ALABAMA COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (ACAP) SUMMATIVE

ACAP Alternate

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The ACAP Alternate is a criterion-referenced assessment, designed to measure student progress on the Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards (AAAS). The assessment is administered to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in Grades 2-8, 10, and 11, once a year, in the spring, and includes the content areas of English language arts, math, and science (Grades 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11 only). The ACAP Alternate is administered to students individually using a paper student test booklet with a computer-based platform for test administrators to enter student responses.

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ACAP Summative

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The ACAP Summative is a computer-based, criterion-referenced assessment, designed to measure student progress on the Alabama Courses of Study Standards. The assessment is administered to students in Grades 2-8, once a year, in the spring, and includes the content areas of English language arts, math, and science (Grades 4, 6, and 8 only). The ACAP Summative is constructed to meet rigorous technical criteria and to ensure that all students have access to the test contents via principles of universal design and appropriate accommodations.​