In order to do this, we will need a database of student scores for both the reading and math DACS assessment, taken after April 15, as this is the testing window for the post-test. Your assistance in having students in these grade levels take the test after April 15 is much appreciated. We were under a fall 2000 timeline for implementation of the multiple measures. I did not coincide. Secondly, our Title I assessment system was federally reviewed late last summer and we have received recommendations from that review.
Federal guidelines call for an assessment highly aligned with state content standards.
Since the SAT9 has only partial alignment, another test was needed to cover the gaps. The federal review also commented on our multiple measures. I accountability, the state must assure the alignment of each multiple measure option with the state content standards. This would be a very costly venture as we have a number of options used by districts to meet the multiple measures requirement. Because our assessment system now includes two assessments, the SAT9 and the DACS, additional multiple measures, as we have defined them, are no longer necessary.