AA-AAAS Bibliography: Inclusion Guidelines
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To identify publications for inclusion in the Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS) Bibliography, researchers searched databases, conducted searches using search engines, searched websites that commonly have relevant publications, and hand-searched selected journals. Additional details about the methods are described below.
Inclusion Criteria
Publications included in this bibliography address at least one of the following criteria:
- Investigation of AA-AAAS validity, alignment, administration, and use.
- Teachers', students', parents', and administrators' knowledge or perceptions of AA-AAAS, as well as descriptive studies on AA-AAAS administration and use.
- Standards-based content-alignment and academic instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
- Policy and reform related to standards-based instruction and assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities, including articles on ESSA/ESEA and IDEA as they pertain to students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Timeline
Articles published after 1995
Databases and Search Engines
To identify publications for inclusion in the AA-AAAS Bibliography, researchers:
- Review four research databases: ERIC, Digital Dissertations, Education Source, and PsycInfo
- Conduct searches using two search engines: Google and Google Scholar
Search Terms
The following search terms are used:
- alternate assessments
- alternate academic achievement standards
- assessment (severe or significant) disabilities
- (ESSA or ESEA) (severe or significant) disabilities
- assessment 1%
- AA-AAAS (assessment)
- accountability assessment (severe or significant) disabilities
- standards reform (severe or significant) disabilities
- large-scale assessment (severe or significant) disabilities
- content alignment (severe or significant) disabilities
- growth models (severe or significant) disabilities
- standards instruction (severe or significant) disabilities
Websites
The following websites are searched for publications that meet the inclusion criteria:
- NCEO (https://www.nceo.info)
- CAST (https://www.cast.org)
- Center for Assessment (https://www.nciea.org)
- University of North Carolina - Charlotte: Project Impact (https://projectimpact.charlotte.edu/)
- Institute on Disability, University Center on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) (https://www.iod.unh.edu/)
- Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) (https://dynamiclearningmaps.org/publications)
- Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA) (https://www.msaastates.com/)
Hand-searched Journals
Additionally, selected journals are hand-searched for publications that meet the inclusion criteria:
- Assessment for Effective Intervention
- Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities
- Exceptional Children
- Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
- Remedial and Special Education
- Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities
- The Journal of Special Education
Excluded documents:
The AA-AAAS Bibliography does not include the following types of publications:
- State technical manuals, administration manuals, or inclusion guidelines.
- Publications with only a tangential focus on alternate assessments or students with significant cognitive disabilities.
- Technical assistance documents with a limited audience.
- Publications on non-standards-based instruction.