Accountability and Access to Opportunity: Mutually Exclusive Tenets Under a High-Stakes Testing Mandate
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth
- Vol. 47 (2) , 86-91
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10459880309604435
Abstract
The No Child Left Behind Act mandates that all students must be included in accountability assessments of educational progress. This article examines the undesirable social and vocational ramifications associated with the use of a single high-stakes test to assess the academic proficiencies of students with disabilities and the present discriminatory nature of the required performance on one standardized exam. Acceptable alternatives satisfy the requirement of accountability and ensure equal access to opportunity for students with disabilities in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner.Keywords
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