From the ECS State Policy Database Assessment--Accommodations

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Exit Exam and Students with Disabilities A.B. 1705 Delays until Class of 2016 the implementation of alternative means for students with disabilites to demonstrate achievement of standards as ... More... TX Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Implementation of Testing Program 19 TAC 101.3001, 3003, 3011, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024 From Texas Register: Repeals §101.3001 and §101.3003 and adopts new §§101.3011 and 101.3021-101.3024, concerning implementation of testing p... More... CA Adopted 04/2012 P-12 CAHSEE Alternative Means 5 CA ADC 1216.1 Adopts emergency regulation to extend to January 1, 2013 deadline for state board to implement regulations providing for an "alternative mea... More... TX Adopted 12/2011 P-12 Assessment of English Language Learners 19 TAC 101.1001, 1003, 1005, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1021, 1023, 1025 Repeals and readopts numerous sections concerning the participation of limited English proficient students in state assessments, to reflect ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Assessment of LEP Students and Students with Disabilities A.B. 532 From bill summary: Requires California's assessments to be valid, reliable, and comparable for pupils who are limited English proficient and... More... WA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Assessment H.B. 1519 Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to continue to actively collaborate with teachers and directors of special e... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Including Primary Language Assessment in State Assessment/Accountability System S.B. 930 From bill summary: Requires that any primary language assessment developed by the department and administered to limited English proficient ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Specified Accomodations H.B. 631 Requires local school districts to use certain accommodations to preserve integrity and validity of student assessment test. http://billstat... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Audit of Use of Alternative Assessment H.B. 304 Requires the Board of Education to conduct an audit of any school division that utilizes the Virginia Grade Level Alternative assessment ins... More... NY Adopted 01/2010 P-12 Regents Requirements for Students with Disabilities Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.5 Amends section 100.5 to extend the Regents Competency Test (RCT) safety net provision for an additional year, thereby allowing students with... More... IL Adopted 11/2009 P-12 Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision 23 IAC 1.20, .30, .100, .240, .420, .465, .480, .510, .737 Partially from "Notice of Adopted Amendments" in Illinois Register (changes from this rulemaking but not listed below are technical in natur... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 State Assessments H.B. 3 - Section 50 through 52 Directs the state education agency, in developing state assessments for math, reading, writing, social studies and science for grades 3-8, t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Accommodations and Exemptions H.B. 3 - Section 56 Whereas former language allowed students with an IEP to be exempted from criterion-referenced assessments in grades 3-8, end-of-course asses... More... OH Adopted 06/2009 P-12 State Assessments OAC 3301-13-02 Clarifies circumstances under which a student may be excused from taking a state test required at the student's grade level. Clarifies that ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Accomodations for Students with Difficulty with Sensory Processing S.B. 358 Allows reasonable accommodation by the Department of Education and each school district for a student who has difficulty with sensory proces... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Assessment of Exceptional Students S.B. 1 Section 20 Requires the state department of education and state board, as they revise the state assessment and accountability system for implementation... More... LA Adopted 02/2009 P-12 State LEAP Alternative Assessments LAC 28:CXI.Chapter 19, 1901 to 1925 Amends rules relating to LEAP Alternate Assessments. http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v111/28v111.doc#_Toc222644588... More... KY Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Special Populations in the State-Required Assessment 703 KAR 5:070 Establishes procedures for the inclusion of special student populations in the State-required assessment and accountability programs. http:/... More... TX Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills 19 TAC 2.101.B.101.23 Sets the standard of satisfactory performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), as appropriate for the reading and mat... More... LA Adopted 10/2008 P-12 Alternative Assessment Results LAC 28:LXXXIII.3905 Amends rules relating to the school, district and state accountability system. Relates to the inclusion of alternate assessment results for ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 exit exams S.B. 1446 Reenacts provisions of former law which required a school district or state special school to grant a high school diploma to a pupil with a ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Alternate assessments A.B. 2040 Relates to a high school exit examination in English language arts and mathematics. Creates a panel to make recommendations regarding altern... More... ID Adopted 08/2008 P-12 LEP Assessment IDAPA 08.02.03 Amends rules relating to thoroughness. Requires that first year limited English proficient students are required to take the standard achiev... More... AK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 ALTERNATE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 4 AAC 04.160, .775 Amends rules dealing with alternate performance standards for students with significant cognitive disabilities to include proficiency levels... More... AK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES 4 AAC 06.775 Adopts by reference, the 2007 edition of the Participation Guidelines for Alaska Students, setting forth the requirements in assessments for... More... IL Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Testing, Professional Development and Background Checks at Special Education Facilities 23 IAC 401.10 thru .260 (non seq.) Amends policies regarding the assessment of special education students at nonpublic, public out-of-state, public residential or private spec... More... GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Student Assessment Programs GAC 160-3-1-.07 Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for EL... More... AK Adopted 09/2007 P-12 ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES 4 AAC 06.775 Adopts by reference, the 2007 edition of the Participation Guidelines for Alaska Students, setting forth the requirements in assessments for... More... LA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 School, District and State Accountability System LAC 28:LXXXIII.4302 and 4313 Revises the use of Alternative Assessment results in accountability as suggested by the Department of Education's Technical Advisory Committ... More... LA Adopted 06/2007 P-12 Integrated LEAP and Accommodations for Special Populations LAC 28:CXI.1709-1729, 3306, and 3307 Provides information regarding addition of achievement level descriptors for iLEAP, which causes a reformatting of a chapter. Adds language ... