Alternate Assessments DTCs

Alternate Assessments

The Alternate Assessment District Test Coordinator is responsible for the MSAA Alternate Assessments.

The State’s Alternate Assessments (MSAA Science and MSAA ELA and Mathematics) were designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities in Grades 3-8 and high school. Students must meet the eligibility requirements as determined by the student’s IEP team in order to participate in the State’s Alternate Assessments.

    The MSAA Spring 2022 Testing Window March 14 – April 29, 2022

    MSAA ELA & Mathematics - Grades 3-8 and 11

    MSAA Science - Grades 5, 8 and 11

 Test Coordinator Handbook SY2021-2022

UPDATES

REMINDER-MSAA Test Administration 2022  Submitting Incident Report Instruction 2022 (March 14  MSAA Test Administration 2022 (Feb 15)  Student Selector App Opens (Sept 29)  Important Updates Alt Assessments (Sept 20) AIMS A Sc Reporting Portal and Updates (Sept 20) 1% Cap (Threshold) Action Plan Template 2019(Jan-19)  1% Cap Action Plan Notification Delay (Jan-2019) Alternate Assessment Updates-Director's Institute 2019

Online Training

Please contact us at (602) 542-8239 or at [email protected] if you have any questions.

2022-2023 Test Security Agreements

Manuals 2021-2022

Observation/Eligibility Forms MSAA - 2022-2023

 

MSAA Reports:

The MSAA reporting portal for ELA and Mathematics will be open from July 18 - September 9, 2022 and for Science from October 17 - 28, 2022. Because the MSAA Science test is a new assessment, we will be conducting a standard setting to set cut scores and the Arizona State Board of Education must approve the cut scores before we can generate the reports. This is causing the delay with the Science reporting window this year. More information on downloading reports and receiving  hard copies of the student reports will be sent to the test coordinator prior to July 18, 2022.

 

Performance Level Descriptors - MSAA (ELA and Mathematics)

PRESENTATIONS

 

Presentations - 2019 Webinars

Please contact us at (602) 542-8239 or at [email protected] if you have any questions.

The MSAA Practice Site was developed as a way to become familiar with the MSAA sample items and Assessment experience.

 

The MSAA Practice Site does not require a user name or password.

IEP Teams must remember to address assessment eligibility and accommodations for the alternate assessments, MSAA Math, ELA, and Science

–MSAA (Math and ELA) assesses eligible students Grades 3–8 and Grade 11.

–MSAA (Science) assesses eligible students Grades 5, 8, and Grade11.

Specific accommodations for both instruction and the assessments also should be considered in the student’s annual IEP. Information regarding MSAA accommodations and eligibility criteria can be located on the ADE MSAA webpage under General Information.

ACTION PLANS – 1% Threshold - 

Under federal regulation, the state is required to "provide appropriate oversight to each LEA that the State anticipates will assess more than 1% of its assessed students...using alternate assessments aligned with alternate academic achievement standards." An LEA may test students who qualify for alternate assessment, even if that participation means that the LEA will exceed 1%.

Alternate Assessment Test Coordinators will be notified of your LEA's percentages and provided next steps. 

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Contact Information

Please contact us by emailing the Alternate Assessment inbox [email protected] or at (602) 542-8239.

Bethany Spangenberg Director of Alternate Assessment [email protected] (602) 542-4061