State Report Card
Alternate Assessment
Performance
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Assessment Performance in the State of Rhode Island (PDF format,
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WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
These bar charts show the results of the state’s
Alternate Assessment in spring 2002. These assessments are designed
to evaluate the progress and programs of the most severely
challenged children with special educational needs. Only those three
districts that have more than 20 such children have their scores
reported on a district level. The other results reported on this
page are statewide averages.
Most children with disabilities take the regular
state tests, with varying degrees of accommodations, depending on
the child’s Individual Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan. These
results are reported on page 68. About 1 of 200 children in the
state has a severe or profound disability, and is therefore unable
to participate in the standard testing process. These students take
the Alternate Assessment, a series of portfolio entries. These items
are based on the state’s content standards, as are the state’s
regular assessments. They also have goals that are agreed upon by
the student’s IEP and caregivers.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
You are hoping to see that all children who participated in the
Alternate
Assessment Program achieved the standard, and thereby met the
proficiency
goals set forth for them.
The Alternate Assessments provide information to the state,
district, and school
about the performance of students with severe special needs and
their programs;
these assessments give parents and caregivers standardized, clear
measures of
student progress.
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