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- Makes an original contribution to policy and practices for the inclusion of students with disability in educational accountability
- Provides an international comparative study for the US, England and Australia
- Identifies key assumptions about the treatment of students with disability in educational accountability
- Makes recommendations for improved practice and further research needs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Australia
- England
- U.S.
- alternative assessments
- educational accountability
- educational legislation
- educational policy
- educational practice
- inclusive education
- medical model of disability
- performance standards
- psychometric model of disability
- social model of disability
- standardized assessments
- standardized tests
- students with disability
- students with impairment
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Education and Professional Stu, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Australia
J. Joy Cumming
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Valuing Students with Impairment
Book Subtitle: International comparisons of practice in educational accountability
Authors: J. Joy Cumming
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2935-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2934-6Published: 05 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2935-3Published: 05 January 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 95
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, International and Comparative Education