Edwards, LynnThurlow, MarthaLazarus, Sheryl2015-08-112015-08-112013-03https://hdl.handle.net/11299/173796A report compiling, analyzing, and summarizing states' plans for phasing out the alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) in their approved waiver applications. The U.S. Department of Education offered states the flexibility waiver from some of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) accountability requirements on condition that the states provide a plan to phase out the use of the AA-MAS for ESEA accountability by the 2014-15 school year.enK-12 educationdisabilityeducational accountabilityeducational assessmenteducational accommodationsStates' Flexibility Plans for Phasing Out the Alternate Assessment Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS) by 2014-15 (NCEO Synthesis Report)Report