Advocacy Assessment Dropout System 
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 6, 2017
“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. These new assessment systems are a crucial component of personalization.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 1, 2017
The alternative diploma, attained through the LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA1) graduation pathway, allows students with severe disabilities to forgo typical academic expectations and requirements, and it doesn’t end with the high school diploma. Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. Here’s why they’re not.
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The Hechinger Report
JULY 13, 2021
Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. So systems are really trying to figure out, ‘How do we do that?’ ”. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Rodriguez was forced into remedial math by the community college’s placement test, which assesses a student’s ability to succeed in for-credit, higher education classes. But it’s another thing to actually have support systems to deal with the students that are there.”. The results have been promising.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The district handed out its existing stockpile of loaner devices and hot spots to as many students as possible, said Preston Thomas, OUSD’s chief systems and services officer.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. When he got to Purdue University in 2014, he didn’t have a system for organizing his deadlines.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 15, 2017
An accurate and thoughtful assessment of a student’s abilities and interests. He blames the system. Many districts rely on formal assessments to help schools create viable plans for students. Good transition planning and services can help special education students flourish after high school. But Lord doesn’t blame teachers.
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