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How IEP Teams Make Assessment Accommodation Decisions: Rhode Island’s Research Findings

This article discusses the purposes of assessments, eligibility assessments, and classroom, daily progress, and large-scale assessments. It also explores how IEP teams make accommodation decisions and the various ways students can participate in assessments for accountability. It provides information on the rise in accommodation use and the impact of accommodations on student performance. The article also highlights national accommodation policies and summarizes research on the effects of test accommodations.

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How IEP Teams Make Assessment Accommodation Decisions: Rhode Island’s Research Findings

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  1. How IEP Teams Make Assessment Accommodation Decisions:Rhode Island’s Research Findings

  2. Purposes of Assessments Eligibility Assessments Classroom Tests Daily Progress Large-ScaleAssessments Districtwide Statewide National

  3. Same way as other students With Accommodations In an Alternate Assessment Ways to Participate in Assessments for Accountability

  4. Accommodations Accommodations are changes in assessment materials or procedures that allow the student’s knowledge and skills to be assessed rather than the student’s disability. Accommodations provide students with disabilities access to assessments, so that more can participate.

  5. Accommodations use is on the rise. About 50% of students with learning disabilities receive an accommodation during testing. Evidence from experimental studies indicates that some accommodations boost performance. Most common accommodations are Small group administration Read-aloud Extended time Accommodations: The National Picture

  6. Accommodation Policies • Few states completely prohibit accommodations • Policies are really complex, with clarifications about type of test, specific skills assessed, and certain student characteristics

  7. Summary of Research on the Effects of Test Accommodations • 1999 through 2001 • 46 Research Studies • Most Studied State Tests in Math and Reading • Presentation Accommodations Studied Most Often

  8. Accommodations that showed a positive effect on student test scores across at least 4 studies • Computer administration • Oral presentation • Extended time

  9. IEP Decisions • Tendency to over-accommodate • Training improves decision making • Limited state and pre-service training about accommodations • Disconnect between decision and day of testing

  10. NCEO Accommodations Research Project NCEO • All states invited to submit proposals to conduct research on accommodations analysis and training • Four states received funding: West Virginia, Kansas, Oregon, and Rhode Island • Reports of results from each state available on NCEO website:

  11. Check us out! NCEO Resources Visit: http://education.umn.edu/nceo or Search for NCEO

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