California Alternate Assessments (CAA) Pursuant to Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations § 850(h), California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) are the alternate assessments and corresponding test materials in ELA and mathematics as provided for in Education Code § 60640(k) for children with significant cognitive disabilities. The CAA is the success alternate assessment for ELA and mathematics as identified in Education Code § 60640(b)(3). Children in grades three through eight and grade 11 who have an IEP that designates the use of an alternate assessment are eligible to take the CAA in lieu of the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for ELA and mathematics. The goal of the CAA is to ensure that children with significant cognitive disabilities attain increasingly higher achievement levels and leave high school ready for academic or career options. Section E – Guide to the Accommodations Matrix: Physical Fitness Test (PFT) Charter SELPA form D/M 68F (Appendix B) was designed to help IEP and Section 504 teams make informed decisions about supports on the Physical Fitness Test. Who is eligible for accommodations? Those accommodations designated as Category 1, may be described as flexibility in administration of the test and do not alter what is measured by the test. These accommodations are available for any child who uses the accommodation regularly for classroom instruction and/or assessment. Accommodations are not only for the child receiving special education or Section 504 services, but these children are the only ones for whom the law requires accommodations be provided. Even though Category 1 accommodations are available for all children, they should be documented in the IEP or Section 504 plan for those children with disabilities who need the accommodation to access the test and minimize the effects of their disability. Accommodations designated as Category 2 are allowed only for children who have them documented in their IEP or Section 504 plan and are similar to those used by the child for classroom instruction and/or classroom assessment. In general, Category 2 accommodations require a more significant alteration in presentation, timing/scheduling, setting, or response and, in most cases, require more preplanning in order to ensure the availability of needed resources.
Modifications designated as Category 3, fundamentally alter what the test measures. They are available only to children with documentation on their IEP or Section 504 plan. Children who use a modification on any assessment are not included in the participation calculation for Annual Yearly Progress (AYP).
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Chapter 7 – Participation in Assessments, Charter SELPA As of 09/14/2018 CAHELP Steering Committee Review
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