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Dynamic Learning Maps® Alternate Assessment

We provide an instructionally relevant assessment and report assessment results to help guide instruction.

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Test Updates

Kite Educator Portal Login Attempts
October 2, 2023

Users have five attempts to login before their Kite® Educator Portal account is locked.

Previously, after the fifth failed login attempt, a user could select the Forgot Password link to reset their password.

Reminder: Avoiding Locked iPads During Testing
September 26, 2023

Before launching Kite® Student Portal, please ensure that the iPad has an established internet connection. A restart of the iPad and the quit password may be required if the application opens without a connection to the internet.  

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DLM News

DLM Reaches New Milestone
July 24, 2023

At the close of the spring 2023 testing window, students had taken more than 2 million DLM testlets.

The DLM Alternate Assessment System is a technology-based assessment system designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The assessment is delivered in grades 3–8 and high school across 21 states.

Science education experts review Essential Elements
October 28, 2022

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.

Science education experts review Essential Elements

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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).

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).