families
Parent Tips and Tools
The Parent Tips and Tools include a set of documents that are specifically designed for parent use. The navigation documents contain both a short version and a more detailed guide for use with the NCSC wiki.
www.wiki.ncscpartners.org/index.php/Parent_Tips_and_Tools
Assessment System Practice Site
Students can access multiple sample items for both ELA and Mathematics prior to the beginning of the test window. The sample items are located in the MSAA Online Assessment System at
www.msaaassessment.org/tap/sample-items
Parent Resources
Presentations and interactive modules designed to supplement written NCSC materials as well as written summaries about the NCSC project, explore teaching and learning for students with significant cognitive disabilities, and provide broad coverage of topics of interest to educators and parents alike.
www.wiki.ncscpartners.org/index.php/Video_Disclaimer
TIES Center
TIES Center is the national technical assistance center on inclusive practices and policies. Its purpose is to create sustainable changes in kindergarten-grade 8 school and district educational systems so that students with significant cognitive disabilities can fully engage in the same instructional and non-instructional activities as their general education peers while being instructed in a way that meets individual learning needs.
Please visit https://tiescenter.org/resources?audience=1 for additional parent and family resources.
Built-In Supports
The Parent Tips and Tools include a set of documents that are specifically designed for parent use. The navigation documents contain both a short version and a more detailed guide for use with the NCSC wiki.
www.wiki.ncscpartners.org/index.php/Parent_Tips_and_Tools
Assessment System Practice Site
Students can access multiple sample items for both ELA and Mathematics prior to the beginning of the test window. The sample items are located in the MSAA Online Assessment System at
www.msaaassessment.org/tap/sample-items
Parent Resources
Presentations and interactive modules designed to supplement written NCSC materials as well as written summaries about the NCSC project, explore teaching and learning for students with significant cognitive disabilities, and provide broad coverage of topics of interest to educators and parents alike.
www.wiki.ncscpartners.org/index.php/Video_Disclaimer
TIES Center
TIES Center is the national technical assistance center on inclusive practices and policies. Its purpose is to create sustainable changes in kindergarten-grade 8 school and district educational systems so that students with significant cognitive disabilities can fully engage in the same instructional and non-instructional activities as their general education peers while being instructed in a way that meets individual learning needs.
Please visit https://tiescenter.org/resources?audience=1 for additional parent and family resources.
Built-In Supports
- Entire test can be read aloud
- Visual Supports
- Limited number of answer choice options
- Reduced text complexity- thoughtful adaptations of passages
Parent Brochure of Resources
| msaa_parent_brochure_2020_accessible.pdf |
| spanish_msaa_parent_brochure_accessible_2021.pdf |
Parent Guides
| 2022_msaa_parent_guide_g3_ada.pdf |
| 2022_msaa_parent_guide_g4_ada.pdf |
| 2022_msaa_parent_guide_g5_ada.pdf |
| 2022_msaa_parent_guide_g6_ada.pdf |
| 2022_msaa_parent_guide_g7_ada.pdf |
| 2022_msaa_parent_guide_g8_ada.pdf |
| 2022_msaa_parent_guide_g11_ada.pdf |
