State-Wide Assessment Programs
Research Connections
Spring 1998

Contacts & Resources

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
ERIC/OSEP Special Project Page
CEC Home Page

If you'd like to know more about the research referenced in this issue, you can contact the following individuals and organizations.

Amelia Jenkins
Special Education
College of Education
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1776 University Avenue [Wist 208]
Honolulu, HI 98822
808-956-9958

Stephen Elliott
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-8841

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
The Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Dr.
Reston, VA 20191-1589
703-620-3660
www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/index.html

Lynn Fuchs
Department of Special Education
Peabody College
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37203
615-343-4782

John Haigh
Maryland State Department of Education
200 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 20201
410-333-2495

Harold Kleinert
Human Development Institute
313 Mineral Industries Bldg.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506
606-257-4276

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
4340 East-West Highway, Suite 402
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-657-0270
http://www.nasponline.org

Martha Thurlow
National Center on Educational Outcomes
University of Minnesota
350 Elliott Hall
75 E. River Rd.

Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-624-4826
http://education.umn.edu/NCEO/

Gerald Tindal
Behavioral Research and Teaching
232 Education, College of Education
University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403-5262
541-346-3560
geraldt@darkwing.uoregon.edu

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Resources

Council of Chief State School Officers and North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (1996). 1996 state student assessment programs database. Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. [http://www.ccsso.org/pdfs/trand.pdf.]

Gronna, S.S., Jenkins, A., & Chin-Chance, S.A. (in press). Who are we assessing? Determining participation rates for students with disabilities in a norm referenced statewide testing program. Exceptional Children.

Koretz, D. (July 1997). The assessment of students with disabilities in Kentucky. (CSE Technical Report 431). Los Angeles, CA: National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. http://www.cse.ucla.edu

Neill, Monty (September, 1997). Testing our children: A report card on state assessment systems. Cambridge, MA: National Center for Fair and Open Testing. http://info@fairtest.org

Olson, J., & Goldstein, A. (July 1997). The inclusion of students with disabilities and limited English proficient students in large-scale assessments: A summary of recent progress. National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Roach, V., Daily, D., & Goertz, M. (October 1997). Issue brief: State accountability systems and students with disabilities. Alexandria, VA: Center for Policy Research on the Impact of General and Special Education Reform.

Thurlow, M., Elliott, J., & Ysseldyke, J. (1998). Testing Students with Disabilities: Practical Strategies for Complying with District and State Requirements. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Tindal, G., Heath, B., Hollenbeck, K., Almond, P., & Marniss, M. (in press). Accommodating students with disabilities on large-scale tests: An empirical study of student response and test administration demands. Exceptional Children .

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