Assessment Exemptions
All students enrolled in a public school district are expected to take part in Rhode Island’s statewide academic assessment program in one of three ways:
- participate in the general education assessments without accommodations
- participate in the general education assessments with accommodations
- participate in the alternate assessments
Students may only be exempted from testing under certain, limited conditions.
Rhode Island defines a serious illness or medical condition as one that prevents the student from receiving classroom instruction and from participating in statewide assessments for the remainder of the testing window. The tabs below contain the information and guidance necessary to complete a request for a medical exemption.