Understanding State and District Assessments, Standardized and
Non - Standardized Accommodations and Alternate Assessment,
and the CAHSEE
General Topic Brief for OSEP,
about the state and district assessments http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/brief2.html
The OSERS has published
guidance about provisions in IDEA related to students with
disabilities and state and district-wide assessments.http://www.makingstandardswork.com/Clients/q_and_a.htm
Scribe
Guidelines (PDF; 178KB; 6pp.)
Scribe and Manually Coded English and American Sign Language
Guidelines
Accommodations
and Modifications
Special Education Accommodations/Modifications
for California Statewide Assessments.
Form for Review Process (PDF; 177KB; 3pp.)
Proposed CAHSEE Variations
What if my child cannot
participate in the standardized testing?
All children should
participate in state and district assessments. If your child
cannot participate in the standardized testing, then your
child should be assessed by an alternate assessment method and
it should be written in to your child’s IEP. Alternate
Assessment
California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Info
STAR Testing in California:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/
Test Results Reporting
Site Results for all Tests in the
STAR Program.
For information about the California
High School Exit Exam:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/index.asp
Frequently
Asked Questions
Questions and Answers for Administrators and Facts About the
CAHSEE.
California High School Exit
Exam (CAHSEE) Results
- News Releases
- CAHSEE
Internet Reports – school, district,
county, and state results
- Research
Files – statewide CAHSEE data with file
layout
- CAHSEE
Home Page – Exam administration dates,
assistance packets, independent evaluation (HumRRO),
frequently asked questions
For more information, please contact
CDE's CAHSEE Office at (916) 445-9449 or cahsee@cde.ca.gov.
The Office of Civil Rights
list of accommodations for special education students with
disabilities:
Appendix
C: Accommodations Used by States Table
This
Appendix lists many of the accommodations used in large-scale
testing for limited English proficient students and students
with disabilities. The list is not meant to be exhaustive, and
its use in this document should not be seen as an endorsement
of any specific accommodations. Rather, the Appendix is meant
to provide examples of the types of accommodations that are
being used with limited English proficient students and
students with disabilities.
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