IDEA '97 requires that all states have alternate assessments ready to be administered to students who cannot participate in regular assessments by July 1, 2000. Are you ready? In this new book, you'll discover the hows and whys of alternate assessment as leading experts guide you through this newly mandated process. They'll show you how to integrate flexible assessment activities into your daily instruction in order to measure the progress of your students with significant needs. You'll learn about new methods like portfolio assessments, performance-based collections of students' work, and see how they benefit all students by showcasing what they can do rather that what they can't depicting students' abilities in multiple settings helping evaluate supports for students with disabilities raising the level of achievement for all students With the included photocopiable forms and tables, you'll easily prepare progress reports, adapt curricula, measure outcomes, even gather peer evaluations to include in students' portfolios.
