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2022-23 Participation Criteria and Forms: Alternate Districtwide Assessments

Alternate districtwide assessments are available for the 2022-23 school year for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities as an alternative to participating in the PARCC, DC Science and ACCESS assessments. All District of Columbia students participate in District-wide assessments in one of three ways:

  1. The general assessment
  2. The general assessment with accommodation
  3. The alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS)

Eligibility for participation in any alternate assessment for the 2020-21 school year begins with LEAs completing the appropriate documentation in SEDS. During the IEP development process, or through an IEP amendment, Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams are to carefully review OSSE’s participation criteria to identify individual students for whom it may be most appropriate to participate in the alternate assessment program.

Timeline for the Alternate Assessment Eligibility Process for the 2022-23 School Year

Task

Deadline

 System

LEAs add or update documentation for alternate assessment requests in SEDS. For OSSE to review for participation eligibility, a student must have the following in SEDS for the 2022-23 school year:

  1. There is a current IEP on file.
  2. The current IEP indicates “Alternate Assessment” selected by the IEP team.
  3. There is a “DC Alternate Assessment Participation Decision Documentation Form” on file associated with the current IEP.
  4. All documentation to support the alternate assessment decision form has been uploaded.

Refer to the scenario examples to determine whether an electronic or PDF documentation form is appropriate.

Aug. 29 - Oct. 14, 2022

 SEDS
LEAs can view the students who have alternate assessment applications in SEDS through a Qlik application.

Oct. 4, 2022
(rolling updates)

SEDS

Qlik

Final deadline for LEAs updating alternate assessment eligibility documentation in SEDS for the 2022-23 school year.

Oct. 14, 2022

 SEDS

OSSE reviews documentation in SEDS for students requesting eligibility for alternate assessments in the 2022-23 school year.

Oct. 17 - Nov. 18, 2022

 SEDS

OSSE sends eligibility determinations to LEAs in SEDS. In addition, LEAs will be able to view these determinations in Qlik.

Nov. 21, 2022

SEDS

Qlik

LEAs may appeal eligibility determinations in Quickbase and in most cases will need to submit additional evidence that supports the appeal to OSSE in SEDS.

As a rare exception, LEAs may submit new eligibility applications after the application window for transfer students or students who have new evaluations or disability determinations.

Nov. 22 - Dec. 16, 2022

Quickbase

SEDS
LEAs receive final eligibility determinations from OSSE in SEDS. Jan. 9, 2023 SEDS

The following documents will assist IEP Teams to determine eligibility for DC Alternate Assessments.

For questions about participation criteria or eligibility determinations, please contact Asaad Fulton at [email protected].

Note: This document is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF). A PDF reader is required for viewing. Download a PDF Reader or learn more about PDFs.

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