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El Departamento de Educación de Kentucky solicita comentarios públicos sobre una solicitud de exención federal relacionada con la cantidad de estudiantes que participan en una evaluación alternativa diseñada para estudiantes con discapacidades cognitivas significativas, conocida como AA-AAAS. Los datos del año escolar 2025-2026 muestran que ligeramente más del 1% de los estudiantes de Kentucky son elegibles para participar en esta evaluación, superando el límite federal permitido, por lo que el departamento planea solicitar una exención para lectura, matemáticas y ciencias. El período de comentarios públicos se extiende del 21 de julio al 4 de agosto, y el departamento implementará medidas de supervisión para garantizar que solo estudiantes con discapacidades cognitivas significativas participen en la evaluación alternativa.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking public comment on a request to the U.S. Department of Education for a waiver related to the number of students participating in an alternate assessment designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
The assessment, known as AA-AAAS, is aligned with alternate academic achievement standards on the annual Kentucky Summative Assessment. Under federal regulation, no more than 1% of the total number of students participating in a statewide assessment may take the AA-AAAS in each tested subject area.
Data from the 2025-2026 school year shows that slightly more than 1% of Kentucky’s students were eligible to participate in AA-AAAS. Kentucky has routinely requested and received one-year extended waivers from the federal government, and KDE plans to submit a waiver request for reading, mathematics and science.
The public comment period runs from July 21 through Aug. 4. Written comments can be submitted to Jarrod S. Slone, Director of the Division of IDEA Monitoring and Results at the Kentucky Department of Education, 300 Sower Blvd., Fourth Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601. Additional details on the proposed waiver and plan to reduce participation are available on KDE’s website.
Sources
- Kentucky Teacher
- Kentucky Alternate Assessment Participation Waiver
- KDE 2025-2026 AA-AAAS Participation Waiver Request
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