When are students tested? 1
Grades 1 - 11
What subjects are tested? 1
Reading
Mathematics
What types of questions are used? 1
Multiple choice
How are test results used? 1
Program evaluation
Student promotion (one factor)
Identification of students at risk
Curriculum planning
Improvement of instruction
What tests are used? 1
Stanford Achievement Test, 9th Edition
Are students with disabilities exempt?
2, 3
Students are excluded only when the teacher and the principal, with
input from the parent, determine that a student’s cognitive functioning
is impaired to the extent that the student will not benefit from the accommodations
permitted.
What accommodations are available so
that students with disabilities can participate? 2
List of accommodations approved by the district.
Requests for other accommodations used routinely during classroom instruction
or assessments must be made to the Division of Special Education.
How are scores of students with disabilities
reported? 2
Scores of students with disabilities are disaggregated.
Footnotes:
1 Source: PEER Project Survey to expand and update information from Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: Data on 1995-96 Statewide Student Assessment Programs. (Fall 1996). Council of Chief State School Officers.
2 Source: PEER Project review of state policy documents. Documents provided by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). Information confirmed and updated by the PEER Project through direct communication with state officials.
3 NOTE: The IDEA Amendments of 1997 require that all students be included in statewide assessments.
District of Columbia Public Schools
Division of Special Education
Giddings Administration Building
315 G Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
202-724-3611
202-724-5083 Fax
www.k12.dc.us
Contact: Jeff Meyers, Acting Executive Director
Joseph Renard, Director, Support Unit
renard@mercury.k12.dc.us
Rick Henning, State Assessment Directory
202-727-1977
District of Columbia Parent Center on
Disability
COPE
300 I Street NE, Suite 112
Washington, DC 20002
202-543-6482
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Contact: Nichelle Ames / Jackeline Bustos