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[Requirements for Funding] The Individual Education Plan (IEP) team must determine which state NCLB assessment a student will take based on his or her individualized needs: Regular assessment participation without accommodations Regular assessment with accommodations Alternative assessments against: Grade-Level Standards Alternative Achievement Standards Modified Achievement Standards Progress reports regarding annual goals are also a required IEP element.
CTB has developed three categories of accommodations to help IEP teams determine which accommodation their students may need to take state AYP tests. Category 1 accommodations do not influence the student's performance "in a way that alters the standard interpretation of either criterion- or norm-referenced test scores." An example is providing students with a separate environment in which to take a test. Category 2 accommodations might affect the student's performance but not what is being measured. An example is giving students extra time to take a timed test. Category 3 accommodations are likely to change what is being measured because the accommodations are related to the knowledge, skills, or ability of the student and are specific to the test content. An example is letting students use calculators for mathematics computation tests, which would change what is being measured from the ability to subtract to the ability to perform subtraction on a calculator. For more information on how CTB supports student accommodations in testing, download the research paper, Inclusive Test Administration.
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