Thanks to the generous support of our donors, Disability Rights Advocates is pleased to make available on our website and in our offices the work of artists from the National Institute of Art & Disabilities (NIAD). NIAD provides an art program that promotes creativity, independence, dignity, and community integration for people with developmental and other disabilities.
Do No Harm focuses on the needs and rights of students with learning disabilities with regard to high-stakes standardized tests. Section II analyzes the nature of learning disabilities and how the design of many standardized tests discriminate against students with those disabilities. Attached as an appendix is the report from the Blue Ribbon Panel of experts convened by DRA and the Oregon Department of Education to address the interplay between standardized examinations and students with learning disabilities.
This expert report describes in detail the accommodations, alternate assessments, appeals procedures, and other safeguards which must be implemented for the statewide assessment system to comply with the law and guarantee educationally sound opportunities to students with learning disabilities.
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