NARRATIVE ON EVALUATION REPORT

State regulations (Chapter 101, 9.13) require a written report from each person or agency completing an evaluation or diagnostic service recommended by the P.E.T.

"The Pupil Evaluation Team shall require each person or agency completing an evaluation or diagnostic service recommended by the P.E.T. to submit a written evaluation report no later than 45 school days of the receipt of signed consent to evaluate and prior to the P.E.T. meeting scheduled to review the evaluation.

Each report shall:

A.    Summarize the evaluation procedures employed;

B.    Specify the results of each evaluation;

C.    Summarize the evaluation results and diagnostic impressions, and;

D.    Specify the educational recommendations necessary to accommodate the student's special education needs.

Evaluation reports shall not make either eligibility or placement determinations since these deliberations are the responsibility of the Pupil Evaluation Team.

This evaluation report shall be placed in the student's cumulative record file.

The P.E.T. shall only accept evaluation reports that conform to the above description and aid the P.E.T. in developing an appropriate Individualized Education Program for the student.

A copy of the evaluation report will be provided to the parent a reasonable time prior to the P.E.T. meeting at which the evaluation is discussed." (Chapter 101, 9.13)

**Additional information is required regarding classroom observations.

"Any initial evaluation or re-evaluation of a student shall include an observation of the student's educational performance in the regular classroom setting or other area as identified by the P.E.T. or administrative unit by an evaluator other than the student's regular teacher.

The student observation shall compare the student's education performance with other students of comparable age and identify those issues that are adversely affecting the student's ability to benefit from the regular education program.

In the case of a student of less than school age, out of school or not in a regular education placement, the observation shall be made in a chronologically age-appropriate environment." (Chapter 101, 9.6)