National Education Association: Recommends New Assessment Strategy

National Education Association (NEA)

The National Education Association is the nation’s largest professional employee organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, related service providers, education support professionals, college faculty, school administrators, retired educators, and students preparing to become teachers.

NEA Recommends New Assessment Strategy

The National Assessment Governing Board -- the board that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- is considering changes to its policies on how students with disabilities and English language learners participate in the national assessment, often called the Nation’s Report Card.  Senior policy analyst Patti Ralabate of NEA’s Education Policy and Practice Department offered testimony suggesting six key recommendations focused on using an inclusive and reasonable approach to increase the participation of students with disabilities and to improve the validity of cross-state comparisons .

To view testimony of recommendations:

http://www.nea.org/home/30609.htm