In the November 16, 2016 NYSED memo entitled Changes in Allowable Testing Accommodations on the Grades 3-8 New York State English Language Arts Assessments, there is a “Testing Accommodation Decision-Making Tool for Tests-read”.

This simple tool contains nine questions that school personnel can use to “facilitate collaborative decision-making related to the recommendation of ‘tests-read’ (via human reader or technology) as a testing accommodation for students with disabilities in grades 3 through 8.”  The memo recommends that these questions be considered each time a student’s IEP or 504 Plan is reviewed to determine the appropriateness of this accommodation.