This section, taken from the GaDOE Student Assessment Handbook, will help you add allowable accommodations in GO-IEP. Accommodations are items that allow a student to access instructional material without changing the level of the material. For more information see the GaDOE Student Assessment Handbook available on the GaDOE website.


*** Please ensure EOG System Testing window has been completed in GO on the System Admin. tab. For additional details please see “System Defaults” section in HELP manual. Only system administrators will have permission to make this change.


1. To enter State Testing Accommodations, select the add/update accommodation link.



2. Select an assessment from the drop-down list. For each test, you can select the accommodations. Only allowable accommodations identified in the SAH will show for the test that is selected.



3. Select the subject for the assessment chosen from the drop down box. Accommodation options will display based on the Subject/Domain area selected.



4.  Accommodations must be considered for each subject individually. After choosing the correct accommodations, scroll to the bottom of the page and click SAVE.



5. Once you have saved the accommodations for a subject of a test, the option to select a new subject and copy accommodations from a previously saved subject for the same assessment is available. Click "Go" to copy the accommodations. The accommodations may then be edited as needed.  Make sure to SAVE at the bottom.


6. Once you have added the accommodations for each assessment and subject, you can add/update or delete accommodations. If a student is going to be assessed using a different mode (paper or online), other than the mode identified in the finalized/active IEP, create an amendment, delete and start over.



An audit warning will be received if the correct assessment sub-test(s) for certain grade levels are not selected. 



Present Level / Accommodations Audit


When auditing an IEP, a teacher may see this message:


Present Level Areas of Need OR Accommodations – State Testing and Student Supports

At least one area of concern must be addressed with Instructional or testing accommodations or modifications, supplemental aids and services, or supports for school personnel. OR accommodations on State Testing page and/or Student Supports page should be deleted.


The blue font tells the section of the IEP which may need to be corrected. For this audit, the correction may be needed on any of these pages:


       Present Level Areas of Need

State Testing

Student Supports


This audit is indicating that the IEP has accommodations on either the State Testing page or the Student Supports page. However, the need for accommodations has not been justified on the Present Level page.  As an example, this student has these accommodations on the State Testing Accommodations page:



The student has additional supports on the Student Supports page of the IEP:


But the need for the accommodation has not been indicated on the Present Levels page. In order to pass audit – the box indicated by the red arrow should be checked.


In order to be COMPLIANT, the need for EACH ACCOMMODATION should be justified in the text box for the appropriate area of need, as shown below.