Assessment/Accountability Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
MCAS Alternate Assessment (MCAS-Alt)

Resources and Training

MCAS-Alt Newsletter

  

January 2010 Newsletter

  

November/December 2009 MCAS-Alt Newsletter

  

October 2009 MCAS-Alt Newsletter

  

September 2009 MCAS-Alt Newsletter

Resource Guide to The Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Students with Disabilities (2006)

  

Introduction

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English Language Arts

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Mathematics

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Science and Technology/Engineering

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History and Social Science

Educator's Manual

  

2010 Checking Portfolios for Completeness

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2010 Educator's Manual for MCAS-Alt

MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs

2010 MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs: Download Version (for use on a single computer)

2010 MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs: Web-based Version (secure web site for use on multiple computers)

Ordering MCAS-Alt Training Materials

The Order Form to request a copy of the 2010 Educator's Manual for MCAS-Alt and/or the Resource Guide to the Curriculum Frameworks for Students with Disabilities (Fall 2006), is now available at www.mcasservicecenter.com

Statewide Training

  

March 2010 MCAS-Alt Portfolios-in-Progress Review Sessions and Mini-Institutes: How MCAS-Alt Portfolios Are Scored

Fall 2009 Administrators' Overview (Powerpoint presentation)

2010 MCAS-Alt Overview (for educators new to the MCAS-Alt process)

What's New for 2010? (for educators familiar with the MCAS-Alt process)

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2010 Collecting Instructional Data for MCAS-Alt