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Making Science Accessible To Students With Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Lori Andersen, Brooke Nash
Making Science Accessible To Students With Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Lori Andersen, Brooke Nash
Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities
The publication of A Framework for K-12 Science Education (National Research Council, 2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013) have created a need for new alternate content standards and alternate assessments in science that are linked to the new general education science standards. This article describes how a consortium of four states used Evidence-Centered Design (Mislevy, Steinberg, & Almond, 2003) and Universal Design for Learning (CAST, 2012) to develop alternate science content standards and assessments. A set of 43 alternate science content standards was created and an alternate assessment at each of three grade spans. Evidence …