Guidance from MDE on choosing state assessment levels
Guidance from MDE on choosing state assessment levels: https://goo.gl/MMdzbe page 8 MI-Access Alternate Assessments are administered at three levels:
MI-Access Functional Independence (FI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a mild but significant cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned with the "high" range of the Essential Elements Range of Complexity.
MI-Access Supported Independence (SI) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a moderate cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned with the "medium" range of the Essential Elements Range of Complexity.
MI-Access Participation (P) – For students who have, or function as if they have, a severe cognitive impairment, and whose instruction is most closely aligned with the "low" range of the Essential Elements Range of Complexity.
MI-Access assessments are based on the Essential Elements with Michigan Range of Complexity for ELA and Mathematics, Extended Grade Level Content Expectations for Social Studies (FI only), and Extended Benchmarks for Science. The alternate content standards can be found on the MI-Access web page (www.michigan.gov/mi-access)
