Evaluation Procedures
Here you will find information about the formal evaluation process for Special Education.
Referral Flow Chart
Assessment Domains
The Indiana Department of Education identifies 13 disability categories eligible to receive special education services. Here you'll find the assessments used to determine each area of eligibility.
For descriptions of each disability category, click here.
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Blind or Low Vision
- Deaf-Blind
- Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Developmental Delay
- Emotional Disability
- Intellectual Disability
- Language Impairment
- Multiple Disabilities
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Other Health Impairment
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Social and developmental history for Autism
- Communication Skills: Assessment of receptive, expressive, pragmatic and social communication
- Cognitive ability and functioning
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: A systematic observation across various environments
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: An assessment of motor skills and sensory responses
- ADOS when severe score discrepancies are present
Blind or Low Vision
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Social and developmental history
- Communication Skills: An assessment of functional literacy
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: A systematic observation across various environments
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: A written report from an optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: An assessment of functional vision
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: An assessment of motor skills including travel skills
Deaf-Blind
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Social and developmental history
- Communication Skills: An assessment of functional literacy
- Communication Skills: Assessment of communication...in mode of student
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: A systematic observation across various environments
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: A written report from an optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: An assessment of functional vision
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: An assessment of motor skills including travel skills
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: Written report from audiologist/otologist/otolaryngologist
Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Social and developmental history
- Communication Skills: Assessment of communication...in mode of student
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: Written report from audiologist/otologist/otolaryngologist
Developmental Delay
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Available Educationally Relevant Medical Information
- Developmental: Assessment of Developmental Areas
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Systematic Observation Across Various Environments
- Motor and Sensory: Assessment of Motor and Sensory Responses (when OT is needed—Other)
- Motor and Sensory: Vision and Hearing Screening
- Social and developmental history
Emotional Disability
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Available educationally relevant medical info and mental health information
- Social and developmental history
- Cognitive ability and functioning
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Assessment of emotional/behavioral functioning
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: A functional behavioral assessment
Intellectual Disability
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Social and developmental history
- Cognitive ability and functioning
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
Language Impairment
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills or statement of Present Levels
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of progress and interventions
- Academic Achievement: Observation to document academic progress/behaviors in areas of difficulty
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Social and developmental history
Multiple Disabilities
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Social and developmental history
- Cognitive ability and functioning
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: A systematic observation across various environments
Orthopedic Impairment
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Social and developmental history
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
Other Health Impairment
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Social and developmental history
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: A systematic observation across various environments
Specific Learning Disability
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of progress and interventions
- Academic Achievement: Observation to document academic progress/behaviors in areas of difficulty
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Social and developmental history
- Cognitive ability and functioning
Speech Impairment
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills or statement of Present Levels
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Social and developmental history
- Communication Skills: Assessment of articulation, fluency, and voice
- Communication Skills: Observation of student's speech by an SLP
- Motor and Sensory Abilities: A statement from a physician if an organic cause suspected
Traumatic Brain Injury
- Academic Achievement: Assessment of current academic skills
- Any Other Assessments or Information Necessary to Determine Eligibility and Inform the CCC
- Available educationally relevant medical information
- Social and developmental history
- Cognitive ability and functioning
- Functional Performance/Adaptive Behavior: Adaptive behavior across environments and sources
Evaluation Test Scores
| Descriptive Classification | Standard Score | T-Score | Scaled Score | Percentile | Normative Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Superior | ≥ 131 | 71 - 80 | 17 - 19 | > 98 | Normative Strength |
| Superior | 121 - 130 | 64 - 70 | 15 - 16 | 92 - 97 | Normative Strength |
| Above Average | 116 - 120 | 61 to 63 | 14 | 86 - 91 | Normative Strength |
| High Average | 111 - 115 | 57 - 60 | 13 | 76 - 84 | Normative Average |
| Average | 90 - 110 | 43 - 56 | 8 - 12 | 25 - 75 | Normative Average |
| Low Average | 85 - 89 | 40 - 42 | 7 | 16 - 24 | Normative Average |
| Below Average | 80 - 84 | 37 - 39 | 6 | 9 - 15 | Normative Weakness |
| Borderline | 70 - 79 | 30 - 36 | 5 | 3 - 8 | Normative Weakness |
| Mildly Impaired | 55 - 69 | 20 - 29 | 4 - 5 | 0.1 - 2 | Normative Weakness |
| Moderately Impaired | 40 - 54 | 10 - 20 | 1 - 3 | < 0.1 | Normative Weakness |
| Severely Impaired | ≤ 39 | < 10 | 1 | < 0.1 | Normative Weakness |
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Evaluation Forms
Forms related to student evaluations can be downloaded below.
Social and Developmental History Questionnaire