Alignment & Comparability Assurance: The LEA/Consortium will assess students as necessary to establish comparability per ESSA statute and USED regulations. Superintendent’s Initials: _________ Per Senate Bill 362, the State Board of Education and Georgia Department of Education will pursue maximum flexibility from USED via waiver requests and/or participation in the Innovative Demonstration Authority to reduce double testing to the fullest extent possible while establishing comparability between the innovative assessments and state Georgia Milestones assessments. The LEA acknowledges that the Georgia Department of Education will communicate progress on the status of the federal waiver requests. The LEA further acknowledges that flexibility from state laws and regulations shall not be construed as a waiver of federal laws and regulations unless notified by the Georgia Department of Education. The state will contract with an external, independent third‐party evaluator to evaluate comparability. Not Yet Planning Implementing Operational Scaled Addressed 1. Aligns with Georgia’s academic content standards (breadth and depth of those standards for all grade-levels and content areas or courses assessed) 2. Identifies which students are not making progress toward Georgia’s academic content standards 3. Produces results that are comparable to the Georgia Milestones assessments (include methods in the narrative or as attached evidence) Narrative: Evidence (please provide labeled attachments) Technical Quality Not Yet Planning Implementing Operational Scaled Addressed 1.Works with expert(s) (external partner or in-house) to ensure technical quality, validity, reliability, and psychometric soundness of the innovative assessment
Alignment & Comparability Assurance: The LEA/Consortium will assess students as necessary to establish comparability per ESSA statute and USED regulations. Superintendent’s Initials: _________ Per Senate Bill 362, the State Board of Education and Georgia Department of Education will pursue maximum flexibility from USED via waiver requests and/or participation in the Innovative Demonstration Authority to reduce double testing to the fullest extent possible while establishing comparability between the innovative assessments and state Georgia Milestones assessments. The LEA acknowledges that the Georgia Department of Education will communicate progress on the status of the federal waiver requests. The LEA further acknowledges that flexibility from state laws and regulations shall not be construed as a waiver of federal laws and regulations unless notified by the Georgia Department of Education. The state will contract with an external, independent third‐party evaluator to evaluate comparability. Not Yet Addressed Planning Implementing Operational Scaled 1. Aligns with Georgia’s academic content standards (breadth and depth of those standards for all grade-levels and content areas or courses assessed) 2. Identifies which students are not making progress toward Georgia’s academic content standards 3. Produces results that are comparable to the Georgia Milestones assessments (include methods in the narrative or as attached evidence) Narrative: Evidence (please provide labeled attachments) Technical Quality Not Yet Addressed Planning Implementing Operational Scaled 1.Works with expert(s) (external partner or in-house) to ensure technical quality, validity, reliability, and psychometric soundness of the innovative assessment