Links to Resources

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• Compendium of Instruments for Assessing the Skills and Interests of Children with Visual Impairments or Multiple Disabilities, Second Edition
  http://www.lighthouse.org/downloads/compendium_introduction.pdf
  
  
• Association of Test Publishers
  http://www.testpublishers.org/
  
  
• A Brief History of Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards
  http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis68/Synthesis68.pdf
  
  
• Illustrative Language for an RFP to Build Tests to Support Instruction and Accountability
  http://www.nea.org/home/15115.htm
  
  
• Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
  http://www.cast.org/
  
  
• Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
  http://www.cse.ucla.edu
  
  
• Council of Chief State School Officers
  http://www.ccsso.org
  
  
• Council for Exceptional Children
  http://www.cec.sped.org/
  
  
• Developing Educational Standards
  http://edstandards.org
  
  
• Education and Rehabilitative Services [OSERS]
  http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html
  
  
• Educational Testing Service (ETS) TestLink: World's Largest Test Collection Database
  http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=ed462d3631df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=85af197a484f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD
  
  
• Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital Talking Books:
  http://ncam.wgbh.org/dtb/
  
  
• Guidelines: For the Specialized Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments (Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
  http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/vision-guidelines/
  
  
• Kentucky Dept. of Education (KDE)
  http://www.kde.state.ky.us/
  
  
• National Assessment Governing Board
  http://www.nagb.org/
  
  
• National Assessment of Educational Progress
  http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/aboutnaep.asp
  
  
• National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities
  http://www.tsbvi.edu/national-agenda/
  
  
• National Center On Educational Outcomes (NCEO) Online Accommodations Bibliography
  http://apps.cehd.umn.edu/nceo/accommodations
  
  
• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
  http://nces.ed.gov/
  
  
• National Center on Severe and Sensory Disabilities (formerly National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities (NCLID)
  http://www.unco.edu/ncssd/
  
  
• The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), U.S. Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=pb
  
  
• United States Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov
  
  

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