Students Requiring Accommodations Only.With the aid of accommodations alone, some
exceptional students are able to participate in the regular grade-level curriculum and to
demonstrate learning independently. (Accommodations do not alter the provincial curriculum
expectations for the grade level.)
The accommodations required to facilitate the student’s learning must be identified in his or
her IEP (see IEP Standards, 2000, page 11). A student’s IEP is likely to reflect the same accommodations
for many, or all, subject areas.
There are three types of accommodations. Instructional accommodations are changes in teaching
strategies, including styles of presentation, methods of organization, or use of technology and
multimedia. Environmental accommodations are changes that the student may require in the classroom
and/or school environment, such as preferential seating or special lighting. Assessment
accommodations are changes in assessment procedures that enable the student to demonstrate
his or her learning, such as allowing additional time to complete tests or assignments or permitting
oral responses to test questions (see page 29 of The Individual Education Plan (IEP):
A Resource Guide, 2004, for more examples).
If a student requires “accommodations only” in mathematics, assessment and evaluation of his
or her achievement will be based on the appropriate grade-level curriculum expectations and
the achievement levels outlined in this document.