Transcript PARCC Accommodations and Accessibility Overview April 2015

PARCC Accommodations
and Accessibility
April 2015
What Topics are Addressed
 Fall 2015 and Beyond
 PARCC Accessibility Policies – Background
 What’s Different from MCAS?
 PARCC Accessibility Features for All Students
 PARCC Test Administration Considerations
 PARCC Accommodations for
 Students with Disabilities
 ELLs
 Personal Needs Profile (PNP)
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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Board-Approved Transition Plan
Spring 2014: PARCC field test was
administered in randomly selected schools.
Spring 2015: MA districts, educational
collaboratives, and approved private schools
chose to administer either PARCC or MCAS.
Fall 2015: Board will vote on whether to
adopt PARCC.
Current Competency Determination (CD)
requirements remain in place through class of
2019.
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MCAS and MCAS-Alt in 2015 and
beyond, if PARCC is adopted
 All Grade 10 students will continue to take
high school MCAS tests to meet CD
requirement through class of 2019.
 All students in Grades 5, 8, and 9/10 will
continue to take MCAS Science and
Tech/Eng tests.
 All students designated for alternate
assessments will continue to take MCAS-Alt.
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PARCC Testing Policies
 All PARCC member states agreed to align their policies.
 test administration
 accessibility and accommodations
 Member states agreed to:
 expand accessibility to more students
 adopt use of MA “nonstandard accommodations” (calculator
and ELA read-aloud in certain circumstances)
 allow use of assistive and other technologies, where possible
 collect data on supports used by each student in a Personal
Needs Profile (PNP)
 MA continues to participate actively in many PARCC
working groups, including Accessibility,
Accommodations, and Fairness.
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Overview of PARCC Accessibility
 Many accommodations for MCAS are built into
computer-based PARCC tests and are available to
all students as Accessibility Features.
 Accessibility features are also available on paperbased tests, where appropriate.
 Many Test Administration Considerations are
available to any student, at discretion of principal.
 Accommodations are available only to students
with disabilities and English language learners.
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Differences Between PARCC and MCAS
PARCC
MCAS
Computer-based, with paper option
Paper-based
Timed tests, with extended time for
some students
Untimed tests for all students.
No individualized graphic
organizers or reference sheets
allowed
Individualized graphic
organizers and reference
sheets allowed, with ESE
approval
PARCC Emergency Accommodation
Form for students with temporary or
recently-occurring disability.
504 Plan developed for student
with temporary or recentlyoccurring disability.
Expanded accessibility for all
students; more accommodations for
ELLs
Accommodations only available
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to students with disabilities;
limited accommodations for ELLs
PARCC Accessibility and
Accommodations Resources
• PARCC Accessibility
Features and
Accommodations
Manual
www.parcconline.org/parccaccessibility-features-andaccommodations-manual
• MA Overview of PARCC
Accommodations and
Accessibility
www.doe.mass.edu/news/new
s.aspx?id=12462
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Accessibility Features for All Students
Computer-Based Testing
Paper-Based Testing
Respond Using Keyboard
Respond Using Pencil
Audio Amplification
Auditory Aids
Blank Paper
Blank Paper
Eliminate Answer Choices
Visual Aids
External spell-checker
External spell-checker
Flag Items for Review
Visual Aids
General Administration Directions Read General Administration Directions
Aloud and Repeated
Read Aloud and Repeated
General Administration Directions
General Administration Directions
Clarified
Clarified
Highlight Tool
Highlighter
Line Reader Tool
Line Reader (Straight Edge)
Screen Magnification or Zoom Tool
Magnification Device
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Pop-Up Glossary
Glossary in Footnotes
Redirect Student to Test
Redirect Student to Test
Writing Tools
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and Secondary Education
(Bold, Italicize, Underline, Bullet)
Accessibility Features for
All Students
Accessibility Features
(require pre-ordering and/or activation
prior to testing)
Answer Masking
Color Contrast
Text-to-Speech for the Mathematics Assessments
Human Reader or Human Signer
for the Mathematics Assessments
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Accommodations for Students
with Disabilities
PARCC accommodations for students with
disabilities include changes to the:
• Presentation of the test
• Method of response to test questions
• Timing and scheduling of the test
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PARCC Accommodations Do Not
Include…
 Untimed testing for all students
 “Extended time” is available only to students with
disabilities and ELLs. Student must complete a test
session (“unit”) in one school day.
