GSEG II: Regional Assessment Institute #2 – The PAC6 Recipe for Success!

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January 7-11, 2008 - Koror, Palau

Purpose:	To improve the capacity to accurately report on the performance and participation of
	students with disabilities in each entity’s assessment system.

Outcomes:

As a result of the Regional Assessment Institute #2, participating stakeholders will:

Have a greater understanding of the technical qualities for each component of an
inclusive assessment system.

Have revisions to the current assessment accommodation guidelines that reflect current knowledge (research-based) and best practices. (Objective 1.2)

Have guidelines for developing and implementing alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards that clearly articulate linkage of alternate achievement standards with grade-level content standards. (Objective 2.2)

Have provided input to the design of an evaluation toolkit for the implementation of developed products to improve each jurisdiction’s capacity to accurately report assessment accommodation data. (Objective 3.1)

Have 2006-2007 progress data for reporting participation and performance data for students with disabilities, including students with significant cognitive disabilities who participated in the pilot implementation of the alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards
in Spring 2007.