Now I look at the possibilities instead of the limitations.
— Jeanette Forman, teacher

Parent, teacher and educator quotations are from a multistate report, taken from: Alternate Assessment: Teacher and State Experiences by Laura Moore-Lamminen and Ken Olsen, Alliance for Systems Change/Mid-South Regional Resource Center, Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky and the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education (developed under an OSEP cooperative agreement #H326R040004, CFDA 84.326R), Lexington, Ky., 2005.

This publication greatly benefited from the contributions of:

Content and design consultation

Candace Cortiella and Jamie Ruppmann
The Advocacy Institute, Marshall, Va.

Grade-level content standards and instruction examples

Jean Clayton, Mike Burdge and Jacqui Kearns
National Alternate Assessment Center, Lexington, Ky.

Publication design

Deb Tanner
National Center on Educational Outcomes, Minneapolis, Minn.

Publication layout

Geoffrey Rhodes
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.

Editor

Michael Moore
National Center on Education Outcomes, Minneapolis, Minn.