- Last week at placement, my cooperating teacher told Emily C. and I that we will be unable to come to placement this week due to the administration of the PASA tests because the state does not allow observers in the classroom. This made me think a lot about the students that I am used to seeing while at placement and immediately figure that it must be a different group of students that she will be administering this alternative assessment to.
- I thought this because when we discussed alternative assessments in class, we determined that only a very small number of students were able to take these assessments and their disabilities had to be severe enough that they wouldn't show any abilities on the other test with or without accommodations and that no more than 1% of students in a school district can take this assessment, but that is about all that we mentioned about alternative assessment. So therefore I wanted to learn more about alternative assessment and which students are able to take it.
- On the next page of this mag, I found out who the PASA is for and the following page tells the criteria for determining who should take the alternative assessment article. Then I found a video that tells how different states adhere to IDEA by assessing all learners, even those with special needs.
- By the end of this research, I have completely determined that the group of students I typically observe are definitely not the students receiving the alternative assessments because they do not meet the criteria listed. The students that I typically observe would be taking the PSSA with accommodations that have guidelines which will hopefully be linked to this reflection either as new content or its own piece.
This blog is to meet the critical reflections requirement of a class for my special education methods block. In each reflection I must talk about my placement and relate it to my course but also find information throughout the internet to build upon what I learned in class and through placement.
Monday, March 11, 2013
critical reflection #2- Alternative Testing
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