What should a school site do when a parent provides a copy of a private assessment or independent educational evaluation (“IEE”)?
Upon receiving a private assessment report, the school site administrator should schedule an IEP to review the results of the report (or if an IEP team meeting has already been scheduled put the assessment report on the agenda for discussion at the meeting). The professional who conducted the assessment should be invited to attend as well as District staff qualified to interpret the results of the assessment (e.g., a school psychologist for a psycho educational assessment, OT provider for OT assessment, etc.).The school site administrator should provide copies of the private assessment report to the relevant District staff for their review prior to the meeting. The IEP team should consider and discuss the report, and make changes to the student’s IEP if necessary to meet the student’s unique educational needs.
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