AA Participation Guidelines

KDE Web Resources

KDE Alternate Assessment Participation Waiver

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to ensure that the total number of students assessed in each subject, using the Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (AASCD), does not exceed 1.0% of the total number of all students in the state who took Kentucky’s alternate assessment.

KDE has designed a webpage with information and resources.  On the Kentucky AA Participation Waiver, you may access the following:

• Kentucky Alternate Assessment Participation Waiver Information

• Guidance for ARCs on Participation Decisions for the Kentucky Alternate Assessment 2018 

• KY Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines Documentation Form 2018

• Parent Guide: Kentucky Alternate Assessment

• Guia Para Padres Alterno K-PREP 2018 (Spanish Version)

• Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines Record Review Document

Kentucky Alternate Assessment Particpation Guidelines Online Modules

A series of five universal training modules are required for all ARC members and are located on the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute (HDI) Learning Management System (LMS). The purpose of these training modules was to implement the requirements set forth in the ESSA and support districts in the implementation of the Kentucky Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines.

• Access the modules at University of Kentucky Human Development Institute (HDI) Learning Management System (LMS).

• New refresher module available for those who have completed main modules in past

• Access modules for current year by searching for courses (SPDIG 1%) from homepage.  Then purchase (free) and will have access under "My Courses".

• Module Requirements by Position

Alternate Participation Guidelines Tools

• Case Study Data Analysis Worksheet

• Student Data Analysis Worksheet

Follow-up Professional Learning events