Transcript Acc-TETN#10416

