Evaluation & Eligibility: Steps for Meeting Requirements
This training reviews the requirements of the evaluation process from referral through eligibility determination.
This document contains information about initial evaluation, including appropriate sources of data, eligibility determination, and includes Federal and State definitions of each exceptionality area. The purpose of the document is to provide guidance to evaluation teams as they seek to address the two-prong test of eligibility.
| Evaluation & Eligibility Practices Checklist | This document lists required evaluation and eligibility determination Practices and provides space to record where LEA teams document meeting the requirement. |
| Evaluation & Eligibility Template for Procedures | This is a template for developing written Procedures for evaluation and eligibility determination requirements. This includes requirements for individually referenced regulations. |
| Evaluation Decision Tree | This discussion guide includes a list of requirements for evaluation and describes a decision-making thought process. |
| Evaluation Planning Chart | This evaluation planning document lists types of assessments and identifies which information will be needed to match the definitions for each category of Exceptionality. It also includes information regarding the types of measures needed to address Exclusionary Factors. |
| Team Evaluation Report and Eligibility Determination - Example Report | This document gives an example of what an evaluation team report might look like when using Response to Intervention (RTI). |
| Team Evaluation Report and Eligibility Determination - Report Template | This is a template for a Team Report that includes documentation of evaluation and eligibility determination requirements. |
| Reevaluation Decision Tree | This discussion guide includes a list of requirements for reevaluation and describes a decision-making thought process. |
| Reevaluation Requirements | This training reviews requirements for conducting reevaluation. Sections include steps in the reevaluation process, options for triennial reevaluation, using existing data for the reevaluation, timelines, and determining continued eligibility. |
| Potential Sources of Information for Review of Existing Data within Reevaluation | This handout lists possible sources of information that might be used when conducting the review of existing data for a reevaluation. |
| Team Reevaluation Report and Eligibility Determination - Sample Report | This document gives an example of what a Team Re-Evaluation Report might look like when conducted via a review of currently available information. |