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Young Adults With Autism Can Thrive In High-Tech Jobs

Skinner sumitted ago via http://www.npr.org (Views: 32, Clicks: 4)  
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The job hunt is complicated enough for most high school and college graduates — and even tougher for the growing number of young people on the autism spectrum. Despite the obstacles that people with autism face trying to find work, there's a natural landing place: the tech industry.

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Law gives schools role in graduating disabled students

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 5)  
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Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law on Tuesday a measure that will give local school districts a role in determining whether the most profoundly disabled students have made enough progress to graduate from high school.

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Education Department: Testing Policy Does Not Violate Student's Rights

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 42, Clicks: 6)  
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Christina Samuels -- Mary Washer, a profoundly disabled 17-year-old in Broken Arrow, Okla., has autism and encephalopathy, two disorders that leave her functioning at the cognitive level of a 16- to 18-month-old. Like other students with disabilities in the state, Washer is required to pass "end of instruction" tests on four out of seven core content areas.

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U.S. Education Department Awards Grants to Improve Assessments for Students with Disabilities (2010)

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.ed.gov (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)  
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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded grants to two consortia of states to develop a new generation of alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.

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Testing Consortium Releases Draft Accommodations Policy

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 23, Clicks: 4)  
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What accommodations will be provided for students with disabilities and those learning English on the new common assessments? You can get an early glimpse of what half the states are considering by looking at the draft accommodations policy that one of the two testing consortia—the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers—has released.

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PARCC Releases Draft Policy on ELL Accommodations

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 52, Clicks: 5)  
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Lesli A. Maxwell -- The first of two groups of states working to design assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards today released its recommendations for the types of supports that can be used to help English-learners demonstrate their content knowledge and skills.

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Testing Group Proposes Accommodations For Students With Disabilities

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 5)  
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Christina Samuels -- The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers, which had released pieces of its proposed accommodations policy for students with disabilities, has now put out a full draft of its accommodations manual for public comment.

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Bill would help profoundly disabled students graduate

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 39, Clicks: 6)  
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The state Senate on Wednesday passed and sent to Gov. Mary Fallin a bill that will remove at least one obstacle faced by profoundly disabled children en route to receiving a high school diploma.

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Oklahoma school testing rules don't violate civil rights, feds rule

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 39, Clicks: 5)  
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The Oklahoma State Department of Education did not violate the right of profoundly disabled students to get an equal education, the U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights office concluded after an months-long investigation.

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Because of state testing requirements, high school diplomas may be out of reach of special needs students

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 43, Clicks: 5)  
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A high-stakes testing law may have put a high school diploma further out of reach for some of Oklahoma's most profoundly disabled students. Tulsa area legislators have been trying to raise awareness about a disadvantage they believe was created unintentionally, but for the parents and educators of the oldest special needs students in public schools, legislative relief can't come soon enough.

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‘Learning disabilities’ movement turns 50

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 61, Clicks: 4)  
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Fifty years ago the phrase "learning disabilities" was coined -- and a movement began.

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The absolute worst story (and video) about standardized testing

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 37, Clicks: 3)  
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Valerie Strauss -- Here's a video about a boy born without most of his brain who is being forced to take a standardized test in Florida because the law requires it. Really.

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Common-Assessment Groups Differ on Special Ed. Rules

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 55, Clicks: 6)  
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Christina A. Samuels -- Champions of students with disabilities have long complained that those students are often an afterthought in state testing plans. Only after a test design is completed are educators asked to go back and adapt the questions for a student who is blind, who needs help accessing text or calculating numbers, or who must use a specialized device to register responses.

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Test Groups Weigh Unified Accommodations Policies

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 47, Clicks: 4)  
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Lesli A. Maxwell -- A patchwork of testing accommodations is used in the nation's public schools to help students with disabilities and those still learning English show their command of academic content, just as their general education peers do.

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New findings on autism spur debate

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 34, Clicks: 4)  
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When New Jersey reported one of the nation's highest rates of autism last year — doubling in six years to one in 49 children — researchers described it as “beyond an emergency.”

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