Before listing the accommodation in States may provide additional guidance for their the student’s IEP or 504 plan, teams respective states in order to define intensive Agree and plan coordinators should also instruction and interventions based on state policy or Disagree consider whether: practice. The student has access to printed Maryland’s Guidance: text during routine instruction through a reader or other A student must be receiving research or audio format, or interpreter; evidenced-based intervention at the time the accommodation decision is made. The student’s inability to decode printed text or read braille is All intervention services a student receives must be documented in evaluation in addition to the core instruction. summaries from diagnostic All interventions must be in place for at least two assessments; or years. The student receives ongoing, intensive instruction and/or Research-based interventions are established on interventions in the foundational multiple, systematic investigations, including reading skills to continue to attain testing and evaluations, and are designed to the important college and develop or contribute to generalized knowledge. skill of independent reading. Evidence-based refers to an instructional program or collection of practices that have been tested and shown to have a record of success. That is, reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence indicates that when that program or set of practices is used, students can be expected to make adequate gains in academic achievement. List the data and/or evaluation sources that were used to document the decision to give the text-to-speech, ASL video, or human reader/human signer accommodation to the student on the English language arts/literacy assessment(s): 1.) Name of Diagnostic Evaluation or Educational Assessment (Note: the most current assessment used cannot be more than two years old): Name and Title of Test Administrator: Most Recent Testing Date: Score(s): Provide a Summary of the Results:
Before listing the accommodation in the student’s IEP or 504 plan, teams and plan coordinators should also consider whether: The student has access to printed text during routine instruction through a reader or other audio format, or interpreter; The student’s inability to decode printed text or read braille is documented in evaluation summaries from diagnostic assessments; or The student receives ongoing, intensive instruction and/or interventions in the foundational reading skills to continue to attain the important college and skill of independent reading. States may provide additional guidance for their respective states in order to define intensive instruction and interventions based on state policy or practice. Maryland’s Guidance: A student must be receiving research or evidenced-based intervention at the time the accommodation decision is made. All intervention services a student receives must be in addition to the core instruction. All interventions must be in place for at least two years. Research-based interventions are established on multiple, systematic investigations, including testing and evaluations, and are designed to develop or contribute to generalized knowledge. Evidence-based refers to an instructional program or collection of practices that have been tested and shown to have a record of success. That is, reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence indicates that when that program or set of practices is used, students can be expected to make adequate gains in academic achievement. Agree Disagree List the data and/or evaluation sources that were used to document the decision to give the text-to-speech, ASL video, or human reader/human signer accommodation to the student on the English language arts/literacy assessment(s): 1.) Name of Diagnostic Evaluation or Educational Assessment (Note: the most current assessment used cannot be more than two years old): Name and Title of Test Administrator: Most Recent Testing Date: Score(s): Provide a Summary of the Results:
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