1 TCAP Accommodations Training October, 2013 PACESetters!

2 Training Objectives At the end of today’s training, you will:  Know who decides about accommodations  Know which students are eligible  Understand the criteria when selecting accommodations  Gain understanding on how accommodations are given  Know the process and requirements for documenting accommodations PACESetters!

3 District Core Assessment Team DAC – District Assessment Coordinator Kimberly Terry – X28335 SPED Rep. – Sharon Hurst ELL Rep. – Jean Burke CBLA Rep. – Lisa Escàrcega SAC – School Assessment Coordinator PACESetters!

Types of Accommodations 4 Today we will focus on State Assessment Accommodations only.

5 Accommodations Accommodations are changes made to the assessment procedures in order to provide a student with access to comprehensible information and an equal opportunity to demonstrate knowledge and skills without affecting the reliability or validity of the assessment. Accomm. (pg.141) PACESetters!

6 Decisions about Participation and Accommodations Decisions should be based on needs of individual student (not by category or program) and based on content area. Decisions should be made by a team which includes the student’s teacher and parent or guardian (signature req’d) in the content area being assessed. If the student has an IEP, the IEP team should make the decision. This includes participation in CoAlt. Accomm. (pg.144) PACESetters!

7 Criteria for Accommodations Accommodations need to be in place 3 months prior to the assessment being administered. Accommodations must be in place for Assessments given regularly at the district, school, or classroom level. Accommodations must be documented. Accommodations are content specific. PACESetters! Accomm. (pg.144)

New this year and last year Must sign and provide a verification of removal (pg 213) Must bubble on the back of the student test book ALL bubbles for every accommodation the student used during testing 8 PACESetters! Accomm.

Reminders Combined Reading/Writing session Only Reading accommodations given for all items except the last question that is a Writing item and Writing acc. are given for that item. Scribe is restricted Word prediction on writing is restricted but allowed for students on IEP or 504 Reminder: Spelling is not allowed Reminder: Spelling of words is not an allowable accommodation 9

10 Exceptional Situations Effects on students must be considered. More than one accommodation is allowed. New students to the district Students newly identified as SPED Students with health issues Nonstandard accommodations Accomm. (pg.145) PACESetters!

4 Categories of Accommodations for Statewide Assessments Standard Accommodations Students with a documented need Restricted Accommodations Students with IEP or 504 and meet the criteria for each Nonstandard Accommodations Students with an IEP or 504 Must turn in nonstandard accommodation request form to me by Dec. 1 Linguistic Accommodations Students identified as English language learners 11 PresentationResponseSetting/EnvironmentTiming/Scheduling Within each category of accommodation there are 4 types…..

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13 Accomm. (pg.148) PACESetters! Presentation Accommodations Pg.60 p68 p72

14 Accomm. (pg.44) PACESetters! (Page 55) (Page 48) Response Accommodations Accomm. (pg.161) Pg.65 Pg.68 p74 P74 & 81 p78 P74 &

15 Accomm. (pg.45) PACESetters! Setting Accommodations Accomm. (pg.171)

16 PACESetters! (Page 54) Timing Accommodations Pg.66 Pg.67 Accomm. (pg.176) P75&76 p77

Nonstandard Accommodations Examples of approved nonstandard accommodations include: individualized communication equipment related to a student’s needs and the use of specialized papers (lined paper, graph paper). Examples of nonstandard accommodations that would not be approved due to impact on integrity, validity, reliability or comparability of assessment results include: reading the reading test, allowing graphic organizers during writing assessment, or providing multiplication tables for the math CSAP 17 Accomm. (pg. 182) PACESetters!

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Linguistic Accommodations Direct Linguistic: Adjustments of text of assessment to reduce the linguistic load needed to access the test Indirect Linguistic: Adjustments to the conditions under which the assessment is given which allow ELA students to use linguistic resources 19

20 ELL Accomm. (pg.22) P 9&10 P 24&25 P 23 P23&24 P 22&23 P 27

21 PACESetters! ELL Accomm. (pg.22) P 25 P 25 &26 P26&27 Reading Writing Math Science Code Grouping Sp. Inst.

22 Documenting Accommodations All accommodations must be documented and placed into students cum folders. Documentation in a teacher’s grade book is not acceptable Parents and students must be notified of accommodations given for state assessments. Example form on pg.113 PACESetters! Accomm. (pg. 57 and 144)

23 Accommodations Documentation Sample forms are available – On Division of Accountability and Research website p_data.htm p_data.htm Sample provided at training Parent signature is required (pg. 144) NOTHING needs to be turned into the Division of A & R. PACESetters!

24 Timelines/Logistics Assessment Window/Test Order Test window is March 3-March 21 3 rd grade Reading window Feb.24-March 7 Note: Reading/Writing, Math, Science tests may be given in any order PACESetters!

25 Schedule Options May adjust order of sessions to accommodate scheduling needs of school. All test sessions must be administered in the order in which they appear in the test booklets. Students within the same building must take the same session(s) at the same time. EXCEPTIONS: Writing grades Session 1 (draft) and session 2 (final copy) must be scheduled on two consecutive sessions without a weekend in between. Students accommodated with different testing time. PACESetters!

26 Sample Session Schedule Minutes Students Complete Front Page of Test Booklet5-10 Distribution of materials 5 Directions/Examples5-10 Testing time60-65 TOTAL75-90 **Teachers should work as teams to verify administration of times and content to be assessed.** PACESetters!

Resources Division of Accountability and Research CSAP page data.htm data.htm ELL Accommodations manual link -and-resources/csap/csap-2011-manuals/ -and-resources/csap/csap-2011-manuals/ 27

Resources cont. Accommodations manual link ment-and-resources/csap/csap manuals/ ment-and-resources/csap/csap manuals/ Colorado Department of Education CSAP information ocuments/csap/usa_index.html ocuments/csap/usa_index.html 28