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Participation in Alternate Assessments LAC 28:XCVII.905 Clarifies guidelines for the participation in alternate assessments for students with disabilities who cannot participate in regular assessm... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Statewide Assessments LAC 28:CXI.305 and Chapter 19 Approves for advertisement revisions to Bulletin 118- Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. Consolidates statewide test information.... More... LA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices LAC 28:CXI.Chapters 1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 27, 33, and 35 Makes various changes to state assessment system. Creates end-of-course tests, to be phased in over a period of six years starting in fall 2... More... LA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 State Assessment System LAC 28:CXI.Chapter 17 and 20 Adds new language in Chapter 17 regarding statewide assessments. Updates Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (iLEAP) (Chapte... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Assessment Accommodations for ELL Students S.B. 1580 Requires a pupil identified as limited English proficient and who is either literate or receives instruction in his or her primary language ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities H.B. 7087 - Section 23 (3) - (8) Requires local boards to modify basic courses, as necessary, to to assure exceptional students the opportunity to meet the graduation requir... More... OK Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 End-of-Instruction Exams S.B. 1792 - Section 6 Clarifies that 2 of the 6 end-of-course exams all students must pass effective with the Class of 2012 are Algebra I and English II. Provide... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Assessment of Students w/ Disabilities S.B. 1380 All students with disabilities in grades 2-12 will ge included in all state and district assessments, with appropriate accommodations and al... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Alternative Assessments for Students with Disabilities H.B. 7087 (Section 40) Legislation adds a provision for alternative assessments. For students seeking a special diploma (pursuant to s. 1003.438), the Department o... More... ID Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Exempting ELLs in U.S. Less Than Two Years H.B. 739 Provides that a student who has been enrolled for less than 2 full school years in an elementary or secondary school in the U.S. and who sco... More... LA Adopted 02/2006 P-12 Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices LAC 28:CXI.107, 305, 307, 309, 313, 315, 701, 1101, 1115, 1141, 1151,1153, 1301, 1313, 1335, 1345, 1347, 1349, 1351, 1355, 1501, 1701, 1901, 2001,2501, 2701, 3303, 3305, 3307 Amends Bulletin 118--Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. (1) Revise the names of two of Louisiana's statewide assessment tests ... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Testing Students with Disabilities LAC 28:XXXIX.503 and 1301 Revises high stakes testing policy for students with disabilities to meet federal requirements. Page 39 of 106: http://www.doa.state.la.us/o... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines LAC 28:XCVII.901-907 Establishes guidelines for the participation of students with disabilities in alternate assessments who cannot participate in regular assess... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 General Education Exam and Students with Disabilities LAC 28: CXV.2319 Allows the Superintendent of Education to waive the final component of the General Education Exam for student with disabilities if the Depar... More... GA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Procedures for Exemption from Graduation Exam GAC 160-1-3-.09 Establishes "variance" procedure for a student not eligible for waiver (not rendered incapable of passing a section of the GHSGT or the GHSW... More... WV Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Alternate Academic Achievement Standards Title 126, Series 44P WEST VIRGINIA 4765, SUMMARY:  Amends rules relating to alternate academic achievement standards for West Virginia schools. EFFECTIVE DATE: 1... More... LA Adopted 11/2005 P-12 NCLB Assessment and AYP LAC 28:LXXXIII.305, 509, 703, 3901-3905 Amends the accountability system calculations to take advantage of new flexibility in guidance for No Child Left Behind and address situatio... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Assessment Accommodations for English Language Learners S.B. 385 This bill would require a pupil to take achievement tests in his or her primary language, if the pupil is identified as limited English prof... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Assessing English Language Learners; and Posting State Test Items S.B. 755 This bill would require a pupil identified as limited English proficient who is enrolled in any of grades 2 to 11, and who either receives i... More... GA Adopted 07/2005 P-12 Student Assessments GAC 160-3-1-.07 Clarifies rules regarding testing programs and student assessment. Clarifies assessment participation requirements for English language lear... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Alternative Assessments/Accomodations S.B. 214 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(3), relative to alternative assessments for students with certain disabilities. Requires that, i... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 06/2005 P-12 Alternate Standard Achievement Test for LEP Students IDAPA 08.02.03 Proposes rules regarding the Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. Sets forth rules for LEP students to take an alternate Standard Achi... More... MS Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Statewide Assessment System IIB-3 Provides that the information contained within the Guidelines for Testing Students with Disabilities and the Guidelines for Educational Serv... