Policy – Category 2000 (Administration)
BP 2004 – State and District Assessment Programs
Children in grades three through eight and grade 11 who have an IEP that designates the use of an alternate assessment are eligible to take the CAA in lieu of the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for ELA and mathematics. The goal of the CAA is to ensure that children with significant cognitive disabilities attain increasingly higher achievement levels and leave high school ready for academic or career options.
7.0 Guide to the Accommodations Matrix for the Physical Fitness Test (PFT)
DMSELPA form DM 68F was designed to help IEP and 504 teams make informed decisions about accommodations for the Physical Fitness Test.
7.1
Who is eligible for accommodations?
Those accommodations designated as Category 1, may be described as flexibility in administration of the test and do not alter what is measured by the test. These accommodations are available for any student who uses the accommodation regularly for classroom instruction and/or assessment. Accommodations are not only for students receiving special education or 504 services, but these students are the only ones for whom the law requires that accommodations be provided. Even though Category 1 accommodations are available for all students, they should be documented in the IEP or 504 plans for those students with disabilities who need the accommodation to access the test and minimize the effects of their disability. Accommodations designated as Category 2, are allowed only for students who have them documented in their IEP or 504 plans and are similar to those used by the student or classroom instruction and/or classroom assessment. In general, Category 2 accommodations require a more significant alteration in presentation, timing/scheduling, setting, or response and, in most cases, require more preplanning in order to ensure the availability of needed resources. Modifications designated as Category 3, fundamentally alter what the test measures. They are available only to students with documentation in their IEP or Section 504 plans. Students who use a modification on any assessment are not included in the participation calculation for Annual Yearly Progress (AYP).
8.0 Guide to the Accommodations Matrix for the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC)
This matrix is used in conjunction with Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations § 11517.6 through 11519.5 of the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC), to determine the use of resources for individual students. The
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 09/18)
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