Help – Too Many Choices. Which Test is Right for Which Student?

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