1. Accommodations SBAC Assessment Beth Schiltz Fall 2014

2. Objectives Focus on: –The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC): Usability, Accessibility and Accommodations Guidelines document –Field Test Accommodations Data –Available Tools and Resources –Documenting Accommodations

3. SBAC Usability, Accessible and Accommodation Guidelines

4. Smarter Balanced: Usability, Accessibility and Accommodations Guidance document found at –http://sbac.portal.airast.org/field- test/resources/http://sbac.portal.airast.org/field- test/resources/ –Updated August 1, 2014 Guidelines apply to all students Three levels of support

5. SBAC Accommodations Three levels of support both embedded and non-embedded Level 1 – Universal Tools –For ALL students Level 2 – Designated Supports –For SOME students Level 3 – Documented Accommodations –For a FEW students Taken from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium: Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines document

6. Level 1 – Universal Tools For ALL students

7. Level 1 – Universal Tools Pages 6-8 Provided for all students

8. Level 1 – Universal Tools Pages 6-8 Provided digitally or separately

9. Level 1 – Universal Tools Pages 6-8 Based on student preference and selection

10. Level 1 – Universal Tools Pages 6-8 Can be turned off if tool is viewed as a distraction

11. Level 1 – Universal Tools Should be using these tools in other digital environments so students are familiar with them

12. Level 1 – Universal Tools Provided for ALL students –Breaks –Calculator –Digital Notepad –English Dictionary (for ELA performance task full write) –English Glossary –Expandable Passages –Global Notes (for ELA performance tasks –Highlighter –Keyboard Navigation –Mark for Review –Math Tools –Spell Check (for ELA items) –Strikethrough –Writing Tools –Zoom Embedded Tools

13. Level 1 – Universal Tools Provided for ALL students Non-Embedded Tools –Breaks –English Dictionary (for ELA performance task full writes) –Scratch Paper –Thesaurus (for ELA performance task full writes)

14. Level 2 – Designated Supports For SOME students

15. Level 2 – Designated Supports Pages 9-13 For any student for which a need has been indicated –by an educator or –a team of educators with parent/guardian and/or student –ISAAP (Individual Student Assessment Accessibility Profile) or a similar process

16. Level 2 – Designated Supports Pages 9-13 Currently being used for instruction and/or other assessment

17. Level 2 – Designated Supports Pages 9-13 Identified prior to the assessment

18. Level 2 – Designated Supports Pages 9-13 Activated prior to testing in the TIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine)

19. Level 2 – Designated Supports Provided for SOME Students Embedded Supports –Color Contrast –Masking –Text-to-speech –Translated test directions –Translations (glossaries for math items) –Translations (stacked for math items) –Turn off universal tools

20. Level 2 – Designated Supports Provided for SOME Students Non-Embedded Supports –Bilingual dictionary (for ELA performance task full writes) –Color contrasts –Color overlays –Magnification –Read aloud (math items and ELA items – not reading passages) –Scribe (for ELA non-writing items and math items) –Separate setting –Translations (glossaries for math items)

21. Level 3 – Documented Accommodations For FEW students

22. Level 3 – Documented Accommodations Pages 14-19 Documented need for the support such as an IEP or a 504 plan –Decisions made by a team –Information must be entered in the TIDE so they can be activated

23. Level 3 – Documented Accommodations Pages 14-19 Exception may be a student who has a physical injury such as a broken hand or arm and can’t use the computer –May use the speech- to-text and/or –Scribe –If they have experience using these supports

24. Level 3 – Documented Accommodations For FEW students Embedded Accommodations –American Sign Language (for ELA listening items and math items) –Braille –Closed Captioning (for ELA listening items) –Text-to-speech (for ELA reading passages grades 6-8, 11) Practice/Training tests : http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/ http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/

25. Level 3 – Documented Accommodations For FEW students Non-embedded Accommodations –Abacus –Alternate response options –Calculator (Braille and Talking Calculator for calculator items only) –Multiplication Table (grade 4 and above for math items – single digit 1-9) –Noise Buffers –Print on demand –Read aloud (for ELA passages grades 6-8, 11 who do not have Braille skills ) –Scribe –Speech to text Practice/Training tests : http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/ http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/

26. South Dakota Field Test Data

27. Number of Students Receiving a Support or an Accommodation Grade Student Receiving Supports or Accommodations 031870 041779 051742 061601 071558 081445 111170 Grand Total11165

28. Embedded Supports and Accommodations

29. Text-to-Speech ELA (English Language Arts) GradeItemsStimuliStimuli & ItemsGrand Total 0387321901065 048246144974 057293135867 0628112453746 072805440725 0819613402611 111336212351 Total33164719765339 Grades 3-5 cannot have Stimuli (Reading Passages) read to them

30. Text-to-Speech Math GradeItemsStimuli Stimuli & ItemsTotal 035310161069 04281955984 0560824884 06262708736 0724683707 0832569601 11 1325337 Total5318

31. Other Embedded Supports Data MaskingELAMath Masking Available183200 Color ChoicesELAMath Black on Rose1150 Medium Gray on Light Gray43 Reverse Contrast2019 Yellow on Blue99 Font Size (default 14) ELA (Times New Roman) Math (Verdana) Level 1 (x1.5 = 21) 1817 Level 2 (x1.75= 24) 29 Level 3 (x2.5= 35) 45 Level 4 (x3= 42) 12

32. Other Accommodation Data Closed Captioning (for Listening items) ELA Closed Captioning Available14 American Sign LanguageELAMath Show ASL videos66 StreamlinedELAMath Streamlined Interface Availability360307

