The NCEO Data Viewer: Access to National Policy
Information on Students with Disabilities
Laurene ChristensenNational Center for Educational Outcomes
NCEO Teleconference• September14, 2009Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overview of this presentation
Background on the policy “side” of Data ViewerWhat can Data Viewer tell us about participation?What can Data Viewer tell us about accommodations?Conclusions
Upcoming improvements to Data Viewer for policiesPlans for the teleconference on September 28
Data Viewer Background
Publicly available information on participation and accommodations collected every two years
Information is verified by statesAvailable in a print report (also on our website)Data Viewer allows the user to make color coded maps and tabular reports
Participation Policy
Does the state have guidelines for a 3rd party administration?
What guidance does the state provide for using accommodations that are not on an 'approved' list?
Accommodations Policy
Read Aloud Questions
Accommodations Trend Data: Calculator
Blue indicates where policies have changed
in a state.
Other information available
State profiles plus documents usedBackground information on the process used to collect the data
Glossary of accommodations termsData Viewer tutorial
Conclusions
Webinar on September 28 to go into more detail on using Data Viewer
Adding information for school year 08-09 right nowFuture iterations of Data Viewer will include searching by content area