ACCOMMODATIONS MANUAL - The Office of Special Education ...

INTRODUCTION
T
he Accommodations Manual: How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate Use of
Accommodation for Instruction and Assessment of Students with Disabilities presents a
five-step process for Individualized Educational Program (IEP) teams, 504 plan
committees, general and special education teachers, administrators, and district level assessment
staff to use in the selection, administration, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of
instructional and assessment accommodations by students with disabilities. A companion
Professional Development Guide has been developed to support the use of this manual.
The guidance in the manual pertains to students with disabilities who participate in large-scale
assessments and the instruction they receive. 1 The five steps include the following:
1. Expect students with disabilities to achieve grade-level academic content
standards.
2. Learn about accommodations for instruction and assessment.
3. Select accommodations for instruction and assessment for individual students.
4. Administer accommodations during instruction and assessment.
5. Evaluate and improve accommodation use
1 The information does not pertain to students with significant cognitive disabilities who are assessed according to
alternate achievement standards.
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