1. Georgia Alternate Assessment Introduction to the Sample Tasks Resource Guide

2. Links to GAA Resources and Presentations are on the GaDOE website (shown below)
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The GAA Resources link will bring you to Manuals, Electronic Forms (such as the Entry Sheet), Score Interpretation Guides, and other ancillary documents.
The GAA Presentations link will bring you to Pre-Admin Training Presentations (past and present), Mid-Admin and Post-Admin presentations, and other presentations such as “Unpacking the Standards.”

3. Topics in this Presentation
Purpose of the new Sample Tasks Resource Guide
Structure of the Sample Tasks Resource Guide
Reminders about scorability of GAA tasks
Review Sample Tasks
Grades assessed:
Elementary (Kindergarten and Grades 3-5)
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
High School
Content areas assessed:
English Language Arts (ELA)
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies

4. Purpose of the Sample Tasks Resource Guide
The GaDOE and Questar have developed a new resource for teachers who assess students through the Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA).
The Sample Tasks Resource Guide (Guide) is designed to support educators in their implementation and understanding of the content standards and in the creation of high-quality assessment tasks.
The editions of the Guide include new items which supplement existing resources such as the GAA Examiner’s Manual, GAA Student Samples Resource Guide, GAA Blueprint & Standards documents, and the state content standards themselves.

5. Purpose of the Sample Tasks Resource Guide
There are no new requirements for the program or the creation of student portfolios.
The Sample Tasks Resource Guide is published in separate elementary, middle school, and high school editions, or:
Kindergarten and Grades 3–5
Grades 6–8
High School
All editions are posted on the GAA Resources webpage at: 

6. Structure of the Sample Tasks Resource Guide
Samples in the Guide are individual tasks, not full entries.
Use of these tasks does not guarantee that an entry will be scorable.
All four tasks in every entry must align to the content standard and element/indicator.
All entries must meet all of the administrative requirements of the GAA (evidence collected within the administration window; Entry Sheets completed correctly; two distinct collection periods; documentation of student’s grade, level of prompting, setting, and interactions).
For more information, please refer to the Georgia Examiner’s Manual and the resources on the GaDOE website (see slide 2).

7. Structure of the Sample Tasks Resource Guide
Each sample task in the Resource Guide includes a summary page which describes the task and the requirements of the content standard and element/indicator.
There are also:
descriptions of the materials the teacher used when the student was performing the assessment task
a brief list of websites which may be useful to teachers who want to adapt the task for their students
Please remember:
Materials should be chosen and/or adapted to suit the needs of individual students.
Third-party websites are provided for informational purposes only. Reference to any website does not constitute an endorsement of products, services or opinions. Websites will be verified and updated as frequently as possible, but at times links to websites may become inactive or content may be altered.

8. Structure of the Sample Tasks Resource Guide
This screenshot comes from the cover of the Sample Tasks Resource Guide for Grades 6–8.

9. Structure of the Sample Tasks Resource Guide

10. Reminders about scorability of GAA tasks
Tasks which align to the content standard and element/indicator may not be scorable if the administrative requirements of the GAA are not met. Please be careful to insure that all tasks in all entries satisfy the rules of the assessment, which include:
Each Entry Sheet must be completed correctly and in its entirety.
Content standards must be chosen from the correct grade (e.g., a Grade 8 standard for a Grade 8 student)
All evidence must be collected within the administration window (September 6, 2016 – March 24, 2017).
Collection Period 1 Primary Evidence must be collected at least 14 calendar days before Collection Period 2 Primary Evidence is collected.
Both pieces of Collection Period 1 evidence must be collected before either piece of Collection Period 2 evidence is collected.
Evidence must be marked with a letter or percentage grade.
Type and frequency of prompting must be noted.
People who worked with the student on the task and the location of the task should be noted.

11. Table of Contents 12-15 Kindergarten ELA Sample Task
Slides
12-15 Kindergarten ELA Sample Task
16-20 Kindergarten Mathematics Sample Task
20-22 Grade 3 ELA Sample Task
23-27 Grade 3 Mathematics Sample Task
28-33 Grade 4 ELA Sample Task
34-37 Grade 4 Mathematics Sample Task
38-42 Grade 5 ELA Sample Task
43-47 Grade 5 Mathematics Sample Task
48-51 Grade 5 Science Sample Task
52-55 Grade 5 Social Studies Sample Task
56-59 Grade 6 ELA Sample Task
60-63 Grade 6 Mathematics Sample Task
64-68 Grade 7 ELA Sample Task
69-72 Grade 7 Mathematics Sample Task
73-76 Grade 8 ELA Sample Task
77-81 Grade 8 Mathematics Sample Task
82-85 Grade 8 Science Sample Task
86-89 Grade 8 Social Studies Sample Task
90-76 Grade HS ELA Sample Task
95-98 Grade HS Mathematics Sample Task
Grade HS Science Sample Task
Grade HS Social Studies Sample Task
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12. Kindergarten
ELA
Sample Task

16. Kindergarten
Mathematics
Sample Task

20. Grade 3
ELA
Sample Task

23. Grade 3
Mathematics
Sample Task

28. Grade 4
ELA
Sample Task

34. Grade 4
Mathematics
Sample Task

38. Grade 5
ELA
Sample Task

43. Grade 5
Mathematics
Sample Task

48. Grade 5
Science
Sample Task

52. Grade 5
Social Studies
Sample Task

56. Grade 6
ELA
Sample Task

60. Grade 6
Mathematics
Sample Task

64. Grade 7
ELA
Sample Task

69. Grade 7
Mathematics
Sample Task

73. Grade 8
ELA
Sample Task

77. Grade 8
Mathematics
Sample Task

82. Grade 8
Science
Sample Task

86. Grade 8
Social Studies
Sample Task

90. Grade HS
ELA
Sample Task

95. Grade HS
Mathematics
Sample Task

99. Grade HS
Science
Sample Task

103. Grade HS
Social Studies
Sample Task

107. Contact Information
Questions About Test Administration
GaDOE Assessment Division
(800)
Deborah Houston, Assessment Specialist
(404)

108. Contact Information
For information about access to the state- mandated content standards for students with significant cognitive disabilities
Kayse Harshaw, Division for Special Education Services
(404)

109. Contact Information
Questions About Materials, Distribution, or Collection
Questar’s GAA Customer Service
(866)

110. Webinar Survey
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