MI-Access is Michigan's alternate assessment system, designed for students with cognitive impairments whose IEP (Individualized Educational Program) Team has determined that MEAP assessments, even with accommodations, are not appropriate. MI-Access satisfies the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as reauthorized in 2004 and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 that require all students with disabilities be assessed at the state level.

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• Assessment Integrity Guide 
Approved by the State Board of Education on Sept. 9, 2009. This replaces the Professional & Accountability Practices for Educators Guide. This document covers proper test administration procedures and how MDE will handle improper assessment administration on OEAA assessments.

• Revised Assessment Accommodation Summary Table 

• Accommodation Crosswalk 

• FAQs Assessment Accommodation Summary Table 

• Fall 2009 Pre-ID and Student Count Memo for MEAP, MEAP-Access, and MI-Access 

• MI-Access Spring 2010 Counts Collection Worksheet 

• Security Compliance Form 

• MI-Access Fall 2009 Assessment Information and Sample Materials
Assessment Window - October 12, 2009 - November 20, 2009

• MI-Access 2008/2009 Handbook and 2009/2010 Manual

• MI-Access 2009-2010 Calendar 

• MI-Access Webcast Information

• Fall 2009 Functional Independence Accessing Print and Expressing Ideas Assessment Administrator Booklet for Braille Addendum 

• MI-Access Print to Braille Correspondence Info and CD Track Lists

• MI-Access Assessment Schedule - Fall 2007-Spring 2010

• MI-Access Science Assessment Plan

• Participation and Supported Independence - Extended Grade Level Content Expectations (EGLCEs)

• Participation and Supported Independence Released Item Booklets

• Final MI-Access Participation and Supported Independence Assessment Plan for English Language Arts And Mathematics Updated September 2009

• MI-Access Performance Level Descriptors

• MI-Access Science Artwork - Updated August 2007

• MI-Access Alignment Report 

• Participation and Supported Independence Standard Setting Summary Report 

• MI-Access Science Assessment Plan

• MI-Access Functional Independence Released Item Booklets

• MI-Access Functional Independence Assessment Plan

• Extended Grade Level Content Expectations (EGLCEs)

• MI-Access Performance Level Descriptors

• MI-Access Functional Independence Technical Manual

• Functional Independence Alignment Study

• MI-Access Alignment Report 

• Revised Assessment Accommodation Summary Table 

• Standards-Based Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) 

• Addendum to the IEP Proposed Form and Manual 

• Age/Grade Equivalents for Students in Ungraded Programs

• Updated IEP Team State Assessment Decision-Making Checklist and Flowchart

• Grades and Content Areas Assessed at the State Level 

• Draft Guidelines for Determining Participation in State Assessment for Students with Disabilities 

• Standard Setting Summary Reports

• Statewide Results, Demographic Summary and Item Analysis Reports (State, District, School)

• MI-Access Report Backs - Functional Independence, Supported Independence, and Participation
(scale score ranges, condition codes, comment codes, points earned ranges, P/SI scoring rubrics and so forth)

• MI-Access Performance Level Descriptors

• Instructions for Printing Parent Reports

• OEAA Assessment & Accountability Conferences

• Committee Application

• The MI-Access Participation and Supported Independence Scoring Rubrics Online Learning Program

• Online Learning Programs

• Complaint or Allegation of Misadministration
Please click on this link and use this form to report any suspected violation of assessment integrity or ethical conduct.

• MI-Access Webcast Information

• OEAA Technical Reports

• Subscribe to OEAA's ASWD Email Network

• Alternate Achievement Standards for Students with the most significant Cognitive Disabilities - Non Regulatory Guidance 

• Letter to the USDOE regarding the proposed 2% regulation

• Final 2% Regulations and Guidance

• Assessment Integrity Guide 
Approved by the State Board of Education on Sept. 9, 2009. This replaces the Professional & Accountability Practices for Educators Guide. This document covers proper test administration procedures and how MDE will handle improper assessment adminsitration on OEAA assessments.

• CEPI Educational Entity Master (EEM)

• The Assist Newsletter

• U.S. Office of Special Education Programs IDEA Site

• 1% Cap and calculation of AYP (new policy by US Dept. of Education)

• U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

• MI-Access Information Center

• National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)

• MDE Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services (OSE/EIS)

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

• The No Child Left Behind Act

• National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)

• Michigan's Integrated Technology Supports (MITS)