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Title: So What is Going to be Happening with State Assessment for Students with Disabilities for 20072008


1
So What is Going to be Happening with State
Assessment for Students with Disabilities for
2007/2008?
  • Peggy Dutcher
  • Fall 2007 Assessment and Accountability Conference

2
Presentation will include
  • MI-Access Science Assessments
  • General Supervision Enhancement Grants
  • General Assessments

3
MI-Access Science Assessments
  • First State-wide operational assessments
    2007/2008
  • Fall grades 5 and 8
  • Spring grade 11
  • Standard-setting Panels
  • December 5 and 6
  • April 29 and 30

4
U.S. Office of Special Education Programs
  • General Supervision Enhancement Grants
  • Applications
  • Alternate Assessments based on Alternate
    Achievement Standards (AA- AAS)
  • Alternate Assessments based on Modified
    Achievement Standards
  • Michigan applied for grant related to AA- MAS
  • Michigan applied as a consortium for AA-AAS

5
Awarded BOTH Grants!!
6
State Assessment Continuum
  • MEAP
  • MEAP with accommodations
  • MI-Access Modified Full Independence
  • MI-Access Functional Independence
  • MI-Access Supported Independence
  • MI-Access Participation

7
GSEG AA-MAS
  • Title A Comprehensive Model Using Existing
    General Assessments to Develop Alternate
    Assessments Based on Modified Achievement
    Standards with Curricular and Instructional
    Supports to Improve Student Achievement

8
AA-MAS
  • Content Areas
  • English language arts
  • Mathematics
  • Grades
  • 3-8

9
AA-MAS Grant Goals
  • 1. Replicable Assessment Modification Process
  • MFL Assessment Plan Writing Team
  • MFL Content Advisory Committee
  • MFL Sensitivity Review Committee
  • 2. Create a Michigan Online Professional
    Development Learning System (MOPLS)

10
AA-MAS Objectives
  • MFL characteristics
  • Add to Draft Guidelines
  • Develop modified academic achievement standards
  • Develop Technical Advisory Committee reviewed
    process for modifying an existing general
    assessment

11
AA-MAS Objectives
  • Conduct MFL pilot using two models
  • Designee a comprehensive professional development
    program
  • Guidelines for IEP Teams
  • Using assessment results
  • Ensuring access to Michigans ELA and mathematics
    Grade Level Content Expectation
  • Disseminate replicable process to other states

12
Timeline
  • Year 1
  • Define student population (write draft
    guidelines)
  • Develop item review process
  • Select items for pilot
  • Start the design of MOPLS

13
Timeline
  • Year 2
  • Pilot MFL (winter 2009)
  • Field review of draft guidelines
  • Continue work on MOPLS including BETA testing
  • Committee review of pilot results
  • Operational Fall 2009

14
Timeline
  • Year 3
  • Develop MFL Performance Level Descriptors
  • Standard-setting
  • Complete MOPLS
  • Dissemination to Michigan and other states

15
Need Committee Members!
  • Michigan Educators
  • Special education
  • General education
  • Parents
  • Advocates
  • Business
  • Higher education

16
GSEG AA-AAS
  • A State Consortium to Examine the Consequential
    Validity of Alternate Assessments based on
    Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) A
    Longitudinal Study

17
Partners
  • North Central Regional Resource Center
  • Michigan
  • Pennsylvania
  • Wisconsin

18
Purpose
  • Consortium will adopt a common framework and
    research processes for evaluation the states
    alternate assessments consequential validity

19
Validity Arguments
  • Teacher and Administrator Motivation and Effort
  • Professional Development Support Being Used
  • Instruction and Curriculum will be Adapted
  • Students are Motivated to Learn and Put Forth
    Their Best Effort
  • Improved Performance is Related to Changes in
    Instruction

20
AA-AAS Grant Objectives
  • Convene a Stakeholder Feedback Group
  • Develop instrumentation
  • Conduct Field Test of Instrumentation
  • Develop Web-Based Survey
  • Conduct Sample Selection Procedures
  • Conduct Surveys with Administrators and Teachers
  • Disseminate Results of study

21
MEAP
  • English language arts
  • Braille

22
MME
  • Reformat MME Accommodation Summary Table
  • Review accommodations issues for future
    administrations

23
Contact Information
  • Peggy Dutcher
  • dutcherp_at_mi.gov
  • 517-241-4416
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