Characteristics of States' Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards in 2010-2011 (NCEO Synthesis Report)
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Characteristics of States' Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards in 2010-2011 (NCEO Synthesis Report)
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2011-09
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University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
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A report tracking test design changes between the alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards (AA-MAS) and regular assessment, whether states' AA-MAS were computer-based, whether states with computer-based tests (CBTs) included tutorial and practice test opportunities, and whether states' documents included considerations for English Language Learners (ELLs) with disabilities. Federal regulations introduced AA-MAS as another assessment option for students with disabilities in 2007. Eligible students may be from any disability category, and they must be considered unlikely to achieve grade-level proficiency within the time period covered by their Individualized Education Program (IEP) and have IEP goals based on grade-level content standards. NCEO has been tracking the characteristics of states' AA-MAS since 2007. According to the 2009 NCEO update on test characteristics, 13 states had developed what they considered to be an AA-MAS, and three states (Texas, Kansas, and Louisiana) had received federal approval. The further study reported in this publication found 17 states that by the 2010-11 academic school year had developed, or were developing, what they considered to be an AA-MAS, and one additional state (North Carolina) had received federal approval.
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The Center is supported through a Cooperative Agreement (#H326G050007)
with the Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs,
U.S. Department of Education. This report was funded
with partial support from the Multi-state GSEG Toward a Defensible
AA-MAS. This project is supported by General Supervision Enhancement
Grants (#H373X070021) from the Research to Practice Division,
Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S.
Department of Education or Offices within it.
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Thurlow, Martha; Lazarus, Sheryl; Hodgson, Jennifer; Edwards, Lynn. (2011). Characteristics of States' Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards in 2010-2011 (NCEO Synthesis Report). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/173800.
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