Welcome to the Butler County Special Education wiki

dedicated to all things related to the Kansas Alternate

State Assessment

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  • Ask questions
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  • Learn about Alternate Assessment in Kansas
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Kansped just posted a nice new portfolio checklist! Find it here: http://www.ksde.org/Portals/0/Special%20Education%20Services/assmts/ksalt/KAA_Check_List.pdf  Alicia 1/22/2009

Augusta folks--if you would like access to this wiki at school please email me and I will make arrangements for that to happen for you. Please note: ONLY THOSE ACTUALLY GIVING THE ALTERNATE THIS YEAR WILL BE GIVEN ACCESS AT SCHOOL!!  Alicia (10/13/2008)

What you'll find here:

• I think I have a student who needs to take the Alternate Assessment. Where do I start?
• The How To's of choosing appropriate indicators from the extended standards
• Registering students for the alternate assessment and entering their information in the appropriate places
• Designing and administering the alternate assessment
• All about portfolios
• I'm done testing, now what? The scoring process
• Other bits and pieces of information

This site is intended to be a collaborative tool for teachers implementing the Alternate Assessment. Please take full advantage of it by adding your thoughts, ideas, concerns, and questions. Please respect the thoughts, ideas, concerns, and questions of others.

Dates to remember:

Jan. 5, 2009 Alternate Assessment testing window opens

Jan. _______ Spreadsheets e-mailed to all districts' test coordinators

April 14, 2009 Testing window closes

May 1, 2009  Score entry deadline

May 9, 2008 Science/Social Studies testing window closes

May 16, 2008 Science/Social Studies Alternate Assessment score entry deadline

What's being tested this year (2008-09): As usual, there is conflicting information from KSDE. The manual says the below listed assessments are to be done this year. The testing window document indicates testing in K-8 for Reading and Math, Science in 4 and 7, and Writing in 5, 8. No History/Govt. was listed on this document. I emailed the state and was told the manual is wrong. There will NOT be a History/Govt. assessment given this year.