Special Education Administrator’s Academy Curriculum 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

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

Criteria for enrollment:  Identified math deficit prior to 9 th 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 )

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

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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

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This activity was a combination of two activities from the Standards-Based IEP Training:  Implementation - Present Level (Module 2)  Practice – Goal Writing (Module 3)