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Alternate Content Expectations for Social Studies
The files below are the alternate content expectations for social studies for the State of Michigan as of August 2026. These alternate content expectations align with the Michigan K-12 Social Studies Standards. These alternate content expectations serve as the foundation for social studies instruction for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities and will be the expectations to which Michigan's alternate assessment (MI-Access) in social studies at the Functional Independence level. Students whose who typically take the Supported Independence and Participation levels of MI-Access will still take a locally developed assessment in grades 5, 8, and 11 (please see the current year Test Administration Manual for more information). MI-Access Functional Independence social studies assessments are administered at grades 5, 8, and 11.
The files below are the alternate content expectations for science for the State of Michigan. These alternate content expectations align with the general K-12 Michigan science performance standards. These alternate content expectations serve as the foundation for science instruction for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities and will be the expectations to which Michigan's alternate assessment (MI-Access) in science. It is important to note that there are files that outline expectations with a Michigan Range of Complexity for Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, middle school, and high school. However, MI-Access science is administered at grades 5, 8, and 11.
To learn how these alternate content expectations were developed and how they are structured, please read "Michigan's Alternate Content Expectations for Science: Development Process and Structure" before opening any of the alternate content expectation files.
| Science - Alternate Content Expectations for Elementary School | |
| Grade K - Alternate Content Expectations for Science | Grade 1 - Alternate Content Expectations for Science |
| Grade 2 - Alternate Content Expectations for Science | Grade 3 - Alternate Content Expectations for Science |
| Grade 4 - Alternate Content Expectations for Science | Grade 5 - Alternate Content Expectations for Science |
| Science - Alternate Content Expectations for Science for Middle School | |
| Alternate Content Standards for Physical Science, Grades 6-8 | Alternate Content Standards for Life Science, Grades 6-8 |
| Alternate Content Standards for Earth and Space Sciences, Grades 6-8 | Alternate Content Standards for ETS Engineering Design, Grades 6-8 |
| Science - Alternate Content Expectations for High School | |
| Alternate Content Standards for Physical Science, Grades 9-12 | |
| Alternate Content Standards for Earth and Space Sciences, Grades 9-12 | Alternate Content Standards for ETS Engineering Design, Grades 9-12 |
The following links are previously used Alternate Content Expectations for Social Studies. They are provided here for historical reference. They are due to be removed from this page at the end of 2027.
| Previous Versions of Functional Independence Social Studies EGLCE/EHSCEs/Alternate Content Expectations | |
| Grade 5 Social Studies EGLCEs | Grade 11 Economics EHSCEs |
| Grade 8 Social Studies EGLCEs | Grade 11 World History and Geography EHSCEs |
| Grade 11 Civics EHSCEs | Grade 11 US History and Geography EHSCEs |
