{"id":1682,"date":"2009-11-16T16:57:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T20:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2009-11-16T16:57:17","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T20:57:17","slug":"more-about-evaluations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/more-about-evaluations\/","title":{"rendered":"More About Evaluations&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"More%20About%20Evaluations...\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px; float:right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/girl.taking.test.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" \/>Can a parent request that the school use exactly the same tests when evaluating a student for his triennial IEP?\u00a0 We want the same tests conducted to compare progress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No, there is no requirement or regulation that a school use the same tests. If a parent requests this, it&#8217;s very unlikely that a school would comply.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>New versions of the most commonly administered tests come out every few years. Some schools may continue to use old versions for a few years, others may toss the old versions when they upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare a case and prove that a child has not made acceptable progress, we need &#8220;apples to apples&#8221; data. We get that data from a comprehensive evaluation by an expert in the private sector. That evaluator will have copies of all prior testing on the child and and will understand why we need that data.<\/p>\n<p>If you disagree with the school&#8217;s evaluation and\/or findings you can request another IEE.<\/p>\n<p>Go back to the Independent Evaluator who conducted the previous assessment and\u00a0 ask that the tests be repeated.\u00a0 You will then be able to compare progress, stagnation, or regression.<\/p>\n<p>If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/test.read.farrall.htm#gort\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">GORT-4 <\/span><\/a>was used previously (but has now been replaced by a newer version), ask the evaluator to use the GORT-4 anyway. Explain in the report that, even though it has been replaced with the GORT-5, the 4 was used deliberately to compare changes.<\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/test.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Evaluations<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/test.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/test.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can a parent request that the school use exactly the same tests when evaluating a student for his triennial IEP?\u00a0 We want the same tests conducted to compare progress. No, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/more-about-evaluations\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,63,11,136,1367],"tags":[31,1310,41,1300,171,1319,32],"class_list":["post-1682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idea-2004","category-independent-evaluations","category-special-ed-law","category-strategies","category-assessments-tests","tag-evaluations","tag-independent-evaluations","tag-parental-rights","tag-reading","tag-special-education-law","tag-strategies","tag-test-scores"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}