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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have run into some difficulty getting accommodations for PARCC.  I'm curious if it is an isolated incident or it is happening to other kids taking state exams this spring.  Please share if this happened to you:

1) School System Name 
2) Type of Test -- PARCC, SOLs, APs, etc. 
3) Type of Accommodation given/not given(scribe, extra-time, non-distracted environment, computer, calculator, etc.) 
4) Is the accommodation on an IEP or a 504 plan or one school was providing informally?
5) Did you or your child ask why the accommodation was given? 
6) What was the reason given for non-compliance?  
7) How will you address the non-compliance?

I'll go first:

1) MCPS 
2) PARCC
3) Extra-time given.  Calculator not given. 
4) Both extra-time and calculator are on IEP plan
5) Child reminded two different school staff proctoring the exam that DC was supposed to get a calculator. 
6) DC was told DC was not on the list and that DC's accommodation is a county accommodation, and DC doesn't get the accommodation on a state test like PARCC.  Then child was rebuked for asking.
7)  At a minimum we will document non-compliance with an email describe situation as reported by DC and asking for further info.  Considering filing a state complaint as there is a long pattern of non-compliance with accommodations.

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There are general instructional and testing accommodations and then there are PARCC accommodations.  Children need to specifically have "calculator on non-calculator sections" on the PARCC accommodations page in order to qualify for this accommodation.  You would have been at the IEP meeting where this was discussed but it can get confusing between the two types of testing accommodations.  What does your PARCC addendum say?[/quote]

Thank you for this information.  Are you referring to the page in DC's IEP headed "Student Participation on Distric/Statewide Assessments and Graduation Information"  It says, DC will "take the PARCC Assessments in ELA/L and Math with [DC's] accommodations."   We assumed that this referred back to all the accommodations listed in the Instructional and Testing Accommodations section, where DC does have "mathematics tools and calculation devices" checked off.   There was no separate discussion at our IEP meeting about PARCC other than this page. 
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No, I am referring to a separate document that would have outlined specifically which PARCC accommodations your child would have been eligible for.  For example, there are different requirements that a student needs to meet in order to qualify for the test to be read to him/her on PARCC than on any other district-level or classroom-based test.  You should have been included in that discussion at an IEP meeting so that the accommodations for PARCC could be selected and justified.  PARCC sets the guidelines for how and when students can receive accommodations and by and large, they are more stringent than other instructional and testing accommodations.

In the situation you described, the adults testing your child would not have been able to just provide him or her with a calculator if that accommodation had not been documented in advance.  If they had done so, they would have been knowingly committing a testing violation which would be not only a threat to their own job but could put the school district in a position to receive sanctions.[/quote]

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