 ELA graphic organizers and individualized Math
reference sheets
 Students will be given generic math reference sheets
in grades 5 and higher, and blank paper.
 Translations of tests, except for Spanish-language
high school Mathematics tests (as with MCAS).
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Accommodations for Students
with Disabilities
Presentation Accommodations
Paper-based Test (for student unfamiliar with or unable to use
technology)
Large Print (hard copy)
Braille (hard copy)
Screen Reader for ELA/Literacy or Mathematics
(for a student who is blind)
Refreshable Braille Display
(for use with Screen Reader Version of ELA/Literacy only)
Tactile Graphics (hard copy of Braille graphics)
Assistive Technology (compatible
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Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities (Continued)
Presentation Accommodations
For ELA/Literacy:
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Human Reader/Human Signer*
*Guidelines similar to MCAS
Text-to-Speech*
Screen Reader Version* nonstandard accommodations.
Embedded ASL Video*
For Mathematics:
• ASL Video (Computer-based)
• Human Signer
Student Reads Assessment Aloud to Him/Herself
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Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities (Continued)
Response Accommodations
Assistive Technology (e.g., speech-to-text, word prediction)
Typed Response (Word Processor) (Paper test)
Human Scribe
Braille Note-taker
Braille Writer
Calculation Device (on Non-Calculator Section of Math)*
*Guidelines similar to MCAS nonstandard accommodations.
Test Administrator Monitors Placement of Test Responses
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Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities (Continued)
Timing and Scheduling Accommodations
for Students with Disabilities
Extended Time
(until the end of school day to complete a test session)
NOTE: Extended time is available in 2015 without
amending IEPs, but if MA adopts PARCC, this must be added
to IEPs prior to 2016 testing during regularly scheduled team
meetings.
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Accommodations for
English Language Learners
ELL Accommodations
Extended Time
(until the end of school day to complete a test session)
Approved Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionary
(Updated list available at
www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/participation/?section=ell)
Human Scribe (Mathematics only)
General Administration Directions Read Aloud, Repeated,
and/or Clarified by Test Administrator
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(in English or Student’s Native Language)
Spanish Translation of the Grade 9 or 11 Mathematics
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Personal Needs Profile (PNP)
 What is it? A data file indicating testing supports for
individual students.
 Information is collected only on selected accommodations,
accessibility features, and test administration procedures.
 Why is the PNP needed?
 States need to collect data on which students used which
supports.
 Test contractor needs information to provide schools with
appropriate versions of computer-based tests
(e.g., text-to-speech, color contrast)
 Who requires a PNP? Any student who will receive
accommodations, accessibility features, or test
administration considerations listed in the PNP.
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PNP Process
 When will schools upload their PNP files? In
January and February, after Student Registration.
 Districts should collect information on supports needed by
students with disabilities, ELLs, and non-disabled students.
 PNP files include pre-loaded names of pre-registered
students and their accommodations information
from previous year.
 Exception: No accommodations data is pre-loaded for
students in grade 3.
 Schools review and verify pre-loaded information,
adding new student information, as needed.
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 PNP can be completed one student at a time, or uploaded for
multiple students in a CSV (Excel) file.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Online Resources
 PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual
at parcconline.org/parcc-accessibility-features-andaccommodations-manual
 PARCC Accommodations and Accessibility (MA policies) at
www.doe.mass.edu/parcc/participation/
 Paper-based Accessibility Features and Accommodations
at www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/appendix-a-paper-basedaccessibility-11-14_1.pdf.
 Generic PARCC Math Reference Sheets for students in grades
58 at www.parcconline.org/assessment-administration-guidance
 Training modules at https://parcc.tms.pearson.com/
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 Test preparation (sample items, tutorials) at parcc.pearson.com/
 General PARCC Inquiries at [email protected]
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education