3.01 For the purpose of these regulations, adaptive textbooks are defined to mean braille and large print.

3.02 IDEA refers to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

3.03 IEP is the individualized education program for a student with disabilities under the IDEA.

3.04 Learning Media Assessment refers to a structured systematic assessment used to determine the appropriate literacy media and/or functional learning materials for students with visual impairments.

3.05 Braille Skills Inventory is a comprehensive assessment used to assess the braille reading and writing proficiency of students who receive braille instruction.

3.06 Informal Reading Inventories (IRIs) as used in these regulations refers to commercially available IRIs which are adapted into braille and large print and used as a part of continuing assessment to determine student progress in reading as measured by reading comprehension and reading rate.

3.07 Reading rates are measured using informal reading inventories and content texts and are one component of the data needed to determine efficiency in a student's current literacy media.

3.08 Informal functional vision assessment as used in these regulations refers to teacher observations which provide evidence of a student's use of visual ability in near and distance tasks.