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2024-2025 Schedule
February 28: Any new alternate assessment student IEPs for K-3 screening eligibility finalized.
February 28: All accommodations finalized for spring LEAP 2025 (HS/ 3-8) assessments. This includes PNPs, EL Plans, IEPS, etc.
February 28: Unique accommodations for human human reader and paper testing.
Test Read Aloud Options
Please remind IEP teams that text-to-speech is not the same as human reader. The LDOE considers human reader to be higher risk for test security and for test delivery quality. These two options for tests read aloud are not interchangeable.
Extended Time
Students with the accommodations for "extended time" do not need to test in a small group. They can test in a regular size group, but all students in that group must have "extended time" as their accommodation. You cannot test standard time and extended time students together.
Personal Need Profile (PNP): Accessibility features are those assessment supports available to all students, not just students with disabilities or English Learners. In order to individualize the testing experience and increase access to the high school assessments for all students, the Personal Needs Profile (PNP) should be created by the school-level committee at least 30 days before the start of the state test administration window. Selections of accessibility features on the PNP should be based on instructional observations and supports that have been found to increase access during instruction and assessment and adjusted as needed. Additionally, certain test accessibility features must be indicated in eDIRECT. (p. 8 Accommodations and Accessibility features user guide) Only students without IEP, IAP, or LEP forms require the completion of a PNP. (PNP 23-24 Presentation Slide 4.)
individual-accommodation-plan-(iap)-2018-2019.pdfIAP (504 plan): Test accommodations are permitted for students with an IAP (504 plan) if they are routinely provided in the students’ regular instructional and assessment program and if the other conditions specified in the administrative guidelines for Students with Disabilities according to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are met. Local 504 coordinators and test coordinators should work together to ensure that all test accommodations are indicated on the IAP and/or the Unique Accommodation approval process, the accommodations are being used in the classroom 30 days prior to the start of the test administration window, and the accommodations must be uploaded in the Student Information System (SIS). Accommodations should be based on evidence of being both appropriate and effective and regularly monitored to ensure continued effectiveness. Test accommodations may not be used if students do not have a current IAP.
School systems must have a system of documenting and tracking test accommodations for all students who receive Section 504 services. The Department does not require submission of this documentation unless specifically requested for unique accommodation determinations or test security investigations.
Certain test accommodations that are used must be indicated in eDIRECT for planning and reporting purposes. More than one accommodation may be used. (p. 8 Accommodations and Accessibility features user guide)
Emergency Accommodations: Emergency accommodations for the classroom and on assessments may be appropriate for a student who incurs a temporary disabling condition that interferes with test performance shortly before or during the LEAP 2025 assessment window. A student who does not have an IEP or 504 plan may require accommodation due to a recently occurring accident or illness. Cases include students who have a recently fractured limb (e.g., arm, wrist, shoulder); whose only pair of eyeglasses has broken; or a student returning after a severe or prolonged illness or injury. An emergency accommodation should only be given if the accommodation will result in a valid score for the student (i.e., does not change the construct being measured by the test[s]). The accommodations must not be for testing only.
If the principal (or designee) determines that a student requires an emergency accommodation, an IAP form must be completed and maintained in the student’s assessment file. Indicate on the top of the IAP form that the accommodation is temporary and includes start and ending dates. Consult with the district office for approval. If required, the temporary IAP Form may also be submitted to the District Test Coordinator to be retained in the student’s central office file. Requests for emergency accommodations will be approved after determining that using the accommodation would result in a valid score for the student. The parent must be notified that an emergency accommodation will be provided in the classroom and on state assessments. (p. 30 Accommodations and Accessibility features user guide)
EL Accommodation Checklist: Test Administration Procedures for Students with an EL Accommodation Checklist Decisions in determining the need for testing accessibility and accommodations are made by a school-level team and then documented in the student’s EL accommodations checklist and/or the Unique Accommodation approval process. Selection of appropriate accommodations is facilitated by a review of the student’s current instructional and classroom assessment accommodations with a clear understanding of the test format and what it measures. The assessment accommodations should be regularly reassessed to ensure effectiveness throughout the school year. Additionally, certain test accommodations must be indicated in eDIRECT. More than one accommodation may be used. (p. 8 Accommodations and Accessibility features user guide)
IEP: Test accommodations are permitted to students with an IEP if they are routinely provided in their regular instructional and assessment programs. Decisions in determining the need for testing accommodations are made by the IEP team using the Department-approved criteria (IEP Form) and/or the Unique Accommodation approval process. Selection of appropriate accommodations is facilitated by a review of the student’s current instructional and classroom assessment accommodations and a clear understanding of the test format and what it measures and should be regularly reassessed to ensure continued effectiveness throughout the school year. Test accommodations may not be used if the student does not have a current IEP.
All IEPs must be submitted in the Special Education Reporting site (SER). Additionally, certain test accommodations must be indicated in eDIRECT. More than one accommodation may be used. (p. 8 Accommodations and Accessibility features user guide)
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