As you know, the writing and social studies test has been suspended for the OAT for the next two years. This has impacted the Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities (AASWD). The chart above shows the new reading standards that will be assessed as replacements for the social studies and writing standards that were removed from the test. The new standards are in red, and were added to the grades 4, 5, 7, and 8 tests. The standards that are highlighted in yellow are the same standards from last year’s AASWD. They were highlighted because their position on the chart was moved to the left when compared to last year’s chart. The impact of adding the reading standards and removing the social studies and writing standards is that teachers administering the test in the 4^th, 5^th, 7^th, and 8 ^th grades will now have to collect evidence on new tasks that are aligned with the new reading standards (in red lettering) and the associated application.