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A Validation of an Alternate State Science Assessment: Alignment of the Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA) Science Assessment

The current study examined the validation and alignment of the PASA-Science by determining whether the alternate science assessment anchors linked to the regular education science anchors; whether the PASA-Science assessment items are science; whether the PASA-Science assessment items linked to the alternate science eligible content, and what PASA-Science assessment content was considered important by parents and teachers. Special education and science education university faculty determined all but one alternate science assessment anchor linked to the regular science assessment anchors. Special education and science education teachers determined that the PASA-Science assessment items are indeed science and linked to the alternate science eligible content. Finally, parents and teachers indicated the most important science content assessed in the PASA-Science involved safety and independence.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-09292009-120844
Date02 December 2009
CreatorsHeh, Peter
ContributorsMary A. Hansen, Louise Kaczmarek, Naomi Zigmond, Steven R. Lyon
PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh
Source SetsUniversity of Pittsburgh
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-09292009-120844/
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