"No Additional Information Needed" Reevaluations

Help Sheet 

The IEP team may decide to use existing data for reevaluation purposes rather than seek additional data through new testing or other procedures.  Parents must have input in the development of a reevaluation plan.  A Notice of an Educational Evaluation/Reevaluation must be completed and sent to the parent.  At least two attempts must be made to secure the parent’s signature on the notice.  If the parent does not respond, the evaluators can proceed after 14 calendar days have expired.

A review of data on a student includes parent input, current classroom-based assessments and observation as well as observations.  Based on a review of the information gathered, the IEP team determines:

•  whether the student continues to have a disability;
•  the present level of performance and educational needs;
•  whether the student continues to need special education and related services;
•  whether any additions or modifications to the special education and related services are needed to enable the student to meet his/her IEP goals and to participate in the general curriculum.

“Existing data” for reevaluation purposes means the use of previous evaluation results and current performance information that already exists such as school observations, work samples, grades, etc.  For example, if an 11 year-old student with a moderate mental impairment had intellectual and adaptive testing three years earlier, then these tests would not need to be readministered if the team determine that the previous tests results are consistent with the student’s functioning today.  The team would make this determination by reviewing existing performance data such as work samples, observation, progress on IEP goals and objectives, etc.

If the IEP team chooses to use existing data for a reevaluation, the IEP team must notify the parents of the basis for this decision and give them an opportunity to request additional data to confirm that the student continues to have a disability and needs special education services.  If one or both parents ask the district in writing for retesting to provide this additional data, the district must do so.

An Evaluation Summary Report (ESR) is still required if the team uses existing data for a reevaluation.  The ESR must include:

*       Existing data used to confirm the student still manifests an educational disability;

*       The present levels of performance and educational needs of the student as well as the impact of the disability on the student’s progress in the general curriculum;

*        Whether the student continues to need special education services;

*        Whether modifications or adaptations are needed in services.