IARrific + ACCESS

Last Update
02/26/2025

PLEASE READ: The IAR/ISA part of this plugin is a temporary solution that repurposes IAR/ISA state fields from previous years to store accommodations for the new 2025 Illinois Administration Platform until PowerSchool state reporting becomes available. The accommodations are a bit different between PAN and the new Illinois Administration Platform. Therefore I did have to create 12 new fields, in addition to using some of the state fields.
From what I understand, the state reporting updating coming around the end of February will include new fields, new student screen, and new report for recording/uploading. But my district will be testing by then. If your district is in the same position, feel free to us this plugin.
This plugin version includes a report called IAR/ISA Accommodations Upload 2025 which is linked at the bottom of the Data and Reporting > Reports > Compliance Reports page. 
I've done my best to make sure that the CSV files generated from this report upload correctly into the Illinois Administration Platform/ADAMexam system.

If you are in Illinois and participate in IAR testing... You most likely also participate in ACCESS 2.0 testing.
So why not track accommodations for both tests on a single student screen.
This plugin includes all the bells and whistles of IARrific PLUS has a section at the bottom of the student screen to track ACCESS 2.0 accommodations.
The ACCESS section is only made available if a student is marked both LEP (S_IL_STU_X.LEP) and either IEP (S_IL_STU_X.IEP) or 504 (S_IL_STU_Plan504_X.Participant).
IAR accommodations are (mostly) state fields uploaded to ADAM. ACCESS accommodations however are not state fields. So the plugin will create the fields as database extensions under the table U_ACCESS_ACCOM.

If you have the SQLreports plugin installed I also have a SQLreport template below (updated for the 24-25 import format on 12/27/24) you can import and use to generate the .csv file needed to mass update accommodations in WIDA/AMS.

New in version 3.1: Added the option to have teachers edit accommodations. This is off by default. You can turn it on by going to District Management > District Setup > Additional System Preferences. Also on this screen, you can decide if teachers should have the ability to set “Alternative Assessment Indicator (DLM-AA)”.

*** You must have the 24.9.2.1.2 or later state reporting update installed before updating to version 3.0 of this plugin! ***

Post Install Setup:

  • Set page permissions on the new IAR/ISA/DLM/ACCESS student screen so only those groups editing/viewing IAR/ACCESS test info can access it (optional but encouraged).
  • Optionally turn on editing in the teacher portal by going to District Management > District Setup > Additional System Preferences.
  • The SQLreport template can be imported if you have the SQLreports plugin installed by going to Data and Reporting > Reports > SQLreports. Click the Import a New sqlReport link and copy/paste in everything from the template file.
Version History

3.1.3 - Fixed a problem with the report that left out specifically 5th graders if science was checked. Thank you Janice for finding the bug!
3.1.2 - Fixed a problem with some of the headers in the CSV files generated for import to ADAM.
3.1.1 - Moved the teacher screen from being a tab off the Test Results screen to being it's own screen in the Student Information section. Thanks Romy for the idea!
3.1 - Added the option to have teachers edit accommodations and if teachers should have the ability to set “Alternative Assessment Indicator (DLM-AA)”. Fixed validation for the "Extensions" accommodation.
3.0.1 - Fixed the validation on text-to-speech for math. It shouldn't require an IEP/504.
3.0 - Complete revamp to house 2025 accommodations for the Illinois Administration Platform until state reporting catches up. Removed fields that don't make sense anymore, like session/class names. Removed the "administrative considerations" section and the option to turn it off. Included a report to generate CSV files for upload to Illinois Administration Platform.
2.1 - Updated a few of the science accommodations to mirror changes made in the 24.10 IL state reporting update. Also updated the optional SQLreports with these changes. Added titles to radio button labels so you can see what value is stored in the database. 
2.0.1 - Corrected some of the field names under "Fields on this page". 
2.0 - Includes ISA/Science Accommodations for PAN!  The state reporting folks changed some of the field names for ELA/math as well in 24.3. Those have been updated. Added a note about creating separate sessions for read aloud. And a bunch of other fixes to the validation scripts.
1.9 - Support for the "Enhanced Navigation" in PS 23.5. Must be on on PS version 22.5 or later to install.
1.8 - ELA Extensions accommodation added to be in sync with state reporting update 22.3.2 release on 3/23/22.
1.7 - ACCESS accommodations updated to reflect 21-22 changes. ALSO DELETE/RE-IMPORT the v3 SQLreport for the new upload template.
1.6 - Updated the ACCESS accommodations so Mode of Administration cannot be filled out if the student is in kindergarten. The import wants them all to be blank. Also if the student is marked Alternative ACCESS then the Mode of Administration, BR, and LR accommodations will upload blank. The companion SQLreport has been updated to reflect these changes.
1.5 - IAR Human Signer for Test Directions accommodations added to bring in line with 20.12.1 state reporting update.
1.4 - Added new accommodations/admin considerations to align with PS state reporting update 20.11.2. Swapped out the DLM-AA indicator for the Alternative Assessment Indicator used on the IL Demographics Enrollment because that is what creates the DLM Pre-ID in SIS. Added an option in District > Miscellaneous to hide the Administration Considerations as districts may not care to track/upload those to PAN. Other minor bug fixes.
1.3 - Minor option changes to coincide with the state reporting 19.12.1 release. Minor changes to field validation to match the Spring 2020 PNP document. Now the Dual Language state field is taken into account for validation on Math Transadaptation into Spanish and Math Text-to-Speech accommodations.
1.2 - The accommodation "Spanish Transadaptation of the Mathematics Assessment" no longer requires the student to be marked LEP.
1.1 - Corrected a form validation that would prevent you submitting ACCESS accommodations if mode of administration was paper, Alt ACCESS was checked, and no tier level was set. Found out that Alt ACCESS has no tiers.
1.0 - Initial Release

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