Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) And Accommodations

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Alternate Achievement Standards and Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines

• Alternate Standards and Assessment Participation Guidelines Worksheet (PDF)
• Alternate Standards and Assessment Participation Guidelines Worksheet - Spanish (PDF)
• Companion - Participation Guidelines: Alternate Academic Achievement Standards for Instruction and Alternate Assessment (PDF)
• Companion document - Booklet form (Print landscape/double side/flip on short edge.  Both pages can be folded/stapled to make a 5" x 7" booklet)
• PowerPoint: Alternate Standards and Assessment Participation Guidelines, March 2016 

DLM Essential Elements and Instructional Resources

• Dynamic Learning Maps Essential Elements
  

Resources

• Accommodations Manual
• Extended Evidence Outcomes
• Instructional Unit Samples
• Instructional Unit Resources - Recorded Webinars and PowerPoints
• Writing Standards-Aligned ALPs and IEPs

Educator Resources

•    Dynamic Learning Maps ™
• Science and Social Studies

State Assessment

• Assessment Trainings
• Colorado Measures of Academic Success: Colorado Alternate for Science and Social Studies
  • CoAlt - Science and Social Studies Examiner's Manual
  • Science Frameworks
  • Social Studies Frameworks

2015-2016 Colorado Instructional Accommodations Manual: A Guide to the Selection and Implementation of Accommodations for Students with Disability

The Colorado Instructional Accommodations Manual provides guidance for IEP Teams and educators, presents a Five-Step Process for the selection and implementation of instructional accommodations. It offers tools and suggestions for using technology for students with a disability to best access instructional context.

Part 1: Instructional Accommodations

• Section I Guidance
• Section II Five-Step Process
• Section III Tools
  1. Considerations When Making Decisions for Instructional Accommodations - no changes from 2014-2015 version
  2. Student Characteristics
  3. Tables A-P: Instructional Accommodations Linked to Student Characteristics
     • Table A: Vision
     • Table B: Hearing
     • Table C: Fine Motor
     • Table D: Communication
     • Table E: Reading
     • Table F: Writing
     • Table G: Mathematics
     • Table H: Physical Motor
     • Table I: Attention Deficit
     • Table J: Auditory Processing
     • Table K: Setting/Environment
     • Table L: Timing and Scheduling
     • Table M: Brain Injury
     • Table N: Autism Spectrum Disorder
     • Table O: Executive Function
     • Table P: Specific Learning Disability
  4. ​Participation Guidelines: Alternate Academic Achievement Standards and Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines Worksheet
  5. Participation Guidelines Worksheet Companion
  6. Participation Guidelines Worksheet - Booklet
  7. Decision-Making Graphic
  8. Flowchart Graphic - no changes from 2014-2015 version
  9. Assistive Technology Apps and Software
  10. Glossary of Instructional Accommodations
  11. Parent Input for Accommodations​
  12. Accommodations from the Student's Perspective
  13. Do's and Don'ts when Selecting Accommodation - no changes from 2014-2015 version
  14. Use of Scribe (Cherry Creek Schools)
  15. Accommodation Use in the Classroom - no changes from 2014-2015 version
  16. Evaluation of Accommodation Use Data Collection Sheet​
  17. After-Test Accommodations Interviews
  18. Infused Skills Grid (PEAK Resource)
  19. CCSS K-12 Technology Scope and Sequence (Long Beach Unified School District)
  20. Technology Skills Checklist, Kentucky Example
  21. Computer Literacy Guide Example
• Section IV: Technology
  1. Adapting Content with Technology

Accessing Statewide Assessments

• State Assessment Unit
• Assessment Trainings

Assessment Accommodations Manuals

• Colorado Measures of Academic Success: CoAlt Science and Social Studies

Instructional Shifts and Instructional Implications for Students with a Disability

• Overview of Instructional Shifts in ELA/Literacy and Mathematics: Achieve the Core (PDF)
  • Common Core Shifts for ELA/Literacy
    • Complexity: The standards require regular practice with complex text and its academic language
    • Evidence: The standards emphasize reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational
    • Knowledge: The Standards require building knowledge through content-rich non-fiction
• Achieve the Core.org

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