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 2022-23
UPDATES
- Fall Announcement: Handbook, Student Registration, and Alt ELPA (09/22)
- 2022 MSAA Science, Math, and ELA Score Reports (07/2022)
- REMINDER-MSAA Test Administration 2022
- Submitting Incident Report Instruction 2022
- MSAA Test Administration 2022 (02/2022)
- Student Selector App Opens (09/2022)
- Important Updates Alt Assessments (09/2022)
- AIMS A Sc Reporting Portal and Updates (09/2022)
Online Training
2022-2023 Test Security Agreements
2022-2023 Assessment Test Coordinator and Security Agreement
2022-2023 Alternate Assessment Test Security Agreement for Test Administrator - Do not return to ADE. keep the signed form(s) at district office for 6 years.
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.
- MSAA 2022 Student Results Layout
- MSAA 2021 Guide for Score Report Interpretation
- The MSAA Parent Overview Guides (English and Spanish versions) are located on the tab labeled Parents and Students
Performance Level Descriptors - MSAA (ELA and Mathematics)
- 2017 Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) ELA
- 2017 Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) ELA--SPANISH
- 2017 Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) Mathematics
- 2017 Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) Mathematics--SPANISH
PRESENTATIONS
- AAC Alternate Assessment Updates 09/2022
- AAC 2022 Alt ELPA Updated 09/2022
- AAC 2022 MSAA Solutions
- Assessment Conference Presentation 2022
- MSAA Timeline for DTCs 09/2022
- Academic Instruction for Students with Cognitive Disabilities--Teachers Institute 2019
- What About Those Dual-Labeled Students OELAS Conference 2019
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.
- Alternate Assessment Eligibility Criteria-Rev Sept 2020 (MSAA ELA, Mathematics, and Science)
- LCI (Learner Characteristics Inventory) for Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards
- MSAA Participation Guidance Arizona - June 2021
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
