NCEXTEND1 Alternative Assessment

• Designed for students with disabilities who
  • have a current IEP
  • have a significant cognitive disability
  • are enrolled in grades 3-8, 10, or 11
  • receive instruction in EXTENDED content and essential standards
• Requires students to complete grade-level performance tasks
• Administered during the same windows as state-designated tests
• Includes testing in
  • Reading in grades 3-8, 10, and 11
  • Mathematics in grades 3-8, 10, and 11
  • Science in grades 5, 8, 10, and 11

College and Career Readiness Alternate Assessment (CCRAA) Grade 10

• Designed as an alternate assessment for PreACT
• Appropriate for students with disabilities in 10th grade who have an IEP and
  • exhibit pervasive delays in academic development, adaptive behaviors, communication, daily living skills, and self-care
  • following a course of study (Occupational Course of Study) that may not lead to a college-level course of study resulting in a college degree
  • are not receiving instruction in North Carolina EXTENDED Content Standards
  • have a written parent request for an alternate assessment or have CCRAA as the required assessment in their IEP
• Contains multiple choice questions
• Available online and in paper format
• Administered at the same time as the PreACT in the fall

College and Career Readiness Alternate Assessment (CCRAA) Grade 11

• Designed as an alternate assessment for the ACT
• Appropriate for students in 11th grade who have an IEP  and
  • exhibit pervasive delays in academic development, adaptive behaviors, communication, daily living skills, and self-care
  • following a course of study (Occupational Course of Study) that may not lead to a college-level course of study resulting in a college degree
  • are not receiving instruction in North Carolina EXTENDED Content Standards
  • have a written parent request for an alternate assessment or have CCRAA as the required assessment in their IEP
• Contains multiple choice questions
• Available online and in paper format
• Administered at the same time as the spring accommodations testing window of the ACT

Alternate ACCESS for ELL's

• Assessment of English language proficiency in students in grades 1-12 classified as English Learners (ELs) and have significant cognitive disabilities that prevent meaningful participation in ACCESS for ELLs test.  Students must meet all of the following criteria:
  • Have an IEP reflecting student meets eligibility criteria for Alternate ACCESS for ELLs
  • Receive instruction in EXTENDED standards
  • Have a significant cognitive disability
• Contains four assessment domains:  Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
• Listening and reading sections consist of multiple choice questions
• Writing and speaking sections prompt students for a constructed response.
• All sections are adaptive and stop presenting questions once a student reaches his/her performance ceiling.
• Other unique features include simplified language, repetition of questions, increased graphic support, larger testing materials, and graphics.