Alternate Assessment Component of the MEA

By Betsy Enright

Federal and state legislation requires that all students be included in state and district wide assessments. For those students who are unable to take the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) through standard administration, or through approved accommodations, an alternate assessment must be provided. Maine’s Personalized Alternate Assessment Portfolio (PAAP), the alternate assessment for the MEA, must be fully implemented in the next two years.

A series of four professional development sessions is being held in five different regions in the state, designed to support educators as they develop and implement alternate assessments as part of the comprehensive assessments system.

Follow the links below for more information:

For more information on the alternate assessment professional development series, e-mail:

• melanie.bachinski@state.me.us

For information on Maine’s Alternate Assessment:

• http://www.maine.gov/education/mea/aawebintro.htm

Maine’s Comprehensive Assessment System

• http://www.maine.gov/education/lsalt/

MEA Accommodations

• http://www.maine.gov/education/lsalt/

For articles and related information of Alternate Assessment:

• http://www1.usu.edu/mprrc/workgroups/ia/pm_021202.cfm

• www.coled.umn.edu/nceo

For resources for alternate assessment task development:

MEA Released Items

• http://www.maine.gov/education/mea/admininfo.htm

Maine Assessment Portfolio

• http://www.maine.gov/education/lsalt/paap/index.html

For technical assistance regarding alternate assessment:

• Betsy.enright@umit.maine.edu

• Maria.timberlake@umit.maine.edu

• Linda.Parkin@state.me.us

Specific questions regarding accommodations not found in the MEA Policies and Procedures Brochure, e-mail:

• Brud.Maxey@state.me/us

This is an official publication of The University of Maine
A member of the University of Maine System

Updated: 01/11/2007