When are students tested? 1
3rd grade
4th grade
7th grade
8th grade
10th grade
11th grade
What subjects are tested? 1
Communication Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Plans to include Fine Arts and Health & Physical Education
What types of questions are used? 1
Multiple choice
Extended written response / Constructed response
Performance events
How are test results used? 1
Identification of students at risk (in part)
Curriculum planning
Improvement of instruction
Program evaluation
School accreditation
School performance reporting
School granted exemptions from regulations
What tests are used? 1
Missouri Assessment Program
Are students with disabilities exempt?
2, 3
Exemptions given as determined by IEP team while alternative assessments
are being developed.
Students with disabilities should participate in all subject areas
in which they are receiving instruction.
What accommodations are available so
that students with disabilities can participate? 2
Accommodations available as recommended by IEP team, consistent with
state guidelines.
Accommodations used for statewide assessments are the same as those
used regularly in instruction and for classroom tests.
Accommodations must not change the nature of a subject-area test or
the skills or knowledge assessed.
Decisions about the appropriateness of accommodations are made on a
case-by-case basis.
Decisions about accommodations are based on a student’s learning characteristics
and needs, and not based on program setting, category of disability, or
percentage of time spent in regular classrooms.
How are scores of students with disabilities
reported? 2
School, district, and statewide reports combine ("aggregate") scores
of students with disabilities with scores of students without disabilities.
Footnotes:
1 Source: PEER Project Survey to expand and update information from Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: Data on 1995-96 Statewide Student Assessment Programs. (Fall 1996). Council of Chief State School Officers.
2 Source: PEER Project review of state policy documents. Documents provided by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). Information confirmed and updated by the PEER Project through direct communication with state officials.
3 NOTE: The IDEA Amendments of 1997 require that all students be included in statewide assessments.
Missouri Department of Elementary and
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Contact: Melodie Friedebach, Coordinator, Special Education Programs
John Heskett, Assistant Commissioner
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James L Friedebach, State Assessment Directory
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