NCEO Synthesis Reports: Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) Participation Policies (#88)

Part of the NCEO Synthesis Reports series.
Author(s)
Deb Albus, Martha L Thurlow

Description

A report focusing on participation policies for alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). Since 1992, NCEO has analyzed participation and accommodation policies for students with disabilities on state administered assessments, and has developed reports on policies for regular assessments, AA-AAS, and alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). Publicly available participation guidelines were compiled and analyzed for 58 states and entities (Washington DC, Guam, etc.). In addition to providing a national picture of policies, it presents the results of the policy analysis by each of the four content assessment consortia that have been funded to develop new assessment systems: two that are developing regular assessment systems (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers - PARCC, and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium - SBAC), and two that are developing systems for alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (Dynamic Learning Maps - DLM, and National Center and State Collaborative - NCSC).

Details

Date
December 2012 
Type
Report 
Edition
Number 88
Publisher
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)

Topics

  • Specific life stage
    • Children
  • Educational accountability and assessment
    • English Learners with Disabilities
    • Assessment Participation
    • Students with Disabilities
    • Alternate Assessments