Alaska Admin. Code tit. 4, § 06.775 – Statewide assessment program for students with disabilities

(a) When administering to students with disabilities the statewide assessments under 4 AAC 06.710, a district shall follow the requirements of this section and the department's Participation Guidelines for Inclusion of Alaska Students in State Assessments, 2023 edition, adopted by reference.
(b) The commissioner shall select an alternate assessment for use in the state for assessment of students with significant cognitive disabilities who are not able to complete either regular curricular offerings or substitute courses under 4 AAC 06.078 that would lead to a diploma. A student's eligibility for an alternate assessment shall be established in the student's IEP in accordance with the criteria in the Participation Guidelines for Inclusion of Alaska Students in State Assessments, adopted by reference in (a) of this section. Each district shall administer the alternate assessment to eligible students whenever it administers the standards-based assessments described in 4 AAC 06.737. Achievement levels for the English language arts, mathematics, and science alternate assessments are advanced, at target, approaching target, or emerging. Students obtaining an achievement level of advanced or at target meet standards. For the purposes of reporting and accountability in 4 AAC 06.800 - 4 AAC 06.899, the department will include as proficient those students who score at the target or advanced achievement levels on the alternate assessment for English language, arts, mathematics, and science. To obtain an achievement level in
1. (1) English language arts, and mathematics on the alternate assessment, a student must obtain a score as set out in the following table:
2. (2) science on the alternate assessment, a student must obtain a score as set out in the following table:
Achievement
Level
Grade
3Grade
4Grade
5Grade
6Grade
7Grade
8Grade
9 English
language arts:
Advanced
44 or
above49 or
above45 or
above44 or
above53 or
above55 or
above55 or
above English
language arts:
At Target
31-4337-4831-4431-4338-5237-5439-54 English
language arts:
Approaching
Target
23-3025-3621-3018-3020-3718-3615-38 English
language arts:
Emerging
22 or
below24 or
below20 or
below17 or
below19 or
below17 or
below14 or
below Mathematics
Advanced
27 or
above28 or
above26 or
above24 or
above27 or
above31 or
above29 or
above Mathematics:
At Target
15-2615-2717-2518-2318-2624-3018-28 Mathematics:
Approaching
Target
9-1410-148-168-179-179-239-17 Mathematics:
Emerging
8 or
below9 or
below7 or
below7 or
below8 or
below8 or
below8 or
below
Achievement
Level Grade
5 Grade
8 Grade
10 Science:
Advanced 25 or above 23 or above 23 or above Science: At
Target 17-24 16-22 16-22 Science:
Approaching
Target 10-16 10-15 8-15 Science:
Emerging9 or below9 or below7 or below
(c) A student with a disability who is on a diploma track must take all regular statewide assessments required under 4 AAC 06.710, with or without accommodations, at the appropriate grade level.
(d) If the Participation Guidelines do not identify whether a proposed change to an assessment is an accommodation or modification, the district shall follow the procedure described in the Participation Guidelines for determining whether the change is an accommodation or a modification. If a parent requests that a district consult with the department, a district shall consult with the department regarding whether a proposed change to an assessment is an accommodation or a modification. If requested, the department will issue a nonbinding written advisory opinion on whether a particular change is an accommodation or a modification. A decision regarding whether a particular accommodation is appropriate for a student rests with the IEP or section 504 team and the department will not issue an opinion on this issue.
(e) A district shall provide a description of the assessment requirements and options for graduation from high school to parents of a student with a disability or with a section 504 plan who is in the ninth grade, is a new enrollee in the district's high school, or is newly placed on an IEP or section 504 plan. Unless a different time and place is more appropriate, the description shall be provided during the annual IEP or section 504 team meeting during a student's ninth grade year.
(f) Repealed 12/26/2014.
(g) Repealed 12/26/2014.
(h) Repealed 12/26/2014.
(i) Repealed 12/26/2014.
(j) Repealed 12/26/2014.
(k) Repealed 12/26/2014.
(l) Repealed 12/26/2014.
(m) For purposes of this section, a student with a disability is on a diploma track if the student is being taught under the content standards adopted by reference under 4 AAC 04.140.

(Eff. 12/19/2002, Register 164; am 9/17/2004, Register 171; am 11/10/2005, Register 176; am 10/18/2007, Register 184; am 11/10/2007, Register 184; am 9/27/2008, Register 187; am 6/11/2010, Register 194; am 10/3/2011, Register 200; am 4/20/2012, Register 202; am 12/26/2014, Register 212; am 3/4/2015, Register 213; am 5/15/2015, Register 214; am 3/30/2016, Register 217; am 4/6/2016, Register 218; am 2/16/2018, Register 225; am 6/1/2018, Register 226; am 10/20/2018, Register 228; am 12/25/2020, Register 236; am 10/26/2022, Register 244; am 11/13/2022, Register 244; am 9/21/2024, Register 251)

Authority: AS 14.03.075, AS 14.07.060, AS 14.50.080, AS 14.03.123, AS 14.07.165, AS 14.07.020, AS 14.30.760