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7. The CSC shall involve the parents in the assessment process in order to obtain information about the
student’s strengths, needs and family concerns. .
8. The CSC, where possible, shall conduct the evaluations in the geographic area where the student
resides, and shall use all locally available community, medical, and school resources, including
qualified examiners employed by the Military Departments, to accomplish the assessment and
evaluation. At least one specialist with knowledge in each area of the suspected disability shall be a
member of the multidisciplinary assessment team.
Assessment Materials/Procedures
The CSC and DoD-related services providers shall ensure that assessment materials and evaluation
procedures are:
Selected and administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory.
Provided in the student’s native language or other mode of communication and in the form
most likely to yield accurate information on what the child knows and can do academically,
developmentally, and functionally, unless it is clearly not feasible to do so;
Selected and administered to assess the extent to which the student with limited English
proficiency has a disability and needs special education, rather than measuring the student’s
English language skills;
Validated for the specific purpose for which they are used or intended to be used;
Administered by trained and knowledgeable personnel in compliance with the instructions of
the testing instrument;
Selected to assess specific areas of educational needs and strengths and not merely to provide a
single general intelligence quotient;
Administered to a student with impaired sensory, motor, or communication skills so that the
results accurately reflect a child’s aptitude or achievement level or other factors the test
purports to measure, rather than reflecting the child’s impaired sensory, manual, or speaking
skills; and
A variety of assessment tools must be used to gather relevant functional, development, and
academic information for eligibility determination.
Multidisciplinary Team
The CSC ensures that the eligibility assessment is conducted by a multidisciplinary team that includes a
teacher and at least one specialist with knowledge in the area(s) of suspected disability(ies). A
multidisciplinary team requires the involvement of representatives of two or more disciplines or
professions that provide integrated and coordinated services, including evaluation and assessment
activities. The CSC shall involve the parents in the assessment process in order to obtain information
about the child’s strengths and needs and family concerns. Observations conducted during the pre-
referral period may fulfill the observation requirement for the multidisciplinary assessment; however,
the CSC must determine whether additional observations are required during the assessment period.
Notifying Assessors
Assessors are notified of their responsibilities in the assessment process after the CSC receives written
permission from the parent for the assessment.