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40 <br />A Sampling of Students Being Tested for an IEP: How many different test instruments were used <br />Percentage of <br />Times test used Number of tests tests <br />1x 89 64% <br />2x 16 12% <br />3x 11 8% <br />4x 6 4% <br />5-9x 8 6% <br />>9x 8 6% <br />Total 138 100% <br />Number of Tests Administered During an IEP Evaluation <br />Number of tests Number of Percentage <br />administered studentsof students <br />10+ 23 48% <br />5-9 18 38% <br />1-4 7 15% <br />Total 48 100% <br />6c. Eligibility criteria – resource room support <br />Resource room support is provided to nearly all students with IEPs who struggle academically. It is the <br />primary intervention for struggling students. Since the system lacks a district wide theory of action for <br />resource room support, it only follows that there are no district wide criteria. <br />Best practice districts use a model of standards based education to determine if academic support is <br />required. In a standards based system, the district has clearly defined standards – what every student <br />should know and be able to do at a given grade, in a particular subject. They also have common <br />formative assessments to determine who does and does not meet the standard. All students, with or <br />without a disability, who do not meet the standard are automatically entitled to remediation and <br />intervention support. There is no referral to special education and the support efforts are provided by <br />general education or special education staff, based on areas of student need and staff expertise. In this <br />model, the existence of a disability does not drive the type of academic support received. <br />In the case of students with severe disabilities, a specialized curriculum is needed and resource room <br />may not be the appropriate service. <br />As with best practices in speech and language and OT, support ends when students no longer meet the <br />entrance criteria. <br />ê¼ò×ÛЮ»º»®®¿´­ô¹±¿´­»¬¬·²¹ô¿²¼¬¸»×Ûа®±½»­­·²¹»²»®¿´ <br />The District Management Council <br />7 Harcourt Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 <br />- <br />Tel:1877-DMC-3500 | Fax:617-491-5266 |www.dmcouncil.org <br /> <br />