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Designing from the Ground Floor: Alternate Assessment on Alternate Achievement Standards
Summary
After viewing the previous slides on what it looks like to link the instruction of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities to the grade level content standards, it is important to consider that as special educators, we are no longer looking at modifying what we teach (a separate curriculum) but how we teach the same grade level content standards to all students.
Summary
- Finding the link between grade level content standards, alternate assessment, and instruction for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities
- Why? To promote access to, and progress in, the general curriculum.
- How? By sharing our ideas as we travel new territory.
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Activity
The activity is included to allow participants time to reflect and practice what they have learned in the session. Pass out the handouts provided and review the instructions for the activity.
Activity
Is it Reading? Is it Mathematics?
How good is your team at identifying the close linkage between the skill, activity, and the standard?
- As a large group, review the following slides and movie clips:
- Worksheet – Leslie: more music
- Movie clip and worksheet – Leslie: patterns
- Movie clip and worksheet – Leslie: equations
- As a team at your table, complete the questions on the work sheet
- Be ready to share
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Review slide 27 with the group; then, allow participants to work in small groups to answer the three questions on the slide. Allow time for completion of the worksheet, sharing information, and discussion. Go over slide 28 with participants.
Is it Square? Is it Plumb?
- Leslie will request more music using her head switch.
- Is it math?
- Does it link to the grade level content standard on understand the meaning of equivalent forms of expressions, equations, inequalities, and relations?
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Is it Square? Is it Plumb?
- Leslie will request more music using her head switch.
- Is it math? No. Leslie is using a switch.
- Does it link to the grade level content standard of understand the meaning of equivalent forms of expressions, equations, inequalities, and relations? No.
- Is it meaningful? Leslie enjoys playing music and can practice switch use and communication skills.
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Review slide 29 with the group ensuring that you watch the video clip first. Allow participants to work in small groups to answer the three questions on the slide. Allow time for completion of the worksheet, sharing information, and discussion. Go over slide 30 with participants.
Is it Square? Is it Plumb?
- Leslie will identify the pattern from 3 distractors.
- Does it link to the grade level content standard on understand the meaning of equivalent forms of expressions, equations, inequalities, and relations?
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Is it Square? Is it Plumb?
- Leslie will identify the pattern from 3 distractors.
- Is it math? Yes. Identifying patterns is basic to mathematical procedures.
- Does it link to the grade level content standard on understand the meaning of equivalent forms of expressions, equations, inequalities, and relations? No. It is necessary to understand basic patterns, but this is covered at a lower grade level.
- Is it meaningful? It provides grounding for further understanding.
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Review slide 31 with the group ensuring that you watch the video clip first. Allow participants to work in small groups to answer the three questions on the slide. Allow time for completion of the worksheet, sharing information, and discussion. Go over slide 32 with participants.
Is it Square? Is it Plumb?
- Leslie will complete a function table using two variables.
- Does it link to the grade level content standard on understand the meaning of equivalent forms of expressions, equations, inequalities, and relations?
- Is it meaningful?
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Is it Square? Is it Plumb?
- Leslie will complete a function table using two variables.
- Is it math? Yes. Leslie is working with linear equations.
- Does it link to the grade level content standard on understand the meaning of equivalent forms of expressions, equations, inequalities, and relations? Yes. Leslie works with variables to complete a function table.
- Is it meaningful? It provides grounding for further understanding.
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Checkpoint
Checkpoint
- How close to the grade-level standard are the targets in your state's alternate assessment?
- What do you need to do to create a variety of links to the grade level content standards?
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