Accommodations

Students on an IEP, a 504 plan, or EL students may have identified accommodations documented for participation during assessments. Accommodations are changes in practices and procedures that provide equitable access to grade level content during instruction and assessment that do not alter the validity of the assessment, score interpretation, reliability, or security of the assessment.

For information on allowed accommodations for each assessment, please navigate to that assessment's webpage via our assessments homepage.

General Information

• Participation Guidelines for Alaska Students in State Assessments, 2023 Edition
• Handbook for the Participation Guidelines, September 2024
• Assessments Calculator Policy
• Transitory Impairment Sample Documentation (word)

Links of Interest

• Learning Disabled Online
• National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) - Information and Research on Accommodations
• National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) – Information and Research on Accommodations
• Promoting Inclusion of People with Disabilities