NCEO - Technical Report 61 - Tennessee Special Education Teacher Survey: Training, Large-scale Testing, and TCAP-MAAS Administration

2012

Tennessee developed an Alternate Assessment based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards called the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program-Modified Academic Achievement Standards (TCAP-MAAS), first administered in 2010. This report presents the results of a survey of Tennessee special education teachers regarding this assessment option. We sought to learn more about their perceptions of student experiences and outcomes with the TCAP-MAAS. We asked questions about how the teachers received training about this assessment and sought to measure the extent that information about the new TCAP-MAAS had reached teachers across the state, and about accommodations selection and implementation for instruction and assessment. One section of the survey contained a knowledge quiz that was designed to assess teachers' knowledge of the TCAP-MAAS. The perceptions of teachers whose students took the TCAP-MAAS can provide insights into what is working well and where there were challenges.

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