Professional Development

• 2008-09 District Validation Review Training
• Educating Students with Disabilities at their Home Schools (Flash Video)
• Schoolwide Integration for Effective School Communities
• Oral Interpretation Trainings
• Revised Policies and Procedures Manual Training
• Present Level of Performance Training
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Parent Resources

• Complaint Response Unit/Parent Resource Network
• Community Advisory Committee
• Special Education Multicultural Advisory Committee
• Parent Training Calendar

SPECIAL EDUCATION ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS

Students with disabilities in identified grades are required to participate in the statewide assessment program for their age appropriate grade. Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams must determine the accommodations or modifications a student will need to effectively participate in the assessment process. Any identified accommodations or modifications must be based on assessed need and regularly used in the classroom.

The state allows three levels of accommodations or modifications on the STAR program. These are

A. Variation (1) (e.g., special lighting or adaptive furniture) = Eligible students may have testing variations if regularly used in the classroom.

B. Accommodation (2) (e.g., student marks in test booklet; proctor transfers responses to scorable answer document) = Eligible students shall be permitted to take the examination with accommodations if specified in the eligible student’s IEP or Section 504 Plan for use on the examination, standardized testing, or for use during classroom instruction and assessment.

C. Modification (3) (e.g., use of calculator on math or science portions, word processing software on essay portions) = Eligible students shall be permitted to take the CAHSEE with modifications if specified in the eligible student’s IEP or section 504 Plan for use on the examination, standardized testing, or for use during classroom instruction and assessment.

The California Department of Education (CDE) provides an annual Matrix of Test Variations, Accommodations, and Modifications. More...

The LAUSD Division of Special Education is pleased to provide you with this avenue of communication, as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the quality and quantity of information for Los Angeles (and the global community) -- concerning our programs and our progress.
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Welligent Connection

Staff Input Survey
School staff attending IEP meetings may voluntarily complete the Staff Input Survey and submit it by school mail to: Division of Special Education,  Beaudry Building , 17th Floor.

California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)

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