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Accommodations for Instruction & Assessment  A sound decision about a student's need for accommodations considers the student's preferences and needs in combination with the tasks required during assessment. The goal is to find the right balance, giving students access to instruction and assessment without diluting the content or expected outcomes. Effectiveness of an accommodation is dependent on the student's proficiency with it, which comes through regular practice in everyday life. The MN Department of Education and the National Center for Educational Outcomes recently developed a training guide, "Minnesota Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in Instruction and  1. Expect students with disabilities to achieve grade-level academic content standards. 2. Learn about accommodations for instruction. 3. Make decisions about accommodations for assessment. 4. Administer accommodations during instruction and assessment. 5. Evaluate and improve accommodation use. Click on the link below to download a short movie that summarizes key points from MDE's training on Accommodations and shows examples teaching  The MN Manual of Accommodations outlines a process to determine which accommodations can be helpful for students with disabilities. Click on the link below for an electronic copy. The MN Procedures manual identifies all the acceptable test accommodations for students with disabilities. Click on the link below for an electronic copy. The Accommodations Logistics Plan is a planning sheet to identify materials and staff allocations for efficient implementation of accommodations on test day. Click on the link below for an electronic copy. 
MN Manual of Accommodations
Click to download this decision-making manual
MDE Procedures Manual
Click for this manual of acceptable accommodations
Accom Logistics Plan
Click to download this planning sheet for Test Day
MNTestAccom_09-large.mov_2.zip |