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In this article, the authors highlight the impact of alternate assessment on curriculum content for students with severe disabilities. Alternate assessment is a requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Ammendments of 1997 and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 to ensure that students with the most significant disabilities are included in system accountability measures (Thompson, Lazarus, Clapper, & Thurlow, 2006). The authors review and analyze the purpose and processes of alternate assessment.
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