Kindergarten | EDUCATION

Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

An Educator's Guide

Harold L. Kleinert, EdD | Jacqui Farmer Kearns, EdD | Daniel J. Wiener
  • Product Code 9781598570762 ( MR #053623 )

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To support K–12 students with significant disabilities and get an accurate picture of their skills and knowledge, schools need to implement effective alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). This is the guidebook every team should have—not only to develop successful AA-AAS linked with grade-level content standards, but to ensure the kind of quality instruction that leads to higher achievement.
 
This cutting-edge book synthesizes current research on AA-AAS and gives education professionals strategies for implementing assessments and improving instruction. With a strong focus on practical classroom application, the expert authors show readers how to:
  • understand the key principles of alternate assessment, including validity, technical quality, and content standards
  • align instruction with assessment across major academic content areas
  • implement a clear four-step process to improve student access to the general curriculum
  • use multiple measures to ensure that assessments accurately reflect students’ abilities
  • link IEPs with grade-level content standards
  • decode the federal mandates for alternate assessments
  • teach relevant functional and life skills within grade level content
  • build students’ communicative competence to improve their outcomes
 
The authors have included detailed, step-by-step examples of modified lessons in math, reading, science, and social studies. Readers will see how instruction and assessment can be adapted for students of all ages with a wide range of abilities and communication needs.
The definitive resource on AA-AAS—and an essential supplementary text for future general and special educators—this book will make alternate assessment meaningful and lead the way to higher academic achievement for students with significant disabilities.

  • Pages 376
  • Format 7" x 10"
  • Copyright 2010