Includes bibliographical references and index.

Accountability in the education of deaf students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and No Child Left Behind / Barbara Raimondo -- Academic achievement of deaf students / Ross E. Mitchell -- Accommodations to improve instruction and assessment of deaf students / Betsy J. Case -- Using universal design research and perspectives to increase the validity of scores on large-scale assessments / Martha L. Thurlow ... [et al.] -- Alternate assessments : leaving no child behind amid standards-based reform / Elizabeth Towles-Reeves -- No child left behind and schools for the deaf : integration into the accountability framework / Stephanie W. Cawthon -- One state's perspective on the appropriate inclusion of deaf students in large-scale assessments / Courtney Foster -- High-stakes testing of deaf students in North Carolina / Jana Lollis -- Implications and complications of including deaf students in statewide assessments in Illinois / Michael Jones -- Testing, accountability, and equity for deaf students in Delaware / Ed Bosso -- Participating in the Massachusetts comprehensive assessment system / Michael Bella, Patrick Costello, Suzanne Recane -- Marlon's charge : a journey into the world of assessment / Joseph E. Fischgrund -- The effect of No Child Left Behind at the Maryland school for the deaf and nationwide / Richard C. Steffan, Jr. -- The potential harm to deaf students of high stakes testing in California / Pat Moore.