Access Center

This brief explores the linkages between alternate state standards, alternate assessment, the IEP, and classroom instruction and assessment as the process of providing access to the general education curriculum for students with significant cognitive disabilities. —Word |-Adobe PDF

This brief is an introduction to the linkage between classroom practice and student performance on State assessments. It provides practitioners and administrators with an overview of instructional practice and content, based on rigorous academic standards, to heighten awareness regarding the connection between access to the general education curriculum and student performance on large scale assessments.

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This brief provides a quick reference of definitions and examples of terms frequently used when talking about students with disabilities, special education, and access.

This brief examines the multidimensional and dynamic framework the Access Center developed through an extensive literature review and discussions with educators from the special education community.