Alternate Assessment

The Kentucky Alternate Assessment was developed in 1990 as a result of the Reform Act of 1990 to provide schools and programs with a valid and reliable means of assessing the instruction provided to students with moderate and significant disabilities (i.e., for the less than 1% of the total student population for whom traditional assessments would be an inappropriate measure of progress). The decision to include a student for participation in the Alternate Assessment must be made in an ARC meeting after a review of the student's longitudinal data and exclusionary factors.