Teaching · Special Education

Every accommodation arranged before the test starts.

List what the plan promises for this test, sorted the way testing manuals sort it, with the formats that have to be ordered ahead. The summary shows what is ready, what still needs doing, and any accommodation the student has not yet used in class.

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The accommodation plan

One record per student and test. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each test, the student’s accommodations grouped by kind, the accessible formats with their order date, who arranges each piece, and a test-day checklist, with flags for lead time and unpracticed accommodations.
Who it is for
Special education teachers and case managers, Section 504 coordinators, English learner teachers and building test coordinators.
Format
Browser form. Several saved records; printed with the summary for the proctor, or as a blank form; CSV with one row per record or the accommodation table; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the New special education teacher kit ($39) and the Special Education toolkit ($99), and 2 more bundles. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
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Drawn for this page. An accommodation changes how a student meets the test, not what the test asks.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the test date.
  2. Note the test and which plans list accommodations.
  3. Mark any accessible format and the date you ordered it.
  4. Add each accommodation from the plan with its kind and whether the student uses it in class.
  5. Work the test-day checklist and hand the printed summary to the proctor.

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What the plan is for

Accommodations, by kind

Testing manuals usually sort accommodations into presentation (how the test is shown, including accessible formats), response (how the student answers), setting (where) and timing or scheduling (how long and when). The IEP or Section 504 plan says which ones a student gets; the IEP states the accommodations needed on state and district tests.

Practice first

An accommodation helps most when the student already uses it in daily work. A first try on test day can slow a student down. Some accommodations, such as reading aloud on a reading test, may change what a test measures; the test’s own rules decide whether they are allowed.

What this form is not

It does not decide which accommodations a student should have; the IEP team or Section 504 team does. For state tests, the state’s accessibility and accommodations manual decides what is allowed and how it is entered.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.160 (participation in assessments) and 300.320(a)(6) (accommodations on state and district assessments in the IEP).
  2. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 34 CFR Part 104.
  3. Every Student Succeeds Act, 20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(vii) (appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities and English learners on state assessments).
  4. National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota: accommodations categories (presentation, response, setting, timing and scheduling) and accommodations manual guidance.
  5. Braille Authority of North America: Unified English Braille and the Nemeth Code for mathematics.

The example student and test are made up. The plan organizes accommodations a team has already decided; it does not choose them. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.