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1	Is parental permission required for children with disabilities to participate in State and district-wide assessment programs if parental permission is not required for the participation of non-disabled students? (Hot!)
2	What does 1% of alternate assessment mean?
3	Is it possible to be a district in need of improvement and not have a building in need of improvement?
4	Should students who could be predicted to be unsuccessful in the general district-wide assessment for any reason(s) (e.g.. low academic skills. refusal to participate meaningfully) participate in the alternate assessment?
5	Are expelled students counted in the full academic year?
6	Can participation in a criterion-referenced or locally developed assessment substitute for the alternate assessment?
7	What testing accommodations are allowed under the Iowa Plan? (Hot!)
8	For identification as a SINA school does the failure to meet AYP have to be in same grade level. content area and subgroup if applicable? (Hot!)
9	What is the connection between the IEP and the Alternate Assessment? (Hot!)
10	What is the difference between AMO goals and AIG goals? (Hot!)
11	Are the "functional" skills on students' IEPs measured in the alternate assessment? (Hot!)
12	For accountability purposes how are home school students, foster care kids, out of state placements, and residential placements treated? (Hot!)
13	Please explain direct feed/back mapping. We have one K-3 building, one 4-5 building, one 6-8 building, and one 9-12 building. The K-3 building doesn't have any of the grade levels required for reporting. What do we need to do?
14	How many days can a student miss school to not be considered for a full academic year? (Hot!)
15	If students are suspended out of school during testing time. how are they counted?