What is the Alternate Proficiency Assessment?
The APA is a portfolio assessment designed to measure progress toward achieving the CCCS and/or the CCCSSSD for those students with disabilities who are unable to participate in the NJ ASK, GEPA or the HSPA. The APA is given to students with disabilities in grades 3, 4, 8, and 11 (or if ungraded, ages 9, 10, 14, and 18) whose IEPs indicate that they will take a statewide alternate assessment. The APA is a collection of student work demonstrating what each student can do in relation to the standards and the student s IEP. What are “accommodations and modifications?” “Accommodations” and “modifications” are changes in how a test is presented to a student, or how a student responds on tests, needed in order for a student with a disability to participate in the test. Some examples of accommodations and modifications that are approved by the NJDOE include: Setting • administering the assessment in a small group; • seating the student in the front of the room near the teacher; Scheduling • p
