Special Education Administrator’s AcademyCurriculum and Assessment Topics

AssessmentState testing with and without

allowable accommodationsAlternate assessmentNew CCSS assessmentsWorking 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:

KarenRI.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:

StrengthsNeedsData SourcesImpact 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:

SpecificMeasurableAchievableResults-orientedTime-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)