What Must The Independent Educational Evaluation Contain?
As a general rule, an independent educational evaluation must meet the same criteria the district used when the district initiated its evaluation. If, for example, the district’s evaluation included a review of data to determine a child’s response to scientific, research based intervention, so too should the independent educational evaluation. Since the review of existing evaluation data and input from the child’s parents must be part of the district’s evaluation, they are also appropriate elements of an independent educational evaluation. In addition, since the district’s evaluation must include a variety of assessment tools and strategies to gather relevant functional, developmental, and academic information about the child, these elements should also be included in an independent educational evaluation conducted by an independent evaluator. See, Comments of Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 71 Fed. Reg. 46689-46690 (August 14, 2006). http://idea.ed.gov/explore
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