The RIAA assesses content knowledge through a series of Structured Performance Tasks. These tasks also incorporate and promote enhanced capacities and integrated life opportunities for students with moderate, severe, and profound disabilities. Teachers collect data and student work to assess the student's progress, accuracy, and independence. The collected evidence provides documentation to ensure that there is a connection between the academic content contained the AAGSEs and the classroom instruction the student receives.
 

NOTE! These documents, posted in 2008-2009, provide clarifications of commonly assessed AAGSE in mathematics, reading, writing, and science. Reading and Writing AAGSEs have been revised since these documents have been posted. The 2008-2009 descriptions of reading and writing will remain on the site until new Commonly Assessed AAGSEs in these content areas are available. The purpose of these documents is to assist educators to better understand and develop assessment activities connected to the AAGSEs. Because our AAGSEs may be listed under multiple SPTs, the sample activities and data collection may not connect to each SPT. In science, the focus of the document is on assessing the inquiry construct.

Each video clip is approximately 20 minutes in length and offered in two qualities depending on your internet connection (“High” will perform faster/smoother).  You must have Quicktime installed on your computer.  Download a free version. 
All training clips will refer you to pages in the 2008-09 RIAA Administration Manual; therefore, you should have a copy nearby as you view the clips.  Session 1 Clips 4–10 refer to student sample “Emma” which may be downloaded (see “Training Materials” above) prior to viewing. 
Training DVDs were shipped to all RIAA schools on or about November 5.  If your school did not receive a copy of the training DVDs, please contact Jane Twombly, Program Assistant, at 1-800-431-8901.