Criteria Checklist for Assessing Students with Disabilities on State Assessments

Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (OCCT)

Oklahoma Modified Alternate Assessment (OMAAP)

Oklahoma Alternate Assessment Program (OAAP) Portfolio

Student:________________________________________________Grade:____________

Date of Birth:______________School:__________________District:________________

This form is intended to assist Individual Education Program (IEP) teams in determining whether a student should participate in the OCCT, with or without accommodations, or in an alternate assessment based on modified achievement of the standards (OMAAP) with or without accommodations, a combination of OCCT and OMAAP with or without accommodations, or an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement of the standards (OAAP) Portfolio. It is expected that only a small number of students with disabilities will participate in an alternate assessment.

Students with disabilities are required to be provided with accommodations and modifications to ensure progress towards meeting his/her IEP goals and short-term objectives and/or benchmarks related to the general education curriculum.

         The decision to administer an alternate assessment (OMAAP or OAAP Portfolio) must be an IEP team decision using multiple measures as objective evidence including:

Ø previous performance on State assessments;

Ø other assessments that document academic achievement; and

Ø the student’s progress, to date, in response to appropriate instruction.

         It shall not be based on:

Ø a particular disability category;

Ø the amount of time the student receives services in special education;

Ø the location of service delivery; or

Ø the fact that the academic achievement of the student is significantly below his/her same age peers.

         The next page provides a flowchart to help determine which assessment(s) will be appropriate for the student.  If the answers are YES to all questions in Box A and Box B, the student qualifies for the OAAP Portfolio.  If the answers are YES to all questions in Box A and Box C, the student qualifies for the OMAAP.  OMAAP determinations must be made separately for each content area to be assessed.

Box A:  If the answer to any item in Box A is NO, go to Box D.  If all answers in Box A are YES, proceed to Box B.
Does the student’s disability result in substantial academic difficulties?	Yes	No
Is the student’s difficulty with regular curriculum demands primarily due to his/her disability and not due to excessive absences unrelated to the disability, or social, cultural, environmental, or economic factors?	Yes	All Yes All Yes No
Does the student’s IEP reflect curriculum and daily instruction that focus on modified achievement of the standards or alternate achievement of the standards?	Yes	No

Box C:  If the answer to any item in Box C      is NO, go to Box D.  If all answers in Box A and C are YES, the student qualifies for the OMAAP Assessment (Box F).
Does the student’s IEP reflect curriculum and daily instruction that focus on modified goals and objectives (modified achievement standards) that are on grade level?	Yes	No
Did the student receive evidence- based response to intervention and continues to progress below grade level achievement based on classroom assessments or other valid measures?	Yes	No
Did the student score at the Unsatisfactory level on the previous year’s Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (OCCT) in reading/language arts, mathematics or, science? **	Yes	No

Any No

Box F:  The student qualifies for the Modified assessment.  (Check all subjects that apply):

_____Mathematics       _____Reading

_____Science               _____Algebra I

_____English II                        _____Biology I

   All Yes

   All Yes

Box B:  If the answer to any item in Box B is NO, go to Box C.  If all answers in Box A and B are YES, the student qualifies for the OAAP Portfolio (Box E).
Does the student have a significant cognitive disability?	Yes	No
Do the student’s demonstrated cognitive ability and adaptive behavior require substantial adjustments (CARG-A) to the general education curriculum?	Yes	Any No No
Do the student’s learning objectives and expected outcomes focus on functional application of skills as illustrated in the students IEP goals and short-term objectives and/or benchmarks?	Yes	No
Does the student require direct and extensive instruction to acquire, maintain, generalize, and transfer new knowledge and skills?	Yes	No

Box D:  The student does not qualify for an alternate assessment (OMAAP or OAAP Portfolio).  The regular assessment with or without accommodations is the most appropriate assessment for the student.

_____Mathematics       _____Reading

_____Science              _____Geography

_____History               _____English II

_____U.S. History       _____Algebra I

_____Biology I            ____Writing(5,8)

Box E:  The student qualifies for the Portfolio assessment.

_____All Subjects Tested

To Box D

  All Yes

**  Scoring Satisfactory on the previous year’s OMAAP does not preclude a student from participating in the OMAAP for the current year.  When OCCT scores from previous years are not available (e.g., Grade 3), the IEP team may substitute scores equivalent to unsatisfactory from local assessments to identify students.