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Nevada Alternate Assessment (NAA)
What is NAA?
NAA is the Nevada Alternate Assessment. A student may participate in NAA if the IEP team has determined that the student cannot participate in a particular general assessment, even with appropriate modifications and accommodations. In order to qualify for NAA, the IEP team must determine that the student meets all of the following criteria:
- The student must be receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)through a current IEP
- The student must demonstrate cognitive ability and adaptive behavior that limits FULL participation in the general education curriculum, even with supplementary aids, accommodations, and modifications.
- The student's level of educational performance is not primarily the result of a specific learning disability; social cultural, economic, or language differences; visual or auditory impairments; emotional-behavioral disabilities; or excessive or extended absences unrelated to the student's disability.
- The student must require intensive instruction to acquire, maintain, and generalize skills necessary for application in school, home, work, and community settings.
- The student must participate in modified, functional/academic curriculum that includes alternate grade level indicators based on Nevada Content Standards.
- The parent/guardian must be informed of the potential consequences of the student participating in the Nevada Alternate Assessment, and of being judged against alternate achievement standards.
Guidelines for partcipating in NAA - SSS - F004
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