Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Motor and Sensory

• Moving arms/hands and legs/feet
  
  
  • Physical response accommodations can be found in a document entitled "Utilizing Assistive Technology in Making Assessment Accommodations" prepared by WATI (Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative)
  • Set specific limits on length of time intervals that student engages in testing if range of motion, instability, pain or other physiological needs are factors
• Postural control
  
  
  • Specify seating (e.g. must be in wheelchair, must be on specified cushion, etc.)
  • Specify limits on length of time intervals that student can participate if general fatigue is an issue, or if ocular motor fatigue, respiration, pain or other physiological needs are factors
• Visual-motor and eye-hand
  
  
  • Reduce horizontal shifts in eye movement by placing answer choices under question (or reduce vertical shifts by placing to the side)
  • For visual screens, consult the WATI document referenced above

Some students with disabilities who receive physical therapy (PT) may use the following accommodations when taking standardized tests:

• Adapted seating or specialized chairs (Rifton chair, Tumble Forms, ABC chair, etc.) or prescribed wheelchairs.
• Desk adaptations such as raised or lowered desk or table height, slanted desk top, cut-out desk tops or special wheelchair trays.
• Standers such as prone standers, supine standers or dynamic standers with/without attached trays when test taking.
• Positioning devices, such as side lying on a mat with a positioning device, wedges for prone positioning, bolsters for side lying or sitting, or positioning cushions.
• Adapted writing devices.
• Change in position such as a change every 1 - 2 hours, or transfer from a wheelchair to a mat.

For questions about this information, contact the Special Education Team at 608-266-1781.

Last updated on 6/17/2008 2:55:40 PM