TY - JOUR
T1 - Opportunities and options for facilitating and evaluating access to the general curriculum for students with disabilities
AU - Roach, Andrew T.
AU - Chilungu, E. Namisi
AU - Lasalle, Tamika P.
AU - Talapatra, Devadrita
AU - Vignieri, Matthew J.
AU - Kurz, Alexander
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Federal regulations concerning the development and implementation of alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards include a set of safeguards intended to ensure that eligible students have access to grade-level general curriculum. These regulations concerning curricular access and opportunity to learn for students with disabilities may prove difficult for educational researchers and policymakers to operationalize and evaluate. This article provides a historical and policy context for efforts to ensure curricular access. In addition, this article reviews research on potential indicators of (or ways of measuring) access to the general curriculum and opportunity to learn. Finally, best practices for facilitating and evaluating access to the general curriculum are discussed.
AB - Federal regulations concerning the development and implementation of alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards include a set of safeguards intended to ensure that eligible students have access to grade-level general curriculum. These regulations concerning curricular access and opportunity to learn for students with disabilities may prove difficult for educational researchers and policymakers to operationalize and evaluate. This article provides a historical and policy context for efforts to ensure curricular access. In addition, this article reviews research on potential indicators of (or ways of measuring) access to the general curriculum and opportunity to learn. Finally, best practices for facilitating and evaluating access to the general curriculum are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/01619560903240954
DO - 10.1080/01619560903240954
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:75249103461
SN - 0161-956X
VL - 84
SP - 511
EP - 528
JO - Peabody Journal of Education
JF - Peabody Journal of Education
IS - 4
ER -