Accommodations 11 SEA Policy: Does your SEA have adhere to State policies on ensuring Policy / accommodations adhere to Unforeseeable policy? Also, what is your SEA Circumstance policy on documenting accommodation use due to Does the unforeseeable circumstances? accommodation adhere to your State Response: All state policies for accommodations used by students the with disabilities must be included in accommodation of their IEP, 504 Plans, and EL Plans. ELLs with States are required to evaluate and disabilities on analyze accommodations data for language every state assessment. Each year, proficiency 2.4 the Office of Curriculum, assessments? Accommodations Instruction, and Assessment conducts assessment monitoring The accessibility visits to ensure that testing policies Page 15 features and and procedures are followed and to accommodations ensure that accommodations are specified and properly administered to students described in this who need them. Additionally, RIDE supplement are reviews accommodations usage recommendations data after each test to better only and do not understand what accommodations replace or amend are being used. state policies. Educational teams Emergency Accommodations: An are responsible for emergency accommodation is ensuring appropriate in cases where a accommodations student needs a new provided are in accommodation immediately prior accordance with to the assessment due to unforeseen
11 2.4 Accommodations Page 15 Accommodations adhere to State Policy / Unforeseeable Circumstance Does the accommodation adhere to your state policies for the accommodation of ELLs with disabilities on language proficiency assessments? The accessibility features and accommodations specified and described in this supplement are recommendations only and do not replace or amend state policies. Educational teams are responsible for ensuring accommodations provided are in accordance with SEA Policy: Does your SEA have policies on ensuring accommodations adhere to policy? Also, what is your SEA policy on documenting accommodation use due to unforeseeable circumstances? State Response: All accommodations used by students with disabilities must be included in their IEP, 504 Plans, and EL Plans. States are required to evaluate and analyze accommodations data for every state assessment. Each year, the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment conducts assessment monitoring visits to ensure that testing policies and procedures are followed and to ensure that accommodations are properly administered to students who need them. Additionally, RIDE reviews accommodations usage data after each test to better understand what accommodations are being used. Emergency Accommodations: An emergency accommodation is appropriate in cases where a student needs a new accommodation immediately prior to the assessment due to unforeseen