33. Non-Embedded Supports and Accommodations

34. Non-Embedded Supports for ELA 03040506070811 Grand Total Bilingual Dictionary55 Bilingual Dictionary; Separate Setting11 Color Contrast112 Color Contrast; Magnification112 Color Contrast; Magnification; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting11 Color Overlay112 Color Overlay; Read Aloud Items11 Color Overlay; Separate Setting213 Magnification1111318 Magnification; Read Aloud Items; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting11 Magnification; Separate Setting11 Read Aloud Items67667231382627327 Read Aloud Items; Scribe Items (Non-Writing)111115 Read Aloud Items; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting366242427 Read Aloud Items; Separate Setting60858936303719356 Scribe Items (Non-Writing)621132419 Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting109524232 Separate Setting5734954774404373741982994 3787 26% For the paper version of test only

35. Separate Setting and Text-to-Speech for ELA ItemsStimuli Stimuli & Items Total Separate Setting2994 Separate Setting and Text-to-Speech 1283176301930

36. Non-Embedded Supports for Math Support03040506070811Total Color Contrast11 Color Contrast; Magnification112 Color Contrast; Magnification; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting11 Color Contrast; Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli112 Color Overlay112 Color Overlay; Separate Setting213 Magnification111216 Magnification; Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting11 Magnification; Separate Setting11 Read Aloud Items1213124114460 Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli4544502321238214 Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Non-Writing)21216 Read Aloud Item; Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting36321217 Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli; Separate Setting39676022183013249 Read Aloud Items; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting123 Read Aloud Items; Separate Setting1716149109883 Read Aloud Stimuli11 Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting11 Read Aloud Stimuli; Separate Setting213 Scribe Items (Non-Writing)43141316 Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting108424230 Separate Setting5134574414214113521942789 Separate Setting; Glossary - Arabic11 Separate Setting; Glossary - Mandarin11 Separate Setting; Glossary - Spanish11 Grand Total6476195954884854282373499

37. Non-Embedded Accommodations ELA 03040506070811 Total Alternate Response Options325111 Alternate Response Options; Read Aloud Stimuli213 Alternate Response Options; Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Writing)1113 Alternate Response Options; Read Aloud Stimuli; Speech-to-Text11 Alternate Response Options; Scribe Items (Writing)11 Read Aloud Stimuli48646640473825328 Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Writing)131142315 Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Writing); Speech-to-Text112 Read Aloud Stimuli; Speech-to-Text858123229 Scribe Items (Writing)151712673767 Scribe Items (Writing); Speech-to-Text1113 Speech-to-Text183229 19145146 609

38. Non-Embedded Accommodations Math Accommodation03040506070811Total Abacus11 Alternate Response Options552113 Alternate Response Options; Calculator11 Alternate Response Options; Calculator; Multiplication Table1113 Alternate Response Options; Multiplication Table22 Alternate Response Options; Speech-to-Text11 Calculator1131416201368 Calculator; Multiplication Table13381391754 Calculator; Multiplication Table; Speech-to-Text111115 Calculator; Speech-to-Text1124 Multiplication Table3310311272882915452 Multiplication Table; Speech-to-Text39152011150 Speech-to-Text324028619146145 799 Multiplication Tables can’t be used for 3 rd grade. Calculators can’t be used for 3 rd -5 th grade. Only Braille and talking calculators (and possible large) are allowed.

39. Tools and Resources

40. ISAAP Tool (Individual Student Assessment Accessibility Profile) Excel spreadsheet tool Used to help document decisions on supports and accommodations needed Could provide information to person designated to input TIDE information Fall Assessment Roadshow\Copy of ISAAP Tool 081314_Final _v2.xlsm Fall Assessment Roadshow\Copy of ISAAP Tool 081314_Final _v2.xlsm

41. Common Language D-STEP Science Smarter Balanced Other State Assessments (not mandated)

42. Crosswalk Between SBAC, D-Step, NSCS (alt. assessment), ASSETS, NAEP, and EOC –Close match

43. One Page Overview Show comparison between SBAC, D-Step, and NSCS (Alt Assessment) http://doe.sd.gov/octe/SMARTERbalanc ed.aspx

44. State Assessment and Accommodation Worksheet Assessment and Accommodation Tool –Helps inform supports and accommodations use for state assessment –Contains both SBAC and D-Step information –Modeled after TIDE format

45. SD Accommodations Manual http://doe.sd.gov/oats/dakSTEP.aspx Updated this summer (in draft form)

46. SD Accommodations Manual Five Important Steps 1.Expect students with disabilities to achieve grade level academic content standards 2.Learn about accommodations for instruction and assessment 3.Select accommodations 4.Administer accommodations during instruction and assessment 5.Evaluate and improve accommodation use

47. Tool 3 Updated to include information for the major state assessments (those that are mandated and those that are optional) Still in draft form

48. Documenting Accommodations

49. Accommodations must be clearly documented in the IEP –Instructional accommodations –Assessment accommodations

50. Documenting Accommodations Three possible areas of the IEP –Consideration of Special Factors assistive technology devices and services –Supplementary Aids and Services aids, services, and other supports –Participation in Assessments how a student will participate in state and district-wide assessments

51. Documenting Accommodations Consideration of Special Factors Page

52. Documenting Accommodations Accommodations/Modifications/Supplementary Aids and Services

53. Documenting Accommodations

54. Campus IEP SBAC Accommodations being updated Campus Admin can add instructional accommodations Issues with printing

55. Documenting Accommodations on Campus IEP

57. Questions

58. Contact Information Beth Schiltz 605-773-4257 Beth.Schiltz@state.sd.us