PK-12 Education Special Education Assessment & Testing Alternate Assessment | Alternate Assessment |
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The Iowa Alternate Assessment (IAA) promotes fair measurement of student knowledge on the Iowa Core Content Standards and Benchmarks. The Iowa Alternate Assessment is for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whose academic performance is appropriately judged against alternate achievement standards. The Iowa Alternate Assessment measures student performance in Reading, Mathematics, and for some students, Science. The Iowa Alternate Assessment process involves providing information about student characteristics, teaching students academic content throughout the school year, reporting student performance and having evidence of performance on academic skills, collaborating with building administrators about the alternate assessment process and students' performance on the assessment, reporting results to parents in ways that describe what students are doing and how students have improved over time, and providing information to the Iowa Department of Education on the efficiency and effectiveness of the alternate assessment process. Legal Requirements
The Alternate Assessment is part of the No Child Left Behind
legislation and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The
Alternate Assessment must measure student performance in Reading and
Math, and for some students, Science. Alternate Assessment State Team
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| Last Updated ( Friday, 18 July 2008 ) |
IAA Participation Guidelines 2008-2009
Teacher Directions Step-by-Step 2007-2008
IAA Rating Scale Directions (2007-08-17)