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Pennsylvania Department of Education Accommodations Guidelines for Students with IEPs and Students with 504 Plans TABLE OF CONTENTS Federal and State Laws Requiring Participation By Students With Disabilities ............................ 4 Including All Students with Disabilities in State Accountability Assessments .............................. 7 Equal Access to Grade-level Content ........................................................................................................ 9 Part 2: Learn about Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment .......................................................... 12 What are accommodations? ....................................................................................................................... 12 Description of Accommodations Categories ......................................................................................... 12 The Difference Between Accommodations and Modifications ......................................................... 13 Part 3: Select Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment for Individual Students ......................... 14 Documenting Accommodations on a Student’s IEP ............................................................................ 14 Documenting Accommodations on a Student’s 504 Plan .................................................................. 15 Questions to Guide Accommodation Selection .................................................................................... 16 Involving Students in Selecting, Using, and Evaluating Accommodations .................................. 17 Questions To Guide Evaluation at the Student Level .......................................................................... 18 Part 4: Administer Accommodations during Instruction and Assessment ..................................................... 19 Accommodations During Instruction ....................................................................................................... 19 Accommodations During Assessment .................................................................................................... 19 Ethical Testing Practices ............................................................................................................................. 20 Standardization .............................................................................................................................................. 20 Test Security .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Part 5: Evaluation of Accommodations ..................................................................................................................... 23 Questions to Guide Evaluation of Accommodation Use at the School or District Level ........... 23 Explanation of Tables ....................................................................................................................................................... 24 TABLE 1: Presentation Accommodations ................................................................................................................. 24 What are presentation accommodations? .............................................................................................. 24 Who can benefit from presentation accommodations? ...................................................................... 24 TABLE 2: Response Accommodations ...................................................................................................................... 34 What are response accommodations? .................................................................................................... 34 Who can benefit from response accommodations? ............................................................................ 34 The Keystone Exams will not be administered 2011-2012 2 1/24/2012
Pennsylvania Department of Education Accommodations Guidelines for Students with IEPs and Students with 504 Plans TABLE 3: Setting Accommodations ............................................................................................................................ 42 What Are Setting Accommodations? ....................................................................................................... 43 Who Can Benefit from Setting Accommodations? .............................................................................. 43 TABLE 4: Timing and Scheduling Accommodations .............................................................................................. 46 What Are Timing and Scheduling Accommodations? ........................................................................ 46 Who Can Benefit from Timing and Scheduling Accommodations? ................................................ 46 Overview of Table 5, 6, and 7: Tips for Choosing and Administering Accommodations .............................. 49 Table 5: Examples of Accommodations Based on Student Characteristics................................ 49 Table 6: Do’s and Don’ts When Selecting Accommodations ........................................................... 49 Table 7: Guidelines for Administering Specific Accommodations ................................................. 49 TABLE 5: Examples of Accommodations Based on Student Characteristics .............................................................. 50 TABLE 6: Do’s and Don’ts When Selecting Accommodations ............................................................................ 57 TABLE 7: Guidelines for Administering Specific Accommodations .................................................................. 58 Unique Accommodations .......................................................................................................................... 588 Presentation Accommodations ............................................................................................................... 588 Response Accommodations .................................................................................................................... 609 Setting Accommodations ............................................................................................................................ 61 Timing and Scheduling Accommodations ............................................................................................. 62 APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Appendix A: Contact Information ............................................................................................................. 63 Appendix B: Confidentiality Agreement ................................................................................................. 64 Appendix C: Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. 65 Appendix D: Sample demographics page.............................................................................................. 66 Appendix E: Teacher Tools ....................................................................................................................... 69 Appendix F: ASIST ..................................................................................................................................... 74 The Keystone Exams will not be administered 2011-2012 3 1/24/2012
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