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Michael Muenks named director of Dynamic Learning Maps program
November 2, 2026
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DLM Alternate Assessment Welcomes Idaho!
October 23, 2026

Idaho has joined the Dynamic Learning Maps® (DLM®) Alternate Assessment Consortium, becoming the ninth state to adopt the Instructionally Embedded assessment model. 

With the addition of Idaho, the DLM Alternate Assessment System now serves students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in 23 states, the District of Columbia, and the Republic of Palau. Idaho will administer DLM alternate assessments in English language arts, mathematics, and…

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High Expectations for Student Success

This video outlines four keys to academic success for students with significant cognitive disabilities and highlights a few postsecondary opportunities for students taking the DLM alternate assessment. The contents of the video were developed from an ATLAS study on how DLM academic achievement standards prepare students to pursue postsecondary opportunities (pdf).

Parents: Learn more about how to build high expectations for your child’s life after high school in A Future of Opportunity (pdf).