The U.S. Department of Education has awarded grants to two consortia of states to develop a new generation
of alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.
The $ 22 million grant — the largest in KU history — was awarded to fund development and evaluation of a new
generation of alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities — the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment System (DLM).
«We welcome Alaska to the group and look forward to utilizing their expertise in the
field of alternate assessment in order to better support student learning and teacher instruction.»
His other work follows in a similar vein and includes providing recommendations for device comparability on standardized assessment, examining
dimensionality of an alternate assessment for a consortium of states, and quantifying the impacts of interruptions to online testing.
The Dynamic Learning Maps project has added a new associate director, Meagan Karvonen, Ph.D., a long - time researcher in the
field of alternate assessments.