Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XI - Accountability/Testing
Subpart 3 - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 83 - Assessment of Special Populations
Section XI-8306 - Approved Accommodations for Students with IEPs or 504 Plans [Formerly LAC 28:CXI.3306]

a. Braille editions of the test are provided for students who are proficient in this mode of access to written material. The regular print edition may be modified in braille. Supplementary test administration instructions and manipulatives are provided as needed. All responses must be transferred to the scorable test form.

a. Large-print editions may be used by students who use large print as an accommodation in classroom instruction and assessment and take the paper-based assessment in grades 3-4. Large-print editions contain all test items that are in the regular edition. Essentially the large-print edition is an enlarged version of the regular-print edition, though the layout may vary slightly so as not to make the document more difficult for a student to use. All responses must be transferred to the scorable test form.

a. If a student is unable due to his/her disability to write, the test administrator may record the student's answers on the scorable test form. Scribes and others supporting a student's test taking must be neutral in responding to the student during test administration. Assistance in test administration must not give away the answers. The student's responses must accurately represent the student's own choices. If a scribe is used, the scribe must follow the directions for administration and recording answers in the guidance provided by LDE.

a. Assistive technology can include, but is not limited to a:

a. Every student must be given extended or sufficient time to respond to every test item. Extended time for statewide assessments is allowed until the end of the school day. Students must complete a test session on the day it is begun. Time may be adjusted for certain students, such as those who have short attention spans or who may be unable to concentrate for long periods of time on a given task. The test administration time may have to be altered considerably to allow for intermittent short breaks during the testing period, or it may be determined appropriate to administer the test in a number of short sessions. Testing may also be stopped and continued at a later time if a student's behavior interferes with testing. The elapsed time must be documented and the test administrator must closely monitor that test security is maintained. The time of day the test is administered may also be adjusted to a time more beneficial to the student. All sessions, however, must be completed within the specified test administration dates, including makeup sessions.

a. Students who are deaf or hard of hearing and have the communications assistance script accommodation for testing must have a test administrator who is fluent in the cuing or signing modality routinely used by a student. The test administrator should be available to repeat or clarify directions and sign portions of the test if warranted by the student's reading level as documented on the IEP or IAP.

b. Students with Communication Assistance accommodation may have all of the LEAP 2025 tests signed. However, no passages, questions, or distractors (multiple choices) of reading comprehension session(s) may be signed or cued for GEE, LAA 2, or English III EOC. Directions only to these sessions may be signed or cued. When signing or cueing, the test administrator must exercise caution to avoid providing answers. It is a breach of test security to provide signs or cues that convey answers.

a. Student responses must be transferred by the test administrator precisely as instructed in the appropriate test manual. Such formats include braille, large print, typewritten responses, computer responses, and any other responses recorded with the assistance of mechanical or technological devices. Student responses not transferred will not be scored. If both a student's and a test administrator's handwriting appear on an answer document, only the student's writing will be scored.

a. Students with a Tests Read Aloud accommodation can have all of the LEAP 2025 tests read aloud. However, no passages, questions, or distractors (multiple choices) of reading comprehension session(s) may be read aloud for GEE, English III EOC, and LAA 2. Directions only to these sessions may be signed or cued. When signing or cueing, the test administrator must exercise caution to avoid providing answers. It is a breach of test security to provide signs or cues that convey answers.

a. Any approved accommodations may be used, but they must be decided by the IEP team or Section 504 committee and listed on the student's IEP or IAP. The accommodation must not invalidate the meaning of the test score or the purpose of the test. Examples of other accommodations include highlighting the task or verbs in the directions on the test or assisting the student in tracking the test items.