Iris+M

**Assignment 1**
 * EDEX 691 Summer II**

**IRIS:** **//Accessing the General Education Curriculum: Inclusion Considerations for Students with Disabilities//**

Name: Isabel Garcia Score _(30)__________

**After completing the module, answer the following questions: 3 pts each.** **When interpreting data first we have to look for the expected and unexpected results. Moreover, errors made by significant numbers of students have to be examined. Second, recognize that states and districts report only two elements required by law. In addition, identify the number of students with disabilities who took the standardized test and their performance scores. Finally, look for more specific information, such as the percentages of students with different categories of disabilities and the number of students receiving accommodations by category of disability.** **The Law says that State education agencies must include students with disabilities in all assessments with the appropriate accommodations. State education agencies are required to report the performance levels of all students, including students with disabilities. Moreover, States and local districts should develop guidelines for alternate assessments for students with disabilities who cannot participate in the general assessments. In regards with instruction the law says that students with disabilities have a right to have access to the general curriculum with appropriate accommodations and/or modifications.** **Because the general education curriculum contains important knowledge and skills that we want all students to learn, therefore, students with disabilities should have access to the general education curriculum** **We can help students with disabilities access the general education by providing appropriate accommodations and modifications.** **Accommodations are support for students with disabilities to fully access instruction and to accurately demonstrate learning.** **Accommodation should be used when the disability of the student impairs the students to access the general education curriculum.** **Modifications are changes to the instruction or curriculum for a student in which the content of the instruction or the performance expectations are altered. Teachers need be cautious with modifications because it could reduce student’s opportunity to learn critical knowledge and skills.** **Modifications are used for students when all possible accommodations have been considered but require additional measures to help them progress in the general education curriculum.** **Alternate assessments are other means of assessing the learning of students with disables who cannot participate in the general assessments.**
 * 1) What are some important steps in interpreting data from high stakes assessments?
 * 1) What does the law say about the instruction and assessment of students with disabilities?
 * 1) Why is it important that students with disabilities have access to the general education curriculum?
 * 1) What are some ways to help these students to access the general education curriculum?
 * 1) What are accommodations?
 * 1) When should accommodations be used?
 * 1) What are modifications?
 * 1) When should modifications be used?
 * 1) What are alternate assessments?

10. When should alternate assessments be used?

**Every student's performance and progress should be accounted for, and alternate assessments offer a means of assessing the learning of students who cannot participate in the general assessments.**