Graduation Policies for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Who Participate in States' AA-AAS (NCEO Synthesis Report)
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Graduation Policies for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Who Participate in States' AA-AAS (NCEO Synthesis Report)
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2014-12
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University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
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A report analyzing the graduation requirements and diploma options for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who participate in states' alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). The authors found that nearly 70% of states' policies indicated that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who participate in the AA-AAS can receive a regular diploma. The criteria for doing so in these states were extremely varied, from those that have the exact same requirements to those that allow the IEP team to set the criteria. In states with policies that indicated that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who participate in the AA-AAS could not receive a regular diploma, all but one state indicated that other end-of-school documents (e.g., certificates, special diplomas) were available to these students. The information the authors found and that was provided during the verification process provides important information for the field. Their findings should provide a basis for discussions within states as they consider their policies in light of college and career readiness imperatives.
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The Center is supported through a Cooperative Agreement (#H326G110002)
with the Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs,
U.S. Department of Education. The contents of this report were developed
under the Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Education, but
does not necessarily represent the policy or opinions of the U.S. Department
of Education or Offices within it. Readers should not assume endorsement
by the federal government.
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Vang, Mai; Lazarus, Sheryl; Albus, Deb; Thurlow, Martha. (2014). Graduation Policies for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Who Participate in States' AA-AAS (NCEO Synthesis Report). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/173788.
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