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Assessment and Intervention in Special Education

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 Measuring the performance of students with disabilities
The effects of large-scale peformance assessments are relatively unknown, particularly for students who are at risk and for students with disabilities.

ELL Students Benefit from Formative Assessments
The WIDA Consortium (World Class Design and Assessment) helps educators and administrators teach and monitor the progress of ELL students. Now supporting a consortium of 27 states, WIDA designs and helps implement curriculum and assessments for ELL students of all kinds, including those with learning disabilities.

One area of assessment—formative assessment—has recently grown in importance. Formative assessment occurs regularly during the school year and helps teachers and students monitor learning progress. Formative assessments help teachers identify where students are, and where they need to be, relative to learning goals. Teachers and students then address these gaps.