An Analysis of the Rise and Fall of the AA-MAS Policy

Autor:	Sheryl S. Lazarus, Lynn Edwards, Martha Thurlow, James E. Ysseldyke
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Medical education Alternative assessment Test types Rehabilitation Mathematics education Academic achievement Empirical evidence Policy analysis Psychology Academic standards Standards-based assessment Education Test (assessment)
Zdroj:	The Journal of Special Education. 48:231-242
ISSN:	1538-4764 0022-4669
DOI:	10.1177/0022466912472237
Popis:	In 2005, to address concerns about students who might fall in the “gap” between the regular assessment and the alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS), the U.S. Department of Education announced that states could develop alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). This article reports empirical evidence on characteristics of students participating in the AA-MAS, how students were assigned to test types, research on changes in assessment designs over a 4-year period, and changes in rates of participation and proficiency. The results suggest states and districts have struggled with how to appropriately assign students to this test option, and that there is a need to ensure this group of students has access to rigorous standards-based content. It concludes with a discussion of what can be learned from this policy attempt to resolve a very real problem as the United States moves toward the next generation of assessments.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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