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NCAC: Research & Solutions: Students Make Progress with UDL: General Education and Special Education Associations: High Stakes Assessment and Other Policy Matters

High Stakes Assessment and Other Policy Matters

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The degree to which students have access to a district's curriculum takes on critical importance when schools use high stakes testing to make decisions about which students will be promoted or retained in grade and which will receive high school diplomas. Because universally designed instruction creates unique access to the curriculum and is returning promising educational results, it has caught the attention of decision-makers in state and local education agencies and in the U.S. Congress.

Learn Why High Stakes Testing and Other Education Policies Impede Curriculum Access

Many educational policies influence curriculum and instruction. NCAC is in the process of determining the impact of existing polices on access to, participation in, and progress within the general education curriculum.

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• Update on Implementation of IDEA: Early Returns from State Studies. In this study, state laws and policies from 15 states are the focus of NCAC policy analysis.
• Other policy issues may create barriers that prevent some children from accessing the general curriculum. Go to:
  • Funding Mechanisms in Special Education
  • Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students and Special Education