Hands-on manipulatives are an allowable accommodation on the M-STEP

Did you know that hands-on manipulatives are an allowable accommodation on the M-STEP for students with disabilities, especially those with math processing challenges?

According to page 18 of the Feb 2025 Supports and Accommodations Guidance Document, manipulatives are an allowable accommodation.

"Use of counters, coins, base-10 blocks or other manipulatives for solving mathematics problems- Some students may find that visual or physical objects are helpful for them in providing concreteness of mathematical concepts."

To learn more about how to build students' mathematical understanding using manipulatives, check out the Foundations of Math course.