Selecting and Assigning Accessibility Features and Accommodated Test Forms in PearsonAccess

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Accessibility Features and Accommodations

Agenda

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• Overview– Audience and Purpose– Types of Accessibility Features and Accommodations– Accessibility Features and Accommodations Available for Field Test

• Registering a Student in PearsonAccess for Accessibility Features and Accommodations– Selecting the student registration record and test– Updating and saving the student registration

• Assigning Accessibility Features and Accommodated Test Forms– Read-Aloud Accommodations – Accommodations Other than Proctor Read-Aloud– Large Print Accommodation

• Resources– Support

Audience and Purpose

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Who should view this module?• Any district or school staff member that may have a role in assigning

accessibility features or accommodations for eligible students for the PARCC field test.

• Any district or school staff member that may have a role in registering students who are eligible for accessibility features and accommodations, selecting and assigning accessibility features and accommodations in PARCC PearsonAccess.

Purpose of the presentation?• To review the types of accessibility features and accommodations listed by

administration, content area, and grade that are available for the field test.• To review how to select and assign accessibility features and accommodations in

PearsonAccess.• PARCC Support contact information for further assistance.

Types of Accessibility Features and Accommodations

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Features for All Students

Accessibility Features*

Identified in advance

Accommodations**

Accessibility Features for All Students Assigned the Computer-Based Test Mode

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Accessibility Features for All Students Assigned the Computer-Based Test ModeAudio Amplification

Blank/Scratch Paper (provided by test administrator)Eliminate Answer Choices

Flag Items for ReviewGeneral Administration Directions Clarified (by test administrator)

General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated (by test administrator)Text Highlighter Tool

Headphones or Noise BuffersLine Reader

Magnification/Enlargement DevicePop-Up Glossary

Redirect Student to Test (by test administrator)Writing Tools

Accessibility Features for All Students Assigned the Paper and Pencil Test Mode

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Accessibility Features for All Students Assigned Paper and Pencil Test Mode

Blank/Scratch Paper (provided by test administrator)

General Administration Directions Clarified (by test administrator)

General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated (by test administrator)

Headphones or Noise Buffers

Redirect Student to Test (by test administrator)

Please refer to Appendix A: Accessibility Features and Accommodations for Students Taking the Paper-and-Pencil PARCC Assessments for additional information related to accessibility features that are comparable to computer-based accessibility features.

Accommodations That Must Be Selected During the Test Registration Process for Students with Disabilities for both test modes

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Accommodations Content Area and Grades Available

Scribing or Speech-to-Text All Content Areas and All Grades

Word prediction on the ELA/Literacy Performance-Based Assessment

PBA onlyAll Grades

Extended Time All Content Areas and All Grades

External Assistive Technology All Content Areas and All Grades

Accommodations That Must Be Selected During the Test Registration Process for Students with Disabilities

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Accommodations Content Area and Grades Available

Calculation Device and Mathematics Tools (on Non-calculator Sessions of Mathematics Assessments)

Mathematics Only

Paper and Pencil Edition

*if a school has been identified as a computer-based school; a student with disability may have a paper and

pencil if a need has been identified

All Content Areas and Grades

Accommodations That Must Be Selected During the Test Registration Process for English Learners

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Accommodations Content Area and Grades Available

Extended Time All Content Areas and All Grades

General Administration Directions Clarifies in Student’s Native Language All Content Areas and All Grades

General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated as Needed in Student’s Native Language All Content Areas and All Grades

Scribing or Speech-to-Text: Responses Dictated for the Mathematics assessments in English

Mathematics only and All Grades

Word to Word Dictionary (English/Native Language) All Content Areas and All Grades

Registering a Student in PearsonAccess for Accessibility Features and Accommodations

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Registering a Student in PearsonAccess

Student Registration Details

Accommodations are assigned on the student registration record

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Student Registration Details

Select the student requiring an accessibility feature or accommodation from the list of registered students.

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Student Registration Details

• Go to the Assigned Tests tab to locate the test that will be assigned an accessibility feature or accommodation.

• Then select the test from the list of registered tests.

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Student Registration Details for Computer-Based Test Format

• Select the Edit button to edit the student registration to assign accommodations from the available options.

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Select “Extra Time” to indicate an extended time accommodation

Line Reader is available to all students and does not need to be

selected

Select “Dictated Oral Response “ to indicate scribe

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Student Registration Details for Computer-Based Test Format

Choose “Answer” for Masking choice for Field Test

Only select if a student will use foreground and background color options as an accessibility feature under PARCC policy

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Student Registration Details for Paper and Pencil Test Format

Assigning Accessibility Features and Accommodated Test Forms

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Accessibility Features and Accommodations

Read-Aloud Accessibility Feature for Mathematics or Accommodation for ELA/Literacy Assessments

• A separate test session must be created for a read-aloud session.• You may add multiple students to the session, as long as they are all receiving the same read-

aloud accommodation. These students will all receive the same test form.• To assign the read-aloud accommodation, select “Yes” from the drop down for “Read Aloud by

Test Examiner” during the create new session step. If the drop down is unavailable (grayed out) then a read-aloud accommodation is not valid for the test to be administered.

Creating a Session for a Read-Aloud Administration

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Proctor Authorization Ticket

• For “Read-Aloud” online sessions, a test examiner will need to print a Proctor Authorization ticket to access the text examiner copy of the test.

• The Proctor Authorization Ticket will include a user name and password for the test examiner to launch the test for the purpose of reading the test information to the student to provide the read-aloud accommodation.

• The text examiner’s test will not be scored. Test examiners should not create students or use live student login information for the purpose of reading the test aloud.

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Accessibility Features and Accommodations Available by Test Form Only

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Accessibility Features or Accommodation Form

Assessment Component, Content Area and Grades available

Answer Masking EOY Only

ELA: Grades 3, 5, 8, 11Math: Grades 4, 7, Algebra I, and Geometry

Background/Font Color (Color Contrast)

PBA and EOYELA: Grades 3, 5, 8, 11

Math: Grades 4, 7, Algebra I, and Geometry

*There are 5 options available; refer to the PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual for color options.

Text-to-Speech for the Mathematics Assessments

PBA/EOYGrades 4, 7 Algebra I

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

options, and passages

PBA/EOYELA: Grades 5, 8, 11

Accommodations Other than Read-Aloud

• A separate test session must be created for each test subject where an accommodation applies.• You may add multiple students to the session, as long as they are all receiving the same accommodation.• To assign an accommodated form, select the appropriate Form Group Type from the dropdown during the

“Create New Session” activity.

Assigning Alternate Form Groups for Accommodations Other than Proctor Read-Aloud

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Large Print Accommodation

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Ordering Large Print materials

There are two ways to order materials for a Large Print Accommodation.

1. During test registration (SDU File upload or student registration)NOTE: The Large Print accommodation and paper test format should be selected.

This must be complete by:•January 21, 2014 for PBA•February 28, 2014 for EOY

2. Order via Additional Orders in PearsonAccess

Each Large Print Accommodation kit includes:

• One Large Print test booklet• One regular print response document for transcription (Consumable test

booklet for grade 3, scannable answer document for grades 4 – HS)

PARCC Support Center888-493-9888

PARCC@support.pearson.com

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Resources & Additional Support