Section 1464 (c)
(c) Study on ensuring accountability for students who are held to alternative achievement standards
The Secretary shall carry out a national study or studies to examine—
- (1) the criteria that States use to determine—
- (A) eligibility for alternate assessments; and
- (B) the number and type of children who take those assessments and are held accountable to alternative achievement standards;
- (2) the validity and reliability of alternate assessment instruments and procedures;
- (3) the alignment of alternate assessments and alternative achievement standards to State academic content standards in reading, mathematics, and science; and
- (4) the use and effectiveness of alternate assessments in appropriately measuring student progress and outcomes specific to individualized instructional need.
Severe Discrepancy
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