STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Both the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA) and OAR 581-022-0612 Exception of Students with Disabilities from State Assessment Testing require that individuals with disabilities be given equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from any program or activity customarily granted to all individuals with appropriate adaptations. Therefore, all students with disabilities are required to participate in the Oregon Statewide Assessments
The student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) team, which includes the student’s parents or guardian, makes the decision regarding the most appropriate method for a student with disabilities to participate in testing. Each student must be considered individually and not merely on the basis of the student’s disability category. If a student’s IEP specifies that a student should take an Extended Assessment, then the district must provide the student with that Extended Assessment. When assessing a student with a disability, the district must also ensure that the assessment fully complies with all IDEA requirements as specified in the IEP Guidelines.
Assessment Options for All Students with Disabilities
Students may take a standard administration of the assessment with or without Accommodations.
Students may take the Extended Assessment in any or all of the subject areas: Extended Reading, Extended Writing, Extended Mathematics, or Extended Science, based on the student’s IEP, if applicable.
Students eligible for English Language Development Services and served under an IEP may participate in ELPA according to section.
Braille or Large Print Assessments
For those students who would benefit, instructions on obtaining, administering, and submitting Braille or Large Print please contact the Test Administrator at the District Office.
The Extended Assessments are Oregon’s Alternate Assessments.
The Extended Assessments are individually administered performance assessments for students who are significantly behind grade level in academic achievement as determined by the student’s IEP team. These students are typically working within a specialized curriculum and/or are receiving instruction that has been significantly adapted in order to allow access to grade-level content. Students on IEPs should only be considered for the Extended Assessments when they are unable to participate in the general assessments under standard testing conditions, even with accommodations. To use this option, an Extended Assessment must be explicitly identified on the IEP as the most appropriate assessment.
Consider General Assessment
With or without or with accommodations if:
Student
Performance is significantly impacted by a disability
Does not read
Has academic, mobility, and receptive and expressive language difficulties that are generalized and significant
Relies on individual and significant supports to access reduced content materials
Instruction
Is from a specialized curriculum and has functional components and/or
Includes academic goals that are significantly reduced in depth, breadth, and complexity from grade level content
Some Judgment Variables
Is the student able to interact with instructional material in a way that provides meaningful feedback?
Accommodations and Modifications for SBAC/OAKS STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT
Accommodations
An Accommodation is a change in procedure or materials that increase equitable access during the statewide assessments. Assessment accommodations generate valid assessment results for student who need them; they allow these students to show what they know and can do.
State approved Accommodations do not compromise the learning expectations, construct,grade-level standard, or measured outcome of the assessment. By using a state-approved accommodation, the validity of the score achieved on the assessment is assured.
In the state of Oregon, any student is eligible to use a state-approved Accommodation; however, the decision to use state-approved accommodations should always be made on an individual student basis, not to a group of students or to an entire class without an investigation of individual student need.
IEP Teams shall select, for each assessment, only those accommodations that do not invalidate the score.
Accommodations Tables for Oregon Knowledge and Skills Test Administration/2017-18 School Year
Accommodations in the attachments have been reviewed and do not change the content and/or performance standards of what is being measured by the test. Note: Both Accommodations and modifications tables in test administration manuals are updated periodically by the ODE through a formal review process that employs the Accommodations Panel.
Testing with Accommodations are available only for students with documented Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or Section 504 Plans. However universal tools and designated supports are available to all students.
To ensure that Test Administrators have access to the most current information, quarterly updates to the Accommodations Tables are made available on ODE’s Web site.
Modifications
Any change away from a standard administration that is not listed in the Accommodations Tables is considered a Modification. A Modification is any practice or procedure that compromises the intent of the assessment through a change in the learning expectations, construct, grade-level standard, or measured outcome of the assessment that is not authorized explicitly by the Oregon Accessibility Panel and listed in the state’s Oregon Accessibility Manual (OAM). A student’s IEP team may sometimes elect to use a Modification to allow a student to participate in an Oregon Statewide Assessment with his or her peers.
Assessments taken under any modified condition are counted as non-participants in all state and federal accountability measures and reports.
In order for a student’s scores to count toward participation in an Oregon Statewide Assessment, IEP teams are instructed by IDEA to select for each assessment only state-approved Accommodations which do not invalidate the score of the assessment.
Extended Assessment
The Extended Assessments are Oregon’s alternate assessments. The Extended Assessments are individually administered performance assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities as determined by the student’s IEP team.
These students are typically working within a specialized curriculum and/or are receiving instruction that has been significantly adapted in order to allow access to grade-level content.
Extended Assessments measure a student’s achievement in the grade-level content in four subject areas: Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Science. Student achievement is judged against alternate achievement standards that are set by the state.
Students on IEPs should only be considered for the Extended Assessments when they are unable to participate in the general assessments under standard testing conditions, even with Accommodations.
To use this option, an Extended Assessment must be explicitly identified on the IEP as the most appropriate assessment.
Test Administration and Security Training must be completed by any individual administering the Extended Assessment. This is a state-approved Extended Assessment Qualified Assessor (QA) or Qualified Trainer (QT) Training.