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in State Assessment H.B. 1246 Provides that if, as part of a student's individual educational program (IEP), a student attends part-time a school or program away from the... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Task Force S.B. 982, Section 4 Section 4 creates the Achieving Classroom Excellence Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to study the testing requirements for eigh... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Special Education and the AIMS S.B. 1352 States that a student with an individualized education program (IEP) is not required to earn a passing score on a competency test required f... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Special Education: Visually Impaired Pupils A.B. 662 Creates the Advisory Task Force for Education of Blind and Visually Impaired Pupils to provide input to formulate the most effective policy ... More... MS Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Assessment of Students with Disabilities IIIB-3 Establishes rules regarding assessment of students with disabilities. Provides that the information contained within the guidelines for test... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Language Proficiency for LEP Students IDAPA 08.02.03 §§ 111-112 Amends rules to allow new Limited English Proficient (LEP) students to take a language proficiency test in lieu of the state reading test. ... More... LA Adopted 04/2004 P-12 School, District and State Accountability LAC 28:LXXXIII.303, 311, 1701, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2713, 2715, 2717, 2719, 2721, 3905, 4001, 4003, 4005 Adopts rules relating to the implementation of fundamental changes in the classroom by helping schools and communities focus on student achi... More... LA Adopted 04/2004 P-12 Curricular Design for Exceptional Students LAC 28:I.901 Repeals rules that address alternate assessment and curricular design for students with disabilities in special schools. Provides consistenc... More... MA Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 Comprehensive Assessment System Performance Appeals 603 CMR 30.00 Amends rules relating to the Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) performance appeals process, and incorporates provisions regarding stude... More... MA Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2004 P-12 Comprehensive Assessment System and Standards 603 CMR 30.00 Establishes emergency rules relating to students with disabilities. Revises rules that relates to performance appeals. MASSACHUSETTS REG 828... More... TX Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 P-12 Texas Success Initiative 19 TAC 4.51 thru .60 Establishes rules to implement the Success Initiative. Provides purpose, authority, and definitions. Specifies exemptions and exceptions. Co... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Special Education Programs In Public Schools H.B. 447 A special education student can be exempted from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and given an alternative assessment ins... More... MN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Profile of Learning, High School Graduation Requirements, NCLB-Compliant Testing System, State Standards H.F. 302 (multiple provisions) Effective the 2003-04 school year and later, bars the state education commissioner from implementing the profile of learning portion of the ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue S.B. 249 Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test quest... More... MN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Postsec. Commissioner Recommendation Required on Provisions of State High School Tests H.F. 302 (multiple provisions) Effective the day after enactment, requires the commissioner to provide written recommendations to the committees of the legislature having ... More... UT Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 01/2003 P-12 Education Testing H.B. 6005 Relates to education testing amendments. Eliminates the requirement to include constructed response test times in certain achievement tests.... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Alternate assessments for exit examination for individuals with disabilities A.B. 2600 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the advisory committee established by this bill to develop guidelines regarding the me... More... FL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Assessment Cutoff Scores, Accommodations S.B. 20E Grandfathers in the scores of 10th-graders who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in spring 2001. Requires that when stat... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill - Assessment Component H.B. 1711 For students who receive special education services, the state board must, through a teacher panel, determine if appropriate alternate asses... More... CT Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Change in Exemptions for limited-English-proficient students H.B. 6751 Limits the exemptions from the Connecticut Master Test and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test for limited-English-proficient students... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exempting Schools with a large amount of students who have IEPs H.B. 1348 Authorizes the State Board of Education by rule to exclude a school from receiving an academic performance grade if more than 95% of the stu... More... MO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Assessment Requirements for Limited English, Low-Performing and Special Education Students S.B. 319 Provides that assessment scores of students for whom English is a second language (ESL) shall not be counted until the student has been educ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Testing Accomodations S.B. 343 Requires the state department of education to develop alternative assessment for disabled students. The department is required to develop tw... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Students Tested; Reporting S.B. 660 Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep... More... TX Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Accomodation for Mobility and Language S.B. 676 Students are exempt from testing for a period of up to one year after initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student is ... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Student IEP as Alternative Assessment H.B. 1187 A student's IEP may serve as the alternative assessment.... More...