Successfully Transitioning from the AA-MAS to the General Assessment (NCEO Policy Direction)
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Successfully Transitioning from the AA-MAS to the General Assessment (NCEO Policy Direction)
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2014-02
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University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
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A report exploring how federal policy initiatives such as the flexibility waivers for accountability are requiring that states transition away from the use of an alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). It is expected that those students who had participated in that assessment will instead participate in the state's general assessment (or a Race-to-the-Top consortium assessment if the state belongs to one). It is important that this transition be successful. Much has been learned through the development of the AA-MAS and its implementation. These lessons learned form the basis for ensuring the successful transition from the AA-MAS to the general assessment. Indeed, the lessons learned from the AA-MAS provide important information for all states as they strive to ensure that their general assessments are appropriate for a broad range of students. This Policy Directions offers suggestions for strategies to move the students currently participating in the AA-MAS to the general assessment.
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The Center is supported through
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(#H326G110002) with the Research
to Practice Division, Office of
Special Education Programs, U.S.
Department of Education. The
contents of this Policy Directions do
not necessarily represent the policy
or opinions of the U.S. Department
of Education or Offices within
it. Readers should not assume
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Christensen, Laurene; Thurlow, Martha; Lazarus, Sheryl; Shyyan, Vitaliy. (2014). Successfully Transitioning from the AA-MAS to the General Assessment (NCEO Policy Direction). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/174040.
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