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National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
Modified Academic Achievement Standards (AA-MAS)
Martha Thurlow
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
OSEP Project Directors’ Conference
How “Flexible” Are You?
July 22, 2008
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Topics
1. Current Assessment Approaches
2. Determining Participation
3. Accommodations
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Current Approaches
Information is limited ---• States still deciding what to do• No data in Annual Performance
Reports until 2009 (for 2007-08)• Peer review information available
only in summary form
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In July 2007 Five States Had an Assessmentthat They Believed Was an AA-MAS:
• Kansas• Louisiana• North Carolina• North Dakota• Oklahoma
Maryland had information on its Web site about an AA-MAS that the state was developing.
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Type of Assessment/Types of Questions
State Portfolio Multiple Choice
Constructed Response
Writing Prompt
KS XLA X X XMD XNC XND XOK X X
Total 1 5 1 2
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Change No. of States
Distractor Removed 4
Fewer Items 4
Simplified Language 4
Shorter Passages 3
Segmentation of Passages 1
Number of States That Made Selected Changes
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Determining Eligibility Criteria for AA-MAS
What do we know about the students for whom the AA-MAS is appropriate?
• Previous Studies• Current Analyses• Peer Guidance Suggestions
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From Marion, Gong, and Simpson, 2005
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Colorado Study Requested by Legislature
Only .06% for Reading and .15% for Math in the gap
Georgia Study of Persistently Low Performing Students
Highlighted again instructional and accommodations issues
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From Cortiella (2007), Learning Opportunities for Your Child Through Alternate Assessments – Alternate Assessments based on Modified Achievement Standards
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Number of States With Selected Eligibility Criteria
CriteriaNo. of States
Student has IEP 10
Student not progressing at expected rate 8
Student is learning grade-level content 6
Student has attempted/failed other tests 6Student is not receiving instruction on extended/ alternate standards or functional skills
6
Not based on disability category 5
Not based on attendance 5
Not due to social, cultural, language, economic, or
environmental factors
5
2008 Study
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Identifying Accommodations for AA-MAS
• State Approaches• Accommodations issues for
regular assessment• Integration of “accommodations”
and universal design principles into the regular assessment first, then in the design of the AA-MAS
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State Approaches – Accommodations Incorporated into AA-MAS Design
Accommodation No. of States
Fewer items/page 3
Larger font size 3
Calculator 2
Breaks as needed 2
Key text underlined/bolded 1
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Reading Assessment Accommodation Rates in Elementary School: Percentage of Students with IEPs Taking the Regular Reading Assessment with Accommodations
50% - 74% (n=25 regular states and 5 unique states)
26% - 49% (n=13 regular states and 1 unique states)
< 25% (n=6 regular states and 0 unique states)
Key
≥ 75% (n=3 regular states and 1 unique states)
11
41
52
md
3263
40
49 63
1
71
73
57
39
42
47
54
8
71
59
55
67
65
35
52
22
52
4520 62
66
52
69
47
36
47
33
61
53
md
72
69
80
7761
md
40
64
24
79
AS
CNMI
DC
FSM
PR
GU
Palau
BIE
RMI
VI
2005-2006
94
59
73
71
md
67
md
59
43
md
md =missing data (n=3 regular states and 3 unique states)
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Reading Assessment Accommodation Rates in High School: Percentage of Students with IEPs Taking the Regular Reading Assessment with Accommodations
49
56
md
1843
37
23 41
0
59
59
81
35
45
44
53
5
70
59
53
66
28
22
47
md
md
620 61
46
73
65
53
27
50
0
43
42
md
51
59
79
7738
57
36
39
46
76
AS
CNMI
DC
FSM
PR
GU
Palau
BIE
RMI
VI
2005-2006
5
100
22
42
48
md
61
md
46
53
md
50% - 74% (n=17 regular states and 2 unique states)
26% - 49% (n=17 regular states and 3 unique states)
< 25% (n=8 regular states and 1 unique state)
Key
≥ 75% (n=4 regular states and 1 unique state)
md =missing data (n=4 regular states and 3 unique states)
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