This session describes a four-year, US Dept of Education-funded collaborative project—I-SMART—which is leveraging UDL principles to develop (1) rigorous science assessments for students not meeting grade-level standards, including those with significant cognitive disabilities and (2) an innovative, flexible score reporting dashboard to help teachers adjust their instruction based on assessment results. Assessments were co-designed with students to provide rich, interactive, and engaging scenarios that allow flexible means for students to understand what is being asked of them and choose means for responding. The teacher dashboard was co-designed with teachers to provide multiple means for engagement, representation, and action & expression, as well as scaffold them on more difficult processes, such as interpreting dynamic learning maps. Prototypes of the assessments and the teacher dashboard are demonstrated, and preliminary research findings are shared.
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