Welcome to the Butler County Special Education wiki

dedicated to all things related to the Kansas Alternate

State Assessment

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Coop training for the KAA will be Nov. 2 at Haverhill. Sign up on My Learning Plan.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Changes to scoring rules posted on this page under New for 2010-11.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Update to scoring rules posted on New for 2009-10. New listserve announced. Go here to learn how to join.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Preapproval worksheet has been posted on the Documents and Resources page. Remember to submit completed worksheets to Lisa Arndt before Dec. 1!  Alicia 10/27/09

ANNOUNCEMENT: Local training for the 2009-10 alternate assessment has been scheduled for Oct. 7 8:30-11:30. All teachers who are planning or considering giving the alternate this year MUST attend at least the first half of this training to learn about the changes. The second half of the training is being designed for teachers new to the alternate. NOTE: a follow-up training might be scheduled specifically for those new to the assessment if we don't have enough time to cover things on Oct. 7. Alicia 9/25/09

ANNOUNCEMENT: Alicia is currently revising the information on the wiki to reflect all the changes to the 2009-10 assessments. A notice will be posted when this is completed. Alicia 9/25/2009

ANNOUNCEMENT: Big changes are coming for this year's Alternate Assessment. Some we'll like (all indicators are eligible this year regardless of student's score from last year! Yay!) and some we won't (no "functional activities" may be used for assessment--what??? I'll let you know when I know more). It is recommended that anyone giving the KAA this year be retrained to learn the new requirements (and there are a bunch of them). Also, be very aware of the deadlines because there are some early ones (like Sept. 1). Alicia 8/3/2009

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:

Dec. 1, 2010: Deadline to submit proposed assessment indicators for preapproval (submit to Lisa Arndt)

Dec. 1, 2010: Deadline to register students for the alternate assessment

Dec. 31, 2010: Deadline to submit indicators to CETE

Jan. 1, 2011 Alternate Assessment testing window opens

April 13, 2011 Testing window closes

April 29, 2011  Score entry deadline

What's being tested this year (2010-11):  

For a student in grade:

3      5 indicators Reading    5 indicators Mathematics

4      5 indicators Reading    5 indicators Mathematics    5 indicators Science

5      5 indicators Reading    5 indicators Mathematics   

6      5 indicators Reading    5 indicators Mathematics   

7      5 indicators Reading    5 indicators Mathematics    5 indicators Science

8      5 indicators Reading    5 indicators Mathematics   

High School Opportunity to Learn (OTL)

5 indicators Reading

5 indicators Mathematics

5 indicators Science

OPTIONAL 5 indicators History/Government for Grades 9 and 11 ONLY

Note:

Students must be assessed based on their grade level. (Students must be assigned a grade level for Management Information System (MIS) purposes. The state assessments given to the student must match their MIS grade level assignment.). The sooner this information is submitted by your district the sooner you can access the information on CETE to choose and teach indicators for this year.