchmarks from a Nine-State Consensus Framework in Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Science, by Sue Bechard (2005), Paper presented at the 2005 National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada
Publication and PowerPoint

Alignment of Two Performance-Based Alternate Assessments With Combined Content Standards from Eight States Through Expanded Benchmarks, by Patricia Almond and Sue Bechard (2005), Paper presented at the 2005 National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada
Publication and PowerPoint

Universal Design for Learning and Assessment, by Sue Bechard (2003)

Models for Reporting the Results of Alternate Assessments Within State Accountability Systems, by Sue Bechard (2001), from NCEO Synthesis Report 39, University of Minnesota, National Center on Educational Outcomes

Students With Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform, by Sue Bechard (October 2000), from Policy Brief published by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning

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