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Accessibility Features and Accommodations

Ensuring Access for All Students

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Outcomes

• Guided exploration on the importance of accessibility for every student during instruction

• Guided exploration of the accessibility features and accommodations available on the PARCC assessments

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What does equitable access to grade-level content mean in everyday instruction?

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Accessibility, Accommodations, Universal Design

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Assessment levels the playing field for every student. One tool that may be helpful in providing ideas for instruction is the UDL wheel.

Here is a link to the wheel: http://udlwheel.mdonlinegrants.org/

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Universal Design for Learning Wheel

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Action and Expression

Options for expression and communication:

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PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual

PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-accessibility-features-and-accommodations-manual

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The PARCC Accessibility System

* Available to all participating students**For students with disabilities, English learners, and English learners with disabilities

Features for All Students

Accessibility Features*

Identified in advance

Accommodations**

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Section 2: PARCC Accessibility System and Accessibility Features for All Students Taking the PARCC Assessments

Accommodations

Accessibility Features Available for All Students: pages 22 -26

Frequently Asked Questions answered in Section 2:

1. Where can I find more information about the accessibility features available to all students?

2. What test administration considerations are available for all students?

Accessibility Features Available for All Students: pages 22 -26Audio amplification Blank paper

 External spell check device

Eliminate answer choices Notepad  

Writing tools

Line reader tool Magnification device Redirect student to the test

Flag items for review General administrative directions clarified 

General administrative directions read aloud and repeated as needed

Highlighting tool Headphones or noise buffers

Pop-up glossary

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Complete list on pages 22 - 26

Accessibility Features for All Students

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Accessibility Features for All Students

Accessibility Features for All StudentsComputer-Based Testing Paper-Based Testing

Audio Amplification Auditory Aids

Blank Paper Blank Paper

Eliminate Answer Choices Visual Aids/Organizers

Flag Items for Review Visual Aids/Organizers

General Administration Directions Clarified General Administration Directions Clarified

General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated as Needed General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated

Highlight Tool Highlighter

Headphones or Noise Buffers Headphones or Noise Buffers

Line Reader Tool Line Reader (Straight Edge)

Magnification/Enlargement Device Magnification/Enlargement Device

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Discussion Questions

Choose two accessibility features available for all students. • Discuss how these features may support students. • Discuss how these features could be used during instruction

and what they look like in routine instruction.• Discuss if these features could distract some students.

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Features for All Students: Identified in advance

FAQ answered in Section 2: 

1. Do I need to fill out a Personal Needs Profile (PNP) for a student who needs an accessibility feature(s) identified in advance?

2. Where can I find more information about the accessibility features available for all students?

3. What test administration considerations are available for all students?

Features for All Students Identified in Advance pages 22-26:

• Answer making• Color contrast (Background/Font Color)• Text to speech for the mathematics

assessment• Human reader or human signer for the

mathematics assessment

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Features for All Students: Identified in advance

FAQ answered in Section 2: 

1. Do I need to fill out a Personal Needs Profile (PNP) for a student who needs an accessibility feature(s) identified in advance?

2. Where can I find more information about the accessibility features available for all students?

3. What test administration considerations are available for all students?

Complete list on pages 22 - 26

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How can school teams determine which students need these features?

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Practice Tests and Tutorials

• Located under Test Preparation on PARCC.pearson.com

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Other Trainings Available

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Now that you have had time to explore the accessibility features that are

available for all students, consider how this might change how you design

everyday instruction.

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Accommodations for Students

• Accessibility Features for All Students• Accessibility Features Identified in Advance• Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (SWD) – Presentation Accommodations– Response Accommodations– Timing and Scheduling Accommodations

• Accommodations for English Learners (EL)

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For Students with Disabilities Accommodations are divided into three categories in the manual:• Presentation accommodations – pages 32 -

26• Response accommodations – pages 37 - 42• Timing and scheduling accommodations –

page 43

Accommodations for Students

For English Learners Accommodations can be found on pages 44 – 48 of the manual.

Appendices A – K provide more detailed information

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Accommodations for Students

FAQ answered in Section 3: 

1. Who determines what accommodations should be chosen for the Personal Needs Profile (PNP)?

2. Do accommodations impact the scoring of the assessment and how is that reported to parents?

3. How are accommodations chosen for English learners who also have disabilities?

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Students with Disabilities: Presentation Accommodations

Assistive Technology

Screen Reader Version for Mathematics

Refreshable Braille Display with Screen Reader Version for ELA/Literacy

Hard Copy Braille Edition

Tactile Graphics

Large Print Edition

Paper-based Edition

Closed-Captioning of Multimedia for ELA/Literacy Assessments

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Students with Disabilities: Presentation Accommodations

Text-to-Speech for the ELA/Literacy Assessments, including items, response options, and passages

Screen Reader Version for ELA/Literacy, including items, response options, and passages

ASL Video for the ELA/Literacy Assessments, including items, response options and passages

ASL Video for the Mathematics Assessment

Human Signer for Test Directions

Student Reads Assessment Aloud to Themselves

*More information is available in the Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual for selection implementation and notation.

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Assistive Technology

Braille Note-taker

Braille Writer

Calculation Device and Mathematics Tools(on Calculator Sections of Mathematics Assessments)

Calculation Device and Mathematics Tools(on Non-Calculator Sections of Mathematics Assessments)*

Students with Disabilities: Response Accommodations

*Information on the selection of this accommodation and the notation is available in the Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual.

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ELA/Literacy Selected Response Speech-to-Text

ELA/Literacy Selected Response Human Scribe

ELA/Literacy Selected Response Human Signer

ELA/Literacy Selected Response External Assistive Technology Device

Mathematics Response Speech-to-Text

Mathematics Response Human Scribe

Mathematics Response Human Signer

Mathematics Response Assistive Technology Device

Students with Disabilities: Response Accommodations

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Students with Disabilities: Response Accommodations

ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Speech-to-Text*

ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Human Scribe*

ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Human Signer*

ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Assistive Technology Device*

Word Prediction External Device

Monitor Test Response

Answers Recorded in Test Book

*More information is available in the Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual for selection implementation and notation.

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Students with Disabilities: Timing and Scheduling

Extended time

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How can educators collaborate to ensure that needed accommodations are provided during instruction so all students have the accessibility

features and accommodations necessary for their success?

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Accommodations for English Learners

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Accommodations for English Learners

Extended Time

Word-to-Word Dictionary(English/Native Language)

Mathematics Response Speech-to-Text

Mathematics Response Human Scribe

General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated in Student’s Native Language (by test administrator)

General Administration Directions Clarified in Student’s Native Language (by test administrator)

Online Translation of the Mathematics Assessment in Spanish (or other translated languages as needed)

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Paper-based Edition of the Mathematics Assessment in Spanish (or other translated languages as needed)

Large Print Edition of the Mathematics Assessments in Spanish (or other translated languages as needed)

Text-to-Speech for the Mathematics Assessment in Spanish (or other translated language as needed)*

Human Reader for the Mathematics Assessments in Spanish (or other translated language as needed)*

Accommodations for English Learners

*Information on the selection of this accommodation and the notation is available in the Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual.

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How can all educators collaborate to ensure that the English learners and

English learners with disabilities in all classrooms receive the

accommodations necessary for their success?

Collaboration

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Recap

Outcomes:• Guided exploration on the importance of accessibility

for every student during instruction• Guided exploration of the accessibility features and

accommodations available on the PARCC assessments

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Resources

• Accommodations Manual: http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-accessibility-features-and-accommodations-manual

• PD Modules: http://www.parcconline.org/professional-learning-modules-parcc-assessments

• Training Modules: http://parcc.pearson.com/manuals-training/

• Practice Tests & Sample Items: http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/

• UDL Wheel: http://udlwheel.mdonlinegrants.org