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ATLAS hosts panel of special education and science education experts
ATLAS is bringing together special education and science education experts from around the country to review new drafts of science Essential Elements for the Dynamic Learning Maps® (DLM®) alternate assessment. DLM computer-based assessments are accessible to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, for whom general state assessments are not appropriate, even with accommodations.
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ATLAS hosts panel of special education and science education experts
ATLAS is bringing together special education and science education experts from around the country to review new drafts of science Essential Elements for the Dynamic
New assessment model will allow teachers to modify instruction as students learn
LAWRENCE — Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessments Systems (ATLAS) has teamed up with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on a $2.5 million grant project to develop an innovative assessment model that provides students opportunities to demonstrate knowledge
ATLAS celebrates five years of progress
Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) launched in August 2017 with one operational assessment, one grant project, and about 50 staff members.
Teaching tool can help educators plan inclusive science instruction
The 2013 introduction of new next-generation, multi
Research provides insight into students with significant cognitive disabilities and dual sensory loss
Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) and the National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) have partnered to learn more about students who are deafblind with significant cognitive disabilities.
KU’S ATLAS CENTER FEATURES RESEARCH IN SHOWCASE WITH GLOBAL REACH
LAWRENCE — Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas has presented a grant project focused on promoting quality science education for students with disabilities at the 2022 STEM for All Video Showcase: Access, Inclusion, and Equity, which runs May 10-…
ATLAS DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS – CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) is now accepting proposals for the 2022/2023 ATLAS Doctoral Fellowship Program.
NEW GRANT AIMS TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILLS OF ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS
LAWRENCE — Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS), a center within the Achievement and Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas, has partnered with Alaska’s Arctic Slope Community Foundation to improve Alaska Native students’ writing skills so they are better prepared…
IDENTIFICATION AND INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES WHO ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS
Researchers from Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas examined the challenges of identifying and providing adequate assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities for whom English is not their first language (English learners).