Are the “functional” skills on students IEPs measured in the alternate assessment?
The focus of the alternate assessment is on the general education standards. Functional skills will not be addressed in alternate assessment unless they are connected to standards in reading and mathematics. For some students, functional skills are skills that facilitate student access to the general education curriculum and environment. The Educator’s Guide will help educational teams to look at more traditional “functional” skills and determine how they might be expanded to achieve the goal of work on the general education standards. However, the main focus of assessment is to show how the student is progressing in the general curriculum and hence, working toward the same standards as typical students.
