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### Navigating State Assessments for Students with Disabilities: A Comprehensive Guide ###

This presentation addresses the complexities of determining appropriate state assessment participation for students with disabilities under IDEA and NCLB. It highlights the legal requirements for assessment accommodations and alternate assessments, emphasizing the need for IEP teams to make informed decisions based on individual student needs. Key assessments discussed include MEAP, MME, MI-Access, and ELPA. Resources for IEP teams include guidance documents, assessment plans, and links to state educational websites to facilitate better navigation of assessment processes. ###

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### Navigating State Assessments for Students with Disabilities: A Comprehensive Guide ###

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  1. Help – Too Many Choices. Which Test is Right for Which Student? Sessions #31 and 38 Assessment and Accountability Conference 2008

  2. Purpose of Presentation • To provide awareness level information related to determining participation in state assessment focusing on students with disabilities

  3. IDEA • Since 1998, IDEA has required ALL students with an IEP to be assessed using the state and district-wide assessments. • If a student’s IEP determines it is not appropriate for the student to participate in the [general] state and district-wide assessment, the student must be assessed using an alternate assessment.

  4. NCLB: Section 200.6 • “A state’s academic assessment system required under Section 200.2 must provide for the participation of ALL students in the grades assessed.” • “The state’s academic assessment system MUST provide for one or more alternate assessment for students with disabilities as defined under section 602(3) of IDEA.”

  5. Michigan Educational Assessment System • MEAP/MME • MEAP/MME with assessment accommodations • Standard • Nonstandard • MI-Access • Participation • Supported Independence • Functional Independence • ELPA (English Language Proficiency Assessment)

  6. Current Assessment Windows • Fall • MEAP grades 3-8 • MI-Access grades 3-8 (6 weeks) • ELPA Screener • Spring • MME grade 11 and grade 12 retesters or first time testers • English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) grades k-12

  7. Guidelines for Participation in State Assessment • Draft guidelines are posted at www.mi.gov/mi-access • New Guidelines • Guidelines for ALL students • IEP Manual and Forms

  8. MI-Access is NOT for ALL special education students!

  9. Resources for IEP Team State Assessment Decisions • IEP Manual and Forms • Draft Guidelines for Participation in State Assessment for Students with Disabilities • Assessment Plans • EGLCE, EHSCE, and EB • Sample assessment booklets • Released items • Web resources • www.mi.gov/mi-access • www.mi-access.info • www.mi.gov/meap • www.gov/elpa • www.mi.gov/ayp • www.mi.gov/ose-eis

  10. Determine Appropriate State Assessment Program • Individualized Education Program Team • MEAP/MME • MI-Access • MEAP/MME and MI-Access • ELPA • IEP Manual and Forms

  11. Determine Level of Independence in Adult Life Roles • Full Independence • Functional Independence • Supported Independence • Participation

  12. MEAP/MME • Determine if the student is in one of the MEAP grades assessed.

  13. Grades/Content Areas Assessed

  14. Assessment Accommodations • Decision MUST be made for EACH content area • Specify in the IEP • Standard or nonstandard • What are the consequences of using a nonstandard assessment accommodation • Will NOT count as being assessed for NCLB participation rate • Will NOT count for Michigan Promise Award

  15. MME Components • Not stand-alone content area assessments • ACT Plus Writing • English • Mathematics • Reading • Science • writing

  16. MME Components • WorkKeys • Reading for Information • Applied Mathematics • Michigan Components • Mathematics • Science • Social studies

  17. MEAP Resources Available • www.mi.gov/meap • Manuals • Released items • Assessment Accommodation Summary Table • State Assessed Grade Level Content Expectations

  18. MME Resources Available • www.mi.gov/mme • MME general information • MME assessment design, scoring and reporting • MME Assessment Information for Students with and IEP or Section 504 Plan • MME Accommodations Summary Table • Information for Parents and Students

  19. OSI Resources Available • www.mi.gov/mde • Office of School Improvement • Curriculum Framework • Grade Level Content Expectations • Content Standards and Benchmarks

  20. MI-Access, Michigan’s Alternate Assessment Program

  21. Age to Grade Conversion

  22. MI-Access • Participation • Supported Independence

  23. MI-Access Participation • Students with severe cognitive impairment or those who function as if they have such impairment.

  24. MI-Access Supported Independence • For students with moderate cognitive impairment or those who function as if they have such impairment.

  25. “or those who function as if they have such impairment” • A phrase that refers to a student who may, by diagnostic category, be identified as having a certain cognitive impairment, but who adaptively function within another level of impairment.

  26. Participation and Supported Independence • Structured on-demand • Based on alternate achievement standards • Content areas of English language arts, mathematics, and science • Extended Grade Level Content Expectations, Extended High School Expectations, and Extended Benchmarks • Activity and selected response formats • Assessment Plans • Released item booklets

  27. Functional Independence

  28. MI-Access Functional Independence For students for whom the IEP Team has determined that the MEAP, MEAP with assessment accommodations, MI-Access Participation or MI-Access Supported Independence are inappropriate.

  29. Foundation • Based on alternate achievement standards • Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science • Extended Grade Level Content Expectations • Extended High School Content Expectations • Extended Benchmarks (science) • Assessment Plan • Released Item Booklets

  30. Constructs Assessed • ELA • Accessing print • Expressing ideas • Mathematics • Applying mathematics the context of daily living skills

  31. Item Formats • Multiple choice (three choices) • Extended response (ELA only) • Released Item Booklets

  32. New MI-Access Assessments • Alternate Assessment based on MODIFIED achievement standards • MI-Access Modified Full Independence • OSEP GSEG • Graded 3-8 • ELA and mathematics

  33. Reporting All students must be assessed in the state assessment SYSTEM At least 95% reported School and District State Disaggregated categories Regardless of the amount of time enrolled District Accountability 95% Participation Rate Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) State Assessment System MEAP MEAP with Accommodations MI-Access 1% and 2% cap Enrolled for a Full Academic Year Other indicators NCLB Reporting v Accountability

  34. Contact Information Peggy Dutcher, Coordinator OEAA Professional Development Phone: 517-335-0471 email: dutcherp@mi.gov

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