Another alternative for special ed students.A new flexibility option under No Child Left Behind gives states the chance to allow 2 percent of students with academic disabilities to take tests that are specifically geared toward their abilities. This option is above the 1 percent of severely disabled students that already take an alternative assessment test. The option comes after research shows that this other group of students may not be severely disabled but they could really benefit from this other test, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Samara Samara, river, Russia Samara (səmä`rə), river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the foothills of the S Urals, European Russia. It flows generally northwest, and joins the Volga River at Samara. Yudof, U.S. Department of Education spokeswoman. Secretary of Education Margaret Margaret, 1930–2002, British princess, second daughter of King George VI and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, b. Glamis, Scotland. In 1960 she married a commoner, the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created earl of Snowdon in 1961. Spellings announced the changes in May. States that meet the eligibility guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. can adjust their 2005-06 state-set progress goals for such students. Spellings notes that to increase the state's ability to provide rigorous assessment and instruction, the Education Department will put $14 million toward improving assessments, helping teachers in the classroom, and conducting research for students with disabilities held to alternate and modified achievement standards in 2005. More funds will be directed in 2006. "We're supportive of the flexibility," says Beth Foley fo·ley n. 1. A technical process by which sounds are created or altered for use in a film, video, or other electronically produced work. 2. A person who creates or alters sounds using this process. , spokeswoman and policy specialist for National Association of State Directors of Special Education. But she says NASDSE NASDSE National Association of State Directors of Special Education doesn't agree with the option's restrictions on states. "The other thing we're concerned about is that there has to be intensive efforts to educate the school personnel ... who will determine which children will fall into the 2 percent category," Foley says. The eligibility guidelines for states include: * Each state must meet Title land IDEA requirements that are related to achievement and instruction for students with disabilities including that 95 percent or more of special education students participate in assessments * Alternate assessments in reading/language arts and math must be available for students with disabilities who can't participate in the regular assessment * The state's subgroup sub·group n. 1. A distinct group within a group; a subdivision of a group. 2. A subordinate group. 3. Mathematics A group that is a subset of a group. tr.v. size for students with disabilities must be equal to that of other student groups. |
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