3.3.2 – General Conditions for Using Accommodations

A young person and an adult pet a horse, while others take pictures. A worker holds the horse’s bridle.
  1. Serve as transitional strategies that should be faded, as appropriate
  2.  Cannot impact content validity
  3.  Age-appropriate and clearly
    described
  4. For the purpose of student access to general ed curriculum
  5. Based on individual needs
  6. Not a substitute for high-quality instruction
  7. Based on evaluation information or on-going progress data
  8. Part of the student’s on-going instructional process
  9. Caution around plan changes near testing window
  10. Technology considered before adult-provided accommodations
  11. Student and test administrators aware of which accommodations allowed
  12. Changes in test administration or recording of student responses
    consistent with education plan and instructional strategies used