2022 MSAA Test Administration - Testing Window Closed
Thank you for your efforts to test your students this year! We had approximately 5,500 students complete testing.
The MSAA system is closed until reporting in July. Please reach out to us if you have any questions. As a reminder, you can still submit incident reports in ADEConnect as needed.
Securely Shredding and Deleting MSAA Test Materials
Test Coordinators are responsible for ensuring that printed test materials have been securely shredded after the close of the testing window. Downloaded folders and test materials (DTAs, printed versions of a student's test, etc.) must be permanently deleted. Test Administration Manuals are not secure test materials and do not have to be shredded. These materials may be discarded or kept. Do not send any materials to ADE.
MSAA Professional Development Hours Certificate
Professional development (PD) hours certificates were e-mailed to Alternate Assessment Test Coordinators in April. Please distribute the PD certificates to those individuals who completed the MSAA Test Administrator and/or Test Coordinator training modules. There are separate certificates for Test Coordinators and Test Administrators. Please contact us if you need a list of your test administrator training status.
MSAA Reports
The MSAA reporting portal for ELA and Mathematics will be open from July 18 - September 9, 2022 and for Science from October 17 - 28, 2022. Because the MSAA Science test is a new assessment, we will be conducting a standard setting to set cut scores and the Arizona State Board of Education must approve the cut scores before we can generate the reports. This is causing the delay with the Science reporting window this year.
Reports are available at the District of Attendance (DOA) so your tuitioned-out and privately placed students will not be included in your reports. Please work with the DOA to get the results. More information on downloading reports and receiving hard copies of the student reports will be sent to the test coordinator prior to July 18, 2022.
1% Threshold
Under federal regulation, the state is required to "provide appropriate oversight to each LEA that the State anticipates will assess more than 1% of its assessed students...using alternate assessments aligned with alternate academic achievement standards." An LEA may test students who qualify for alternate assessment, even if that participation means that the LEA will exceed 1%.
Alternate Assessment Test Coordinators will be notified of your LEA's percentages and provided next steps.
CAAELP Community of Practice
ADE has partnered with other states in the Collaborative for the Alternate Assessment of English Learner Proficiency (CAAELP). This is an exciting opportunity to develop a high-quality Alternate English Learner Proficiency Assessment (Alt ELPA). The operational field test will be administered Spring 2023. IEP teams must start determining eligibility for ELs with significant cognitive disabilities including students in grades K-2. An updated eligibility form that includes determination for Alt ELPA will be available soon.
IDEA Conference
Alternate Assessment will be presenting at the ESS IDEA Conference September 7-9, 2022. Topics will include alternate assessment activities for new test coordinators, alternate assessment updates, and an introduction to Alt ELPA. We hope to see you there!
MSAA Instructional Supports
The MSAA website is up and running with resources for families, educators, and students. There are supporting documents for Alternate Assessments, instructional resources, Core Content Connectors (CCCs) and much more! Resources are updated periodically and are free to all!! Note: please do not use this website to contact us because the website is available to all MSAA partners, and we will not receive your questions directly. 