How do students with disabilities participate in district and statewide assessments?
Many students with disabilities will participate in the same way as students without disabilities: they will take regular state or district tests with no accommodations. Other students with disabilities will participate in regular assessments using accommodations. Most students with disabilities can participate in one of these two ways. Some students with disabilities who are unable to participate in the general assessment may participate in an alternate assessment. Students with significant cognitive disabilities may participate in the alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards. Students who are unable to participate in the general assessment, but who can meet grade-level proficiency with good instruction, may best be assessed with an alternate assessment based on grade-level achievement standards. A few states also offer an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards that may be appropriate for some students. Regardless of how students par
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