NCEO Synthesis Reports: States' Flexibility Waiver Plans for Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) (#96)

Part of the NCEO Synthesis Reports series.
Author(s)
Sheryl Lazarus, Lynn M Edwards, Martha L Thurlow, Jennifer R Hodgson

Description

A report compiling, analyzing, and summarizing what states said about the Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) in their waiver applications. The U.S. Department of Education offered these waivers to states that requested flexibility from some of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act accountability requirements. The states' waiver applications included information that pertained to the AA-AAS, alternate achievement standards, and the students with disabilities who participate in the AA-AAS.

Details

Date
2014 
Type
Report 
Edition
Number 96
Publisher
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)

Topics

  • Educational accountability and assessment
    • Alternate Assessments
    • Standards and Accountability
  • Specific life stage
    • Children