This unique text covers assessment of both relevant academic and functional skills of students with disabilities as they are embedded in the general education curriculum. This textbook addresses a critical challenge faced by teachers in inclusive settings: how to appropriately address the functional skill needs of students with disabilities in general education settings, while at the same time, provide adequate coverage of basic academic skills. Pedagogical elements such as learning objectives and lists of key terms make this a comprehensive, clear and useful text.

"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." --Jimmy Wales With more than 2,000,000 individual articles on everything from Aa! (a Japanese pop group) to Zzyzx, California, written by an army of volunteer contributors, Wikipedia is the #8 site on the World Wide Web. Created (and corrected) by anyone with access to a computer, this impressive assemblage of knowledge is growing at an astonishing rate of more than 30,000,000 words a month. Now for the first time, a Wikipedia insider tells the story of how it all happened--from the first glimmer of an idea to the global phenomenon it's become. Andrew Lih has been an administrator (a trusted user who is granted access to technical features) at Wikipedia for more than four years, as well as a regular host of the weekly Wikipedia podcast. In The Wikipedia Revolution, he details the site's inception in 2001, its evolution, and its remarkable growth, while also explaining its larger cultural repercussions. Wikipedia is not just a website; it's a global community of contributors who have banded together out of a shared passion for making knowledge free. Featuring a Foreword by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and an Afterword that is itself a Wikipedia creation.

Develop effective alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). With this practical guidebook, K-12 educators will modify assessments and ensure high-quality instruction that leads to better outcomes.

This book presents practical, content-based strategies that form a comprehensive process to teaching all students. It promotes the philosophy that inclusion and transition do not take place as a single event, but are part of a process that occurs throughout instruction. It retains the use of the Systematic Approach for Adapting the Learning Environment (SAALE) model and includes important updates regarding legal mandates, bilingual children, technology, and transition in different school environments. Legal Implications; The Road to Responsibility: Referral to Placement; Bilingual or Limited English Proficient Students; Characteristics of Students with Special Needs; Transition; The Process of Collaboration; The Content: Using the SAALE Model; Adapting the Socioemotional Environment; Adapting the Behavioral Environment; Adapting the Physical Environment; Adapting Lesson Plans; Adapting Teaching Techniques; Adapting the Format of Content; Adapting Multi-Media Approaches; Adapting Student Evaluation; Adapting Grading.

Many school districts are moving away from segregation to the integration of children with disabilities in the regular classroom. This book details strategies for the inclusion of disabled students in the mainstream.

This book is intended to facilitate the meaningful inclusion of students with disabilities in district and state assessments as required by the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. First, an introductory chapter offers reasons for including students with disabilities in district and statewide accountability systems. Chapters 2 through 6 address the specifics of including children with disabilities, such as deciding how students participate in district and state tests, eligibility for assessment accommodations, how to decide which accommodations are appropriate for use in assessments, the characteristics of alternate assessments, and including English language learners with disabilities in assessments. Chapters 7 through 10 address using assessment results, how the Individualized Education Program (IEP) can be restructured to promote greater participation in the accountability system, teacher and service provider collaboration, gaining support from administrators, parent involvement in testing decisions, and the legalities of restructuring accountability systems that include all students. Extensive appendices include sample forms and worksheets for participation decision making, IEP development, assessment accommodations, and student feedback; checklists of criteria for deciding about participation, accommodations, and assessment type; a guide to staff development; and a list of Technical Assistance and Dissemination Networks. (Individual chapters identify additional resources.) (CR).

Guides through the process of alternate assessment, based on the understanding of and beliefs about best practices. This book is intended for general and special educators, parents of students with disabilities, advocates, education policy leaders and others concerned about the inclusion of 'all' students in educational reform efforts.