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Personalized Alternate Assessment Portfolio (PAAP)

Designed specifically for students with significant cognitive disabilities, the Personalized Alternate Assessment Portfolio (PAAP) is the alternate to Maine’s required state assessments (the New England Common Assessment Program[NECAP], the Maine High School Assessment [MHSA], and the PSAT/NMSQT).  The PAAP is a fully implemented academic assessment that provides the basis for achievement and accountability reporting.

The PAAP measures individual student progress towards the Maine Learning Results – the standards which identify what all Maine students, including those with unique learning needs, are expected to know and be able to do. Scores are reported for accountability purposes under No Child Left Behind in grades 2-7 through the NECAP or the PAAP, and through the MHSA or the PAAP during their third year of high school. PSAT/NMSQT participation is required for 10th and 11th grade students to inform teaching and learning. Resulting scores are not reported for accountability. The PAAP also serves as the alternate for that assessment as noted above.

Students taking the PAAP provide evidence of their progress through tasks that demonstrate academic progress towards the common content standards, but measure steps that are backed down developmentally form the levels at which their grade level peers are measured.

Explore links on this page to learn more about alternate assessment in Maine.

What's New:

2009-2010 PAAP Standards Now Available Online

 

The PAAP Task Bank is currently closed...

We are in the process of developing new tasks, aligned to the 2009-2010 PAAP Standards.  As these materials are finalized and field tested they will be posted in the Task Bank – look for new PAAP tasks in October, 2009.

 

US Department of Education Agrees to Allow Partial PAAPs

PAAP ListServe

Identifying Maine Students Appropriate for Alternate Assessment

For Parents: Learning Opportunities for Your Child through Alternate Assessments

Determining a Child's Appropriate Assessment Avenue

 

Updated 6/26/09 - pb

 

The PAAP ListServe

The PAAP ListServe has been established to help provide improved communications related to the Personalized Alternate Assessment Portfolio, accommodations, instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities, and other associated issues. Through this online service, we will be able to disseminate information in a timely manner to all subscribers. Information might include, but will not necessarily be limited to, links to pertinent Web sites, supplementary training materials, responses to questions of general interest that are submitted by subscribers, and changes in Federal law or rules that impact alternate assessment. This is a free service provided by the Maine Department of Education, and requires no subscription renewal. Subscribe today! Connect to the PAAP ListServe.

 

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