NCEO produced a series of videos several years ago that told the story of how a team of educators worked with a student and her family to help ensure that she had an accommodation she needed to meaningfully access instruction and assessments. This series continues to be extremely popular, and many people have told NCEO how helpful the videos are. We are sharing these “oldies, but goodies” again in case you missed them. This series of videos is available on the NCEO YouTube channel. 

The most popular video in the series is titled, Discussing Common Misperceptions About Accommodations. In it a special education teacher and math teacher discuss common misperceptions about accommodations. The special education teacher explains how accommodations “level the playing field” for students with disabilities rather than giving them an unfair advantage. The teachers then discuss which accommodations may be useful for the student.

Another popular video in the series is on getting the student’s perspectives after the administration of the state test about how the accommodations worked and how the test went. There is another video in the series that shows the portion of an IEP team meeting where an accommodation is being discussed.