0 Accessibility Features and Accommodations Ensuring Access for All Students

1 Accessibility Features and Accommodations Ensuring Access for All Students

2 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

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

4 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:

5 Universal Design for Learning Wheel

6 Action and Expression Options for expression and communication:

7 PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual accessibility-features-and- accommodations-manual

8 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**

9 Section 2: PARCC Accessibility System and Accessibility Features for All Students Taking the PARCC Assessments Features for All Students Accessibility Features Identified in advance Accommodations Accessibility Features Available for All Students: pages 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 Audio amplificationBlank paper External spell check device Eliminate answer choicesNotepad Writing tools Line reader toolMagnification deviceRedirect student to the test Flag items for reviewGeneral administrative directions clarified General administrative directions read aloud and repeated as needed Highlighting toolHeadphones or noise buffers Pop-up glossary

10 Complete list on pages Accessibility Features for All Students

11 Accessibility Features for All Students Computer-Based TestingPaper-Based Testing Audio AmplificationAuditory Aids Blank Paper Eliminate Answer ChoicesVisual Aids/Organizers Flag Items for ReviewVisual Aids/Organizers General Administration Directions Clarified General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated as Needed General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated Highlight ToolHighlighter Headphones or Noise Buffers Line Reader ToolLine Reader (Straight Edge) Magnification/Enlargement Device

12 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.

13 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

14 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

15 How can school teams determine which students need these features?

16 Practice Tests and Tutorials Located under Test Preparation on PARCC.pearson.comPARCC.pearson.com

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18 Other Trainings Available

19 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.

20 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)

21 For Students with Disabilities Accommodations are divided into three categories in the manual: Presentation accommodations – pages Response accommodations – pages 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

22 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?

23 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

24 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.

25 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.

26 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

27 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.

28 Students with Disabilities: Timing and Scheduling Extended time

29 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?

30 Accommodations for English Learners

31 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)

32 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.

33 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

34 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

35 Resources Accommodations Manual: and-accommodations-manual and-accommodations-manual PD Modules: learning-modules-parcc-assessmentshttp:// learning-modules-parcc-assessments Training Modules: training/ training/ Practice Tests & Sample Items: UDL Wheel: