Overview
The follow-up to Kleinert and Kearns's pioneering Alternate Assessment, this cutting-edge book synthesizes current research on AA-AAS and gives education professionals strategies for implementing assessments and improving instruction. With a strong focus on practical classroom application, the expert authors show readers how to
- understand the key principles of alternate assessment, including validity, technical quality, and content standards
- align instruction with assessment across major academic content areas: reading, math, science, and social studies
- implement a clear four-step process to improve student access to the general curriculum
- use multiple measures to ensure that assessments accurately reflect students' abilities
- link IEPs with grade-level content standards
- teach relevant functional and life skills within grade level content
- build students' communicative competence to improve their educational outcomes
- educate families about the purpose and content of alternate assessments
- decode the federal mandates for alternate assessments and the most recent regulations
- see how alternate assessment works in the context of a school's broader accountability system
The definitive resource on AA-AASāand an essential supplementary text for future general and special educatorsāthis book will make alternate assessment meaningful and lead the way to higher academic achievement for students with significant disabilities.
This book title, Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (An Educator's Guide), ISBN: 9781598570762, by Harold L. Kleinert, Jacqueline Kearns, Daniel Wiener, published by Brookes Publishing (August 13, 2010) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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