Special Education Administrator’s AcademyCurriculum and Assessment Topics

Assessment

State testing with and without allowable accommodations

Alternate assessment

New CCSS assessments

Working hand in hand with the ADE Student Assessment Unit

9th Grade Resource Math(Commissioner’s Memo COM-10-179)

Criteria for enrollment:

Identified math deficit prior to 9th grade

Enrolled in a special ed. math course

Cannot have a speech-only or reading/literacy only disability.

Ultimately: IEP team decision

Alternate Competencies for the Algebra I EOC (Comm. Memo LS-12-044)

SB-IEP Update

Lessons Learned…

Activity: Present Level and Goal Development

Remember this student:

And this standard:

Karen

RI.6.2: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Work at with your table group to:

Develop a Present Level Statement for Karen related to standard RI.6.2

Include the Impact Statement

Present Level Statements:

Strengths

Needs

Data Sources

Impact of the disability

One example:

Next Step:

Develop a SMART Goal for Karen based on your table’s Present Level Statement

Objectives/benchmarks are optional but encouraged

SMART Goals:

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Results-oriented

Time-bound

One example:

Another example:

This activity was a combination of two activities from the Standards-Based IEP Training:

Implementation - Present Level (Module 2)

Practice – Goal Writing (Module 3)