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Autism and educational assessment: UK policy and practice Kath Wilkinson and Liz Twist Autism and educational assessment: UK policy and practice Kath Wilkinson and Liz Twist National Foundation for Educational Research Project team: Kath Wilkinson, Project Leader Liz Twist, Project Director Pauline Benefield, Principal Research Librarian Emily Houghton, Assistant Librarian Sharon O’Donnell, Head of International Information Unit Elizabeth White, Information Officer How to cite this publication: Wilkinson, K. and Twist, L. (2010). Autism and Educational Assessment: UK Policy and Practice. Slough: NFER. Published in September 2010 by the National Foundation for Educational Research, The Mere, Upton Park, Slough, Berkshire SL1 2DQ www.nfer.ac.uk © NFER 2010 Registered Charity No. 313392 ISBN 978 1 906792 66 4 Contents Acknowledgements 4 Executive summary 5 Introduction 6 UK teaching and assessment policy 7 UK teaching and assessment practice 8 Looking ahead 14 Conclusion 15 Definitions 16 References 17 Acknowledgements This research was funded by NFER’s Research Development Fund. We would like to acknowledge the work of Emily Houghton and Pauline Benefield from the NFER during the literature search for this report. We would also like to thank Elizabeth White and Sharon O’Donnell for their work on the international policy search. Further, we would like to thank Claire Wanless from the NFER, Pauline Hallam from