msaa Guidance and SUPPORT documents
How to Teach State Standards to Students who Take Alternate Assessments
This manual, "How to Teach State Standards to Students Who Take Alternate Assessments," provides guidance and resources for educators to deliver standards-based instruction to students with significant cognitive disabilities. It emphasizes the importance of teaching grade-level content to these students, despite their challenges, by adapting materials and methods to ensure accessibility and foster academic growth. The text highlights evidence-based instructional strategies like Model/Lead/Test, Example/Non-example, time delay, and the system of least intrusive prompting, providing practical examples and case studies to illustrate their application in both English language arts and mathematics. Ultimately, the document aims to equip teachers with the tools to maximize the academic potential of students requiring alternate assessments, promoting higher expectations and individualized learning opportunities.
This manual, "How to Teach State Standards to Students Who Take Alternate Assessments," provides guidance and resources for educators to deliver standards-based instruction to students with significant cognitive disabilities. It emphasizes the importance of teaching grade-level content to these students, despite their challenges, by adapting materials and methods to ensure accessibility and foster academic growth. The text highlights evidence-based instructional strategies like Model/Lead/Test, Example/Non-example, time delay, and the system of least intrusive prompting, providing practical examples and case studies to illustrate their application in both English language arts and mathematics. Ultimately, the document aims to equip teachers with the tools to maximize the academic potential of students requiring alternate assessments, promoting higher expectations and individualized learning opportunities.
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| MSAA Accommodations Manual.pdf |
| MSAA System Milestones AY2425 |
| MSAA Score Interpretation Report AY24 |
Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs)
ELA
| ELA Performance Level Descriptors |
| Spanish ELA Performance Level Descriptors |
MATH
| Math Performance Level Descriptors |
| Spanish Math Performance Level Descriptors |
SCIENCE
| Science Performance Level Descriptors |