Accountability-Based Reform: The Impact on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

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169 Index Figures and tables are indicated with f and t following the page number. academic outcomes for deaf education, 11–14 accommodations for assessments, 55–60, 58t, 136–38. See also alternate assessments; standardized testing accountability-based school choice policies, 121–22 achievement gap, 20–21 adequate yearly progress (AYP) defined, 28 schools for the deaf and, 12–13, 74–75, 81–84 students with disabilities and, 75–77 alternate assessments, 60–63, 62f, 138. See also accommodations for assessments American Educational Research Association, 96 American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters provided under IDEA, 106–7 reading proficiency and, 19–21 in schools for the deaf, 126 standardized tests and, 58, 58t, 60, 66 Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA, PL 101-336), 5, 30 assessments, 54–68. See also measures; standardized testing accommodations for, 55–60, 58t, 136–38 alternate vs. standardized, 60–63, 62f, 138 curriculum and, 62–63, 62f overview of, 54–55, 67–68 recommendations for, 63–67 state, 13, 14t AYP. See adequate yearly progress bilingual-bicultural movement, 19n2, 20 bilingual education, 19–21, 102 Bowen, S., 57 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), 29, 39 “bubble kids,” 78–79 Bush, George W., 25 calibration gap, 45–46 California high school exit exam, 97 Callahan, C. M., 48 Cawthon, S., 12, 55, 57–58, 84f 170 Index Clapper, A. T., 42, 56 cochlear implants, 2, 4–5, 6, 19 cohort vs. growth model measurements, 46–48 collaborative teaching, 100–102, 105 Common Core Standards Initiative, 21, 42, 49–50 confidence intervals, 84–85, 84f consequences of student performance, 38–39, 70–74, 71t Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbooks (New Mexico), 73 consultative services, 101–2 content standards of measurements, 41–44 Council for Exceptional Children, 106 cultural issues curriculum and, 18 Deaf culture, 18–20, 134 curriculum access to, 29, 31, 135–36 assessments and, 62–63, 62f culturally relevant, 18 standards-based, 34–35, 41–44, 48 DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 (PL 108-199), 114 Deaf community and culture accountability reforms and, 89 cochlear implants and, 4, 6–7 high school to postsecondary education transition and, 98 reading proficiency and, 18–20 schools for the deaf and, 126, 134 “students with disabilities” classification and, 75 deaf education context, 1–22. See also students who are deaf or hard of hearing academic outcomes for, 11–14 overview of, 1–2, 21–22 reading, importance of, 15–21 recommendations for, 21–22 setting of, 7–11 student demographics, 2–7 Deaf Students and Their Schools: The Changing Demographics (Karchmer, Allen, & Brown), 9f “Deaf ” vs. “deaf,” definitions of, 1–2n1 demographics, student, 2–7 Department of Education, U.S., 2, 22, 73 Ding, C., 138 disabilities other than hearing loss, 3, 5. See also students with disabilities Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA), 107 educational professionals, 93–112 deaf or hard of hearing students and, 103–8 overview of, 93, 112 recommendations for, 108–12 special education and, 99–103 teacher quality standards, 94–99, 95f, 98f, 100–102, 100f Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (PL 99371 ), 7 Education of the Handicapped Act of 1975 (PL 94-142), 30 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA, PL 89-750), 24–25 English Language Learners ASL as first language for, 17–18 literacy development strategies for, 15, 19, 20, 22 NCLB and, 75–77 standardized tests and, 59–60 teacher quality and, 96 English literacy development, 15, 19, 20, 22 exit exam (California high schools), 97 federal accountability, 25, 38–39, 95 framework of accountability, 33–39, 34f free and appropriate public education (FAPE), 31 Gallaudet Research Institute (GRI) Annual Surveys, 3–4, 7, 8–9, 9f Gallaudet University, 7 General Accounting Office, U.S., 117 Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (Maine), 104 grade-range standards, 50 growth vs. cohort model measurements, 46–48 Haertel, E., 36 “Highly Qualified” teacher standards, 94–99, 95f for special education teachers, 99–103, 101f high school exit exam (California), 97 Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 (IASA, PL 103-382), 27–28 Index 171 Individualized Education Program (IEP), 55, 80–81, 105–6 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA, PL 101-476), 2–3, 8, 30–32, 55, 100, 101f, 119–23 Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA, PL 108-446), 32, 99, 102 instructor gap, 96, 99 intelligence tests, 57 International Congress on the...