How to Report Student Good Cause Exemptions

Determine Who To Submit Good Cause Exemption ‘Accommodations’ For:

Note: GCEs can only be applied for an eligible student who has participated in at least one IREAD-3 administration and after a review of valid test results. An Undetermined score that does not provide a scale score is not considered valid. Grade two students who do not receive a passing score must retest in grade three, and are not eligible to receive a GCE after their first administration.

• Submit only students who have a Good Cause Exemption (GCE) based on:

  • IEP Case Conference Committee decision

  • ILP Committee decision

  • Retained twice prior to fourth grade

For CAI Assessments - IREAD:

• Report the accurate GCE reason on the student accommodation from the list provided in the chart below.

• Exemptions are provided by utilizing one of the three accommodation codes found under the IREAD-3 accommodation descriptor list: