Evaluation is defined regulations as procedures used to determine whether a child has a disability and the nature and extent of the special education and related services that the child needs.
The school district must assess the child in all areas of suspected disability including: academic performance, health, vision, hearing, social & emotional status, communication, motor abilities, general intelligence, functional performance, other areas as needed.
Public agencies are prohibited from using a measure or assessment for purposes different from the purpose for which the measure was designed.
Assessments are provided and administered in the child’s native language or mode of communication to get accurate information on what the child knows and can do.
The school district must use a variety of assessments, tools, and strategies to conduct the evaluation.
When conducting an initial evaluation, a child must be tested in all areas of suspected disability.
Data gathered from evaluations are used to assist in the development of the IEP.
Assessments should be valid and reliable for their designed purposes.
Assessments must be administered by personnel who are trained to do so.
Assessments and other evaluation materials used should be administered: so as not to be discriminatory on a racial or cultural basis, and in the child’s native language or other mode of communication.
The determination of eligibility shall be made and the IEP shall be completed in 60 school days (or less) following the date of written consent from the parent.
Parent written informed consent must be obtained before the evaluation can be conducted.
Information should be collected through a variety of approaches (observations, interviews, tests, curriculum-based assessment, and so on) and from a variety of sources (parents, teachers, specialists, peers, and the child)

Beach Park District 3

District Case Manager

Evaluation and Re-evaluation

Eligibility

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