Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: An Educator's Guide: Book

About the Authors vii

About the Contributors ix

Foreword Daniel J. Wiener xvii

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xxiii

I An Overview of Alternate Assessment

1 An Introduction to Alternate Assessments: Historical Foundations, Essential Parameters, and Guiding Principles Harold L. Kleinert Rachel Quenemoen Martha Thurlow 3

2 Principles and Practices for Achievement Assessments in School Accountability Systems Jacqui Farmer Kearns 19

3 Students in the AA-AAS and the Importance of Communicative Competence Jane O'Regan Kleinert Jacqui Farmer Kearns Harold L. Kleinert 41

4 Aligning Curriculum with Grade-Specific Content Standards: Using Eight Criteria to Create Access Shawnee Y. Wakeman Diane M. Browder Bree A. Jimenez Pamela J. Mims 75

II Teaching and Assessing Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

5 Ensuring Access: A Four-Step Process for Accessing the General Curriculum Michael Burdge Jean Clayton Anne Denham Karin K. Hess 109

6 Reading Instruction and Assessment Linked to Grade-Level Standards Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell Robert J. Rickelman Jean Clayton 149

7 Math Instruction and Assessment Linked to Grade-Level Standards Lou-Ann Land David K. Pugalee Anne Denham Harold L. Kleinert 173

8 Science Instruction and Assessment Linked to Grade-Level Standards Ginevra Courtade Deborah A. Taub Michael Burdge 203

9 Social Studies and the Arts Instruction and Assessment Linked to Grade-Level Standards Karen M. Guettler Jacqueline M. Norman James M. Zeller Mariel L. Zeller 235

III Enhancing Student Outcomes: The Role of Students and Families and Directions for Future Research

10 Embedding Life Skills, Self-Determination, Social Relationships, and Other Evidence-Based Practices Harold L. Kleinert Belva C. Collins Donna Wickham Leah Riggs Karen D. Hager 267

11 Alternate Assessments, Families, and the Individualized Education Program Jacqui Farmer Kearns Rachel Quenemoen 291

12 What We Have Learned from Alternate Assessment Research and What We Still Need to Know Harold L. Kleinert Elizabeth Towles-Reeves 303

Appendix Blank Forms 319

Index 333