STATE AND DISTRICT-WIDE ASSESSMENTS

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THREE OPTIONS

  1. Kansas State Assessment
  2. Kansas Assessment with Modified Measures (KAMM)
  3. Kansas Alternate Assessment (KAA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

100% Participation

All Students must take a State Assessment

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

In ExaminerÕs Manual available at www.ksde.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

If KAA or KAMM

IEP must indicate:

  1. Which assessment
  2. Why child cannot take the regular assessment
  3. Why KAA or KAMM is appropriate

 

 

 

 

 

 

KAMM in Math

KAMM in Reading

Must have a math goal

Must have a reading goal

 

 

 

 

                

 

KAA

Must have objectives in addition to goals

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCOMMODATIONS

Listed in the Accommodations Manual at www.ksde.org

 

Read-aloud accommodation MUST be documented in IEP

 

Accommodations must be an on-going practice in the classroom.

 

Accommodations listed on the IEP for State Assessments must be used on the State Assessments.