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Anonymous Georgia Teacher **this is a Facebook post blogged with permission - it has not been edited.

  "What type of alternative assessments do other states have? I teach in Georgia and we have an alternative assessment (portfolios) for students with significant cognitive disabilities (which I teach). I just finished my portfolios today and it was wretched. Basically its doesn't assess how the kids do, but rather how well the teachers can type up reports. The basic rundown for the portfolio and how ridiculous it is:

The state provides approved standards (ELA and Math are Common Core standards) and then the teachers chose two ELA standards (1 reading/1 writing/speaking&listening), two Math standards (1 numbers/1 geometry or measurement), and one of each science and social studies.

Now for each standard selected (6) - we have to create or find 4 work samples. (two 'baseline" before lessons and two "achievement" to show growth)- That's 24 work samples per student (which can also other things such as observation write-ups, or captioned photos of a student doing a task).

Next, you have to write an entry sheet for each standard describing the 4 tasks and the standard they align to.

Now we are up to 30 documents per student.

And finally, an annotation sheet for each work sample (the state makes this optional but my district Badass Teachers Association: