Recently, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) published guidance entitled “Clarification on Accessibility and Accommodations for New State Tests.” As noted by ODE, the guidance document provides answers to these questions:
- What are accessibility features and accommodations and how have these changed in the 2014-2015 school year?
- What are the federal IDEA rules and how does Ohio ensure compliance?
- How do the new changes impact an IEP team’s decisions?
A copy of this guidance document may be found on ODE’s website at http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Testing/News/Clarification-on-Accessibility-and-Accommodations.
For more information about students with disabilities, please join us March 20 for OSBA’s annual special education law workshop. Among other topics, the workshop will include a session with ODE that includes discussion on the state assessments. To register for this workshop, please visit http://www.ohioschoolboards.org/workshops or email Laurie Miller at lmiller@ohioschoolboards.org