NCEO - Synthesis Report 73 Common Misperceptions and Research-based Recommendations for Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Achievement Standards
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In our collaborative work with states and educators on alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS), staff at the National Alternate Assessment Center (NAAC) and the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) have encountered several common misperceptions about these assessments and the students who are assessed using AA-AAS. (AA-AAS are designed so that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities can be included in large-scale accountability testing and to promote their access to the same interesting and challenging curriculum as their peers.) This report explores these misperceptions, and proposes research-based recommendations to address them. The common misperceptions we discuss in this report relate to three major themes: (a) the characteristics of students who participate in AA-AAS; (b) the content that should be taught and assessed by teachers; and (c) issues regarding the purpose and the validity of AA-AAS outcomes. For each misperception, we refer to the recent literature on assessment, curriculum, and instruction for students with the most significant disabilities to support our analysis and recommendations.
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis73/Synthesis73.pdf
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