States' accommodations policies and development of alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards: A discriminant analysis

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-308

  Lazarus, Sheryl S ^a   Cormier, Damien C ^a   Thurlow, Martha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

accommodations; accountability; alternate assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959790813     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932510362214     Document Type: Article

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