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**Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 1:**
                - Existing Assessment Regulations    PDF  [250KB]
                - Draft Negotiated Rulemaking Session Agenda    PDF  [206KB]
                -  Supplement Not Supplement Issue Paper    PDF  [101KB] 
                - Assessments Overview    PDF  [103K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 1 – Computer Adaptive Tests    PDF  [120K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 2 – 8th Grade Mathematics Exemption    PDF  [227K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 3 – Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized High School Assessments    PDF  [80K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 4a – Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Academic Assessments    PDF  [94K]
                - Participation Guidelines for Alternate Assessments 4a   PDF [841KB]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 4b – Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards and the 1.0 Percent Cap    PDF  [106K]
                - Percent Participation Data 4b    PDF [155 KB]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 5a – English Learners and Native Language Assessments    PDF  [84K]
                - Native Language Assessments by State 5a     PDF [236KB]
                - Native Language Assessments Threshold Analysis Charts 5a    PDF [361KB]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 5b – English Learners and English Language Proficiency Assessments     PDF  [89K] 
                - ELP Assessment Consortia List 5b     PDF [149KB]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 6 – Statutory Edits and Technical Changes: Overview    PDF  [81K] and Updated Draft Regulation     PDF  [104K]
                - Assessments -Statute     PDF  [411 KB] 
                -  ESSA Scope of Issues to be Negotiated - Approved      PDF  [208KB]
                - Supplement Not Supplant - Statue    PDF  [51KB]
                - Session 1 Final Summary  PDF   [32 KB]
                - Session 1 Transcripts for March 21, 2016   PDF   [2 MB] 
                - Session 1 Transcripts for March 22, 2016   PDF   [3.8 MB] 
                - Session 1 Transcripts for March 23, 2016   PDF   [2.8 MB] 

**Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 1:**
                -  Protocols (as adopted)    PDF  [341 KB]

**Presentations By Experts**
                - Presentation by Karen Hawley Miles, Education Resource Strategies: Overview of School Funding:      PDF [651 KB]
                - Presentation by Peggy Carr, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education:  What Makes a High-Quality Assessment?    PDF    [322 KB]

**Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 2:**
                - Existing Assessment Regulations     PDF  [250KB]
                - Draft Negotiated Rulemaking Session Agenda    PDF  [89KB]
                -  Supplement Not Supplant Issue Paper    PDF  [299KB] 
                - Assessments Overview    PDF  [226K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 1 – Computer Adaptive Tests    PDF  [333K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 2 – The Exception for Advanced Mathematics Assessments in 8th Grade    PDF  [232K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 3 – Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized High School Assessments    PDF  [224K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 4a – Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Academic Assessments    PDF  [289K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 4b – State Administration Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, subject to a cap of 1.0 Percent of students assessed for a subject    PDF  [296K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 5a – Inclusion of English Learners in Academic Assessments    PDF  [255K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 5b – Inclusion of English Learners in English Language Proficiency Assessments     PDF  [172K] 
                - Assessments Issue Paper 6 – Revised Assessment Regulations     PDF  [152K], Updated Draft Regulation     PDF  [308K] and    Updated Draft Regulation with Track Changes  PDF  [342K]
                - Session 2 Final Summary  PDF   [33 KB]
                - Session 2 Transcripts for April 6, 2016   PDF   [4.8 MB] 
                - Session 2 Transcripts for April 7, 2016   PDF   [4.8 MB] 
                - Session 2 Transcripts for April 8, 2016   PDF   [3.2 MB] 

**Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 2:**
                - Purposes of the Rehabilitation Act     PDF  [155KB]
                - Proposed Definition - Student with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities     PDF  [123KB]
                - Supplement Not Supplant - Draft Regulatory Language - Color Coded     PDF  [192KB]

**Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 3:**
                - Existing Assessment Regulations     PDF  [250KB]
                - Draft Negotiated Rulemaking Session Agenda    MS WORD  [89KB]
                -  Supplement Not Supplant Issue Paper    MS WORD  [39KB] 
                - Assessments Overview    PDF  [226K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 1 – Computer Adaptive Tests    PDF  [331K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 2 – The Exception for Advanced Mathematics Assessments in 8th Grade    MS WORD  [232K]  The Exception for Advanced Mathematics Assessments in 8th Grade with Track Changes    PDF  [232K] 
                - Assessments Issue Paper 3 – Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized High School Assessments    MS WORD  [224K] Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized High School Assessments with Track Changes    PDF  [48K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 4a – Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Academic Assessments    MS WORD  [289K] Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Academic Assessments with Track Changes     PDF  [48K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 4b – State Administration Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, subject to a cap of 1.0 Percent of students assessed for a subject    MS WORD  [296K]  State Administration Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, subject to a cap of 1.0 Percent of students assessed for a subject with Track Changes    PDF   PDF [48K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 5a – Inclusion of English Learners in Academic Assessments    MS WORD  [255K]  Inclusion of English Learners in Academic Assessments with Track Changes   PDF   [48K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 5b – Inclusion of English Learners in English Language Proficiency Assessments     MS WORD  [172K]  Inclusion of English Learners in Academic Assessments with Track Changes with Track Changes    PDF [48K]
                - Assessments Issue Paper 6 – Revised Assessment Regulations     PDF  [154K], Updated Draft Regulation     MS WORD  [67K] and    Updated Draft Regulation with Track Changes  PDF  [424K]
                - Session 3 Final Summary  PDF   [33 KB]
                - Session 3 Transcripts for April 18, 2016   PDF   [2.7 MB] 
                - Session 3 Transcripts for April 19, 2016   PDF   [3.8 MB] 

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