Alternate Assessment Measuring Outcomes and Supports for Students With Disabilities

In this book, you'll discover the hows and whys of alternate assessment as leading experts guide you through this mandated process. They'll show you how to integrate flexible assessment activities into your daily instruction to measure the progress of your students with significant needs. You'll learn about methods like portfolio assessments--performance-based collections of students' work--and see how they benefit all students by- showcasing what students can do rather that what they cannot- depicting students' abilities in multiple environments- helping evaluate supports for students with disabilities- raising the level of achievement for all studentsWith the included photocopiable forms and tables, you'll easily prepare progress reports, adapt curricula, measure outcomes, and even gather peer evaluations to include in students' portfolios. So buy Alternate Assessment because you have to meet IDEA 1997 requirements, but use it because it effects better outcomes for all students!Kleinert, Harold L. is the author of 'Alternate Assessment Measuring Outcomes and Supports for Students With Disabilities' with ISBN 9781557664969 and ISBN 155766496X.