A longitudinal analysis of state accommodations policies: Twelve years of change, 1993-2005

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-80

  Lazarus, Sheryl S ^a   Thurlow, Martha L ^a   Lail, Kathryn E ^a   Christensen, Laurene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to general education curriculum; Accountability; Assessment; Policy and law; Testing accommodations

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549110582     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466907313524     Document Type: Article

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