Alt ELPA Updates
Alt ELPA reports will be available in the Cambium platform under the reporting portal starting May 20, 2024. Hard copies will be sent to the District of Attendance. More information will be e-mailed to Alternate Assessment Test Coordinators.
MSAA Updates
The MSAA system is now closed. Over 5,800 students completed MSAA testing. Please ensure any incident reports are submitted in ADEConnect. Instructions are included in the State Specific Policy. The MSAA system is closed until reporting in July.
Securely Shredding and Deleting MSAA Test Materials
Test Coordinators are responsible for ensuring that printed test materials are securely shredded after the testing window closes. Downloaded folders and test materials (DTAs, printed versions of a student's test, etc.) must be permanently deleted from the desktop. Test Administration Manuals are not secure test materials and do not have to be shredded. These materials may be discarded. Do not send any materials to ADE.
MSAA Reports
The MSAA reporting portal will be open from July 15 - September 6, 2024. Reports will be available for ELA, Mathematics, and Science. 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 your reports and receiving hard copies of the student reports will be sent to the test coordinator prior to July 15, 2024.
2025 MSAA Administration
The 2025 MSAA test administration window has not been finalized. Please plan for approximately the same window of mid-March until the end of April. The confirmed test window will be shared with Alternate Assessment Test Coordinators when it is available.
Professional Development Hours Certificates
Professional Development (PD) hours certificates were e-mailed to the Alternate Assessment Test Coordinators in April. Please distribute the PD certificates to those individuals who completed the Test Administrator (TA) and/or Test Coordinator (TC) training modules. There are separate certificates for TAs and TCs for both Alt ELPA and MSAA. Please contact us if you need a list of your test administrator training status for MSAA. You will need to confirm the completion of the Alt ELPA training by requesting the completion certificate from your test administrator.
User Access
All users will be removed from both TIDE (Alt ELPA) and the MSAA system in October. You will no longer have access to any student or administration information. You will continue to have access to sample items and other instructional resources. User accounts will be created again in January. This step is necessary to keep the systems up to date.
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." Action plans for LEAs that exceeded 1% participation in the 2023 administration were due April 24. If you have not submitted your student information or Action Plan, please do so as soon as possible. Failure to cooperate with federally required monitoring may impact your IDEA funding.
We Want to Hear Your Stories
The Alternate Assessment team would like to hear how you and your teacher prepare for test administration and use the MSAA results. Please contact us at AlternateAssessment@azed.gov if you have a story to share! 