Alternate Assessment Options

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Alternate Assessment Options

• School Year
• 2004 - 2005

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Arizona Assessmentsby Grade Level
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Alternate Assessment Options

• Level II new!
• Grades 6 12
• Based on
• articulated standards grades 1 3

• Level I revised
• Grades 2 12
• Based on
• Functional standards
• new articulated Kindergarten standards

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Prescribed Assessment Years

• ASAT
• Grades 2 9
• ungraded ages8 15

• AIMS-A
• Grades 3 8
• ungraded ages 9 14
• Grades 10 12
• ungraded ages16 21 by September 1

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Alternate Assessment Forms

• Level I
• ASAT / AIMS-A Form 2 new!
• AIMS-A Form 3 (computer-generated)
• AIMS-A Form 4
• AIMS-A Forms 5AD
• Data Sheets
• Score Sheets

• Level II new!
• ASAT Form 2
• AIMS-A Forms 3AD
• Data Sheets
• Score Sheets

http//ade.az.gov/standards
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Alternate Assessment Forms

• Level I
• AIMS-A Forms 5AD
• Form 5A School/Vocational Domain
• Following a Daily Schedule
• Form 5B Recreation/Leisure Domain
• Interactive Game
• Form 5C Community Activity Domain
• Making Purchases
• Form 5D Domestic Living Domain
• Making a Snack
• Data Sheets
• start instruction now!
• Score Sheets
• point-in-time assessment just prior to submission

• Level II new!
• AIMS-A Forms 3AD
• Form 3A School/Vocational Domain
• Job/Volunteer Activity
• Form 3B Recreation/Leisure Domain
• Recreation/Leisure Activity
• Form 3C Community Domain
• Transportation Activity
• Form 3D Domestic Living Domain
• Entertaining Friends Activity
• Data Sheets
• start instruction now!
• Score Sheets
• point-in-time assessment just prior to submission

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Alternate Assessment Eligibility
CriteriaSignificant Cognitive Disability
Definition

• IEP team must determine whether a student meets
  significant cognitive disability (SCD) definition
  as the first step of the Form 1 eligibility
  criteria

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Significant Cognitive Disability Definition

• Empirical evidence of a significant cognitive
  disability
• Difficulty acquiring, maintaining, generalizing,
  and applying academic skills across environments
• Even with intensive individualized instruction
• IEP goals focus on progress within functional
  achievement indicators

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Alternate Assessment Eligibility Criteria New!

• Articulated kindergarten standards incorporated
  into Level I eligibility criteria
• Level II criteria added to Form 1
• Review eligibility decision of most recent IEP
  before starting assessment process
• complete any necessary IEP addendums

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Form 1 Reading Comparison

• School year 2003-2004
• Read the alphabet.

• School year 2004-2005
• Segment one-syllable words into phonemes, using
  manipulatives to mark each phoneme (e.g., dog
  /d//o//g/) while student moves a block or tile
  for each phoneme.

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Form 1 Writing Comparison

• School year 2004-2005
• Use knowledge of letter sound relationship to
  write simple words with some consonants and few
  vowels (e.g., I lik t d nts. I like to draw
  knights).

• School year 2003-2004
• Write one-syllable words without a model.

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Form 1 Mathematics Comparison

• School year 2003-2004
• Count out requested number of objects up to 10.

• School year 2004-2005
• Identify orally a whole number represented by a
  model with a word name and symbol 0 through 20
  (when presented with three objects, say 3, write
  numeral 3).

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The 21 Rule for Eligible Students

• 21 prior to Sept. 1, 2004 take assessment
• 21 on Sept. 1, 2004 take assessment
• 21 on or after Sept. 2, 2004 do not take the
  assessment ever again

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Analytic Scoring Tool (AST)

• Use same analytic scoring tool to assess student
  achievement on all alternate assessment items

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Data Entry System

• New! ADE Common Logon web-based system (formerly
  known as AADSI) will incorporate alternate
  assessment changes
• ADE Common Logon alternate assessment application
  will be the only method of submitting alternate
  assessment data
• summary scores from Form 6 (AIMS-A) and Form 8
  (ASAT) will no longer be accepted by ADE
• Anticipated date for data entry is January 5, 2005

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Data Entry System

• Important! Start using new hard copy forms to
  begin assessment process for 2004-2005 school
  year
• Level I begin in September
• Level II begin in October

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Data Entry System

• So, please . . .
• Throw away the old forms!
• If teachers use the old forms when they start
  data entry, items
• WILL NOT MATCH!

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Revised Forms

• Revised forms available at
• www.ade.az.gov/standards

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Data Entry System PasswordsTeacher Level

• Special education director submits list of
  teachers administering alternate assessments
• list teachers name, phone, school sites by CTDS
  and name, e-mail contact information, and level
  of access
• request access to the alternate assessment
  application
• submit to ADE Support Center (enterprise_at_ade.az.go
  v)
• ADE Support Center will notify teacher of
  password information by e-mail for access in
  January (keep in a safe place!)

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Data Entry System - PasswordsAdministrator Level

• Administrator-level access allows monitoring of
  teacher progress on web-based alternate
  assessment data entry
• Special education director submits list of
  administrator designee(s), if applicable
• list administrator designees name, phone, PEA
  CTD and name, e-mail contact information, and
  level of access
• request administrator level access to the
  alternate assessment application
• submit to ADE Support Center (enterprise_at_ade.az.go
  v)
• ADE Support Center will notify administrator
  designee(s) of password information by e-mail for
  access in January (keep in a safe place!)

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Questions?