Kentucky Alternate Assessment-Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA)�2021-2022�Alternate Assessment�Attainment Tasks�Part 2�

1

Click here to download the Administration Guide Required for completion of this training

Desired Outcomes

Participants will be:

• Knowledgeable of the content areas assessed by Attainment Tasks
• Trained on test security procedures
• Trained on appropriate accommodations
• Prepared to pass a qualifying quiz for administration of the Attainment Tasks

​

​

​

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

2

Attainment Tasks Are Designed To:

• Provide an alternate assessment to the Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) for students with significant cognitive disabilities in:
• Reading
• Mathematics
• Writing
• Science
• Social Studies
• Required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004 (IDEIA 2004, reauthorized in 2007).

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

3

An Attainment Task

• Assesses skills that evidence performance of specified standards
• Uses an activity that is based on an authentic task (e.g., similar to a task that might occur in real life)
• Requires the student complete a task, working step by step as directed by the teacher
• Requires scores be entered into an online database system

​

​

​

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

4

Test Security

• Attainment Task materials are considered secure testing materials and must be kept in a secure location.
• Do not reproduce except as directed in materials (e.g., extra copy for cutting apart pictures, enlarging tasks, additional copies for test administration, etc.).
• Do not take notes on the task to be used for test preparation.
• Do not share the task with unauthorized persons.
• Return all school level materials to the Building Assessment Coordinator (BAC), District Assessment Coordinator (DAC), Director of Special Education (DoSE) or the district alternate assessment administrator to be securely destroyed at the conclusion of each testing window.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

5

Prior to Administering the Test

• Complete this online training module.
• A certified staff member must complete and pass the online qualification quiz.
• Teachers must pass the quiz in order to continue with the test and will have three opportunities to do so.
• Print a copy of the quiz certificate.
• Provide a copy of the quiz certificate to the DAC, BAC, DoSE, or the district alternate assessment administrator prior to receiving testing materials. Place the quiz certificate in a location chosen by the district.
• Review the Attainment Task Resource Guide for Administration.
• Complete Administration Code and Inclusion of Special Populations training.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

6

AT Resource Guide

• Provides additional information to help clarify testing protocols and facilitate instruction including
• Adaptations and modifications
• Specific content items
• Information about orienting students to materials
• A picture glossary of terms for each content area
• The resource guide may be used all year for instructional purposes.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

7

Materials for Visual Impairments

• Districts may request supplemental materials for students who have been identified with a visual impairment on their IEPs.
• Requests for materials should be submitted by the DAC no later than Sept. 15, 2021.
• Not all materials or grade ranges will have supplemental materials available.

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

8

Receiving Testing Materials

• Copies of Attainment Tasks can be made in order to provide to another alternate assessment teacher in the school or to cut pictures apart for administration without damaging the original.

​

• If any school level materials are missing or damaged, this should be communicated immediately to the DAC, BAC, DoSE, or district alternate assessment administrator. Additional materials/copies may be used from the district binder provided to each DAC.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

9

Receiving Testing Materials (cont.)

• Each school with students participating in the alternate assessment will receive one Attainment Task testing binder for the grades represented in the school.
• Once the online quiz has been completed and prior to the administration, materials may be reviewed.
• Materials will ship the week Oct. 25 for Window 1 and will be received no later than Nov. 1.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

10

Key Dates for Test Administration

• The task administration for Window 1 begins

Nov. 15, 2021.

​

• The attainment task administration for Window 1 closes Dec. 20, 2021.

​

• The Student Registration Database (SRD) will open for the Window 1 AT and TAR beginning Nov. 15, 2021, and will close for score entry (for Window 1 AT score entry only) on Dec. 22, 2021.

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

11

Preparing Accommodations

Refer to accommodation guidelines in the Administration Guide – Part II Attainment Tasks.

• Age appropriate
• Related to student’s verified disability
• Part of ongoing instruction provided throughout the school year
• Help student access general curriculum and demonstrate what he/she knows and can do
• Described in the student’s IEP
• Accommodations or adaptations shall not inappropriately impact the content being measured

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

12

Preparing Accommodations (continued)

The Attainment Task Resource Guide provides additional examples of appropriate accommodations.

• If the test administrator has questions or concerns about specific accommodations, contact Jason Howard in the Office of Assessment and Accountability.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

13

Examples of Accommodations

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

14

Examples of Accommodations (cont.)

The student uses picture symbols. If there is a symbol that the student has been using which is different than the one provided with the test, it is acceptable to change it. HOWEVER, if you change one picture, you must change all response options for that question.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

15

Replace this symbol

with this symbol.

Review the Materials

• Preview the task, the accompanying materials and prepare for administration.
• Review previous slides, notes and directions for administering the test included in the test binder for details.
• Read the questions carefully to ensure correct pronunciation of names and words.
• Note that accompanying materials listed on the first page (e.g., interview, map, etc.) are located at the end of the task, directly behind the content area task (after question 5), unless a tangible item like elementary math counters which are found in the supplemental materials envelope.
• Some tasks will require a download to receive animations required to complete the assessment. These will also be provided on an USB drive found in the Supplemental Materials Envelope.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

16

Review the Materials (cont.)�

• Words in the question that are bolded and underlined should be emphasized to the student (e.g., not, most, likely, best, etc.)

​

• All questions have been provided for student use at the end of the task. These questions can be cut apart, covered or manipulated as needed. Use of the questions at the end of the task is optional.

​

• Read the script signified by “quotation marks” to the student exactly as written.

​

• If the task contains a closed sentence (fill in the blank), the test administrator may read the sentence with each option.

​

​

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

17

Changes to the Items

• Picture/answer choices may be provided in any format as long as the order of the binder is maintained, e.g., up and down, side to side, in corners of page. The sequence of A, B and C cannot change. Remember that any change to response options must be made to all response options in a question.
• The tasks must be administered in the same content order that is provided within the binder. For example, a grade 3 student would first complete the reading assessment before moving to the mathematics assessment on the next day an assessment is given.

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

18

Task Administration

• The task must be administered one-to-one in a setting free of distractions.
• Additional adults (e.g., paraprofessional) can be present to assist if needed.
• Do not teach any part of the task before or after the assessment. Early shipping is to be used to prepare for the assessment only (e.g., making accommodations).
• A five-minute break is optional after each set of 5 items. This is noted on the testing materials.
• If the student requires a break, it is acceptable to orient the student to where he/she was in the process prior to beginning again.
• Never allow the student to start the assessment over.
• The student may only complete one content area per day.

​

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

19

Rules to Responding

• Pictures are considered supplemental materials. Providing the picture response option is not required (unless the picture response option is required as part of the question and noted in the script) if the student responds better to words than pictures.

​

• The Attainment Task is a multiple-choice assessment and all response options must be provided (the text must be read aloud by the test administrator or by the student and one of the options must then be selected).

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

20

Allowed

• The student can be directed to provide a response as long as the direction does not cue the student to the correct answer.
• Multiple trials to get the student to respond is allowable before assigning a “no response” code.
• The test administrator may reread the item if they feel the student is off task or unengaged.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

21

Not Allowed

DO NOT:

• Provide verbal or nonverbal prompts, cues, general feedback or guidance to the correct answer.
• Provide physical guidance to the correct answer.
• Decide that a student response is not the intended response and ask the student to respond again.
• Give the student multiple trials to get the correct response once an incorrect response is given.
• Start the task over if stopped.
• Record responses based on what the test administrator “thinks” the student knows.

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

22

Selecting a Response

• If needed, orient the student to the response options prior to reading each question (e.g., read and/or point to each response option prior to asking the question).

​

• Read the answer choices to the student after asking the question.
• It is acceptable to re-read any part of the script/task or answers to the student “when it is determined that the student is not focused or engaged in the assessment and it does not direct him/her to the correct response.”
• Allow the student to independently respond to each task item.

​

• Indicate the student’s response on the answer sheet provided to enter later into the Student Registration Database (SRD).

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

23

Selecting a Response (cont.)

• Record each student response before moving to the next assessment item.
• If the student does not respond, indicate “No Response."
• It is acceptable for the student to change his/her response if:
• The student indicates so independently.
• The teacher hasn’t in any way indicated the accuracy of the student’s answer, including the student observing the teacher recording the response.
• The teacher has not moved to the next item.
• Subsequent items might provide answers to previous items, students MAY NOT return to a previous question.

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

24

After Administering the Tasks

• All Attainment Task materials are considered secure testing materials. ALL school level materials associated with the Attainment Task must be returned to the DAC, BAC, DoSE or district alternate assessment administrator to be securely destroyed.
• File the student(s)’ answer sheet in a secure location until the end of the school year. Destroy all answer sheets when Window 2 materials are destroyed at the end of the school year.
• Delete any test files (this would include animations) that were placed on a computer and empty from the computer’s recycle bin at the conclusion of the test window.

​

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

25

Window 1

• The Window 1 Attainment Tasks must be administered by Dec. 20, 2021.
• Student scores must be entered into the Student Registration Database (SRD) by Dec. 22, 2021.
• If there are issues with technology email Darrell Mattingly at darrell.Mattingly@uky.edu. For any issues with timelines or task completion, have the DAC, BAC, DoSE or district alternate assessment administrator contact Jason Howard with the Office of Assessment and Accountability.

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

26

Window 2�

• Materials will ship the weeks of:
• April 4 – 8 (option 1)

or

• April 11 - 15 (option 2)
• Materials will be received no later than April 11, 2022 for Window 1 and April 18, 2022 for Window 2.
• The second testing window will begin April 18, 2022.
• The second testing window will close May 27, 2022.
• The last day to enter scores into the Student Registration Database (SRD) for the second window is June 3, 2022.

​

​

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

27

Division of Assessment and Accountability Support

KDE:OAA:DAAS:08/12/2021

28

Click here to access the Online Training System

Click to add text