Public Comments on NAEP and Students with
Disabilities and English Language Learners
Below are comments submitted to the Governing Board on expert panel recommendations on uniform national rules for testing of students with disabilities (SD) and English language learners (ELL) on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The comments are reprinted here verbatim and have not been edited.
Organizations:- American Federation of Teachers - SD, ELL
- American Psychological Association
- Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
- Californians Together Center for Law and Education
- Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Council of Great City Schools
- Education Information Management Advisory Consortium
- Global Institute for Language and Literacy Development
- The Governing Board-CCSSO Policy Task Force
- International Reading Association
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Down Syndrome Society and National Down Syndrome Congress
- National Education Association - SD, ELL
- National Tri-Caucus Board Development Association
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Florida – Bureau of Exceptional Education and Special Services
- California - Special Education Division
- Bambi J. Lockman Florida – Bureau of Exceptional Education and Special Services
- Ed Amundson Sacramento City Unified School District and Austin Naughton Los Angeles Unified School District
- Mary Campbell Los Angeles Unified School District
- Judy Elliott Los Angeles Unified School District
- Miriam Freedman, school attorney - SD, ELL
- Richard Innes education policy analyst
- Officials - Paula Mosley, Los Angeles Unified School District
- Parents - Ruth Altista; Evita Armas (Loyola Center for Equity for English Language Learners); Fran Goldfarb (University of Southern California Disability Center) Ann Kinkor; Gabriella Ortiz; Walter W. Richardson; and Marta Suarez
