The purpose of this brief is to examine disproportionality with respect to student group participation in Alternate Assessments aligned with Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS). This paper is a companion […]
Topics: Alternate Assessment
Carla Evans and Chris Domaleski prepared a technical brief with the National Center on Educational Outcomes to help states implement federal guidance related to participation rates for alternate assessments aligned […]
This presentation focuses on understanding how to design and develop an alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). Different sections focus on identifying the target population, determining how the […]
Scott Marion discusses key considerations for validating alternate assessment systems at the 2008 RILS conference.
Using Learning Progressions to Define ‘Good Enough’ Performance for the Alternate Assessment, a presentation made at CCSSO June 2008.
The modified alternate assessment option allowed through new NCLB regulations provides for the development and implementation of an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards. This paper describes the […]
The modified alternate assessment option allowed through new NCLB regulations provides for the development and implementation of an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards. This paper describes the […]
This presentation given at the OSEP meeting for new GSEGs proposes ideas for developing achievement level descriptors for the AA-MAS, or modified assessment. It discusses the relationships among the steps […]
This presentation given at the OSEP meeting for new GSEGs outlines some considerations for examining the consequential validity of a state’s AA-AAS. It summarizes the literature on consequential validity, discusses […]
In this invited presentation to those working on federally-funded assessment project for students with severe cognitive disabilities, Gong discussed how learning progressions might be used to help develop stronger content […]
Presentation on the 2% assessment (AA-MAS) at Alternate Assessment conference sponsored by USED.
This draft report discusses the steps for developing alternate achievement standards for students with significant cognitive disabilities and provides guidance on how to run a sound standard-setting study. It focuses […]
This PowerPoint presentation, part of a web seminar sponsored by the National Center on Educational Outcomes on Best Practices in Science Teaching and Testing for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities, […]
This presentation from the 2006 CCSSO conference on large-scale assessment presents a framework for establishing achievement standards for alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities and suggests […]
This presentation from the 2006 CCSSO conference on large-scale assessment includes a summary of the technical documentation work completed thus far as part of the New Hampshire Enhanced Initiative. A […]
This paper analyzes and describes the flexibility or unintended variation in alternate assessments on alternate achievement standards in an effort to provide a framework for assessment system designers and for […]