Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate Assessment

The State of Alaska contracts with DYNAMIC LEARNING MAPS (DLM) to administer the Alternate Assessment. This page is designed to help navigate the many resources available for this assessment.

The Alternate Assessment is administered to students with significant cognitive disabilities who are instructed and assessed on alternate achievement standards (Essential Elements). A Student's IEP team makes the determination if a student qualifies for the alternate assessment.

The Alternate Assessment is untimed and individually administered. The assessments are comprised of selected response items and modified constructed response items.

Alternate Assessment Participation Checklist

Agree (Yes) or Disagree (No)? Provide documentation for each	Participation Criterion	Participation Criterion Descriptors
Yes/No	1. The student has a significant cognitive disability.	Review of student records indicate a disability or multiple disabilities that significantly impact intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. *Adaptive behavior is defined as essential for someone to live independently and to function safely in daily life.
Yes/No	2. The student is primarily being instructed (or taught) using content aligned to the DLM Essential Elements.	Goals and instruction listed in the IEP for this student are linked to the enrolled grade level DLM Essential Elements and address knowledge and skills that are appropriate and challenging for this student.
Yes/No	3. The student requires extensive direct individualized instruction and substantial supports to achieve measurable gains in the grade-and age-appropriate curriculum.	The student requires extensive, repeated, individualized instruction and support that is not of a temporary or transient nature and uses substantially adapted materials and individualized methods of accessing information in alternative ways to acquire, maintain, generalize, demonstrate, and transfer skills across multiple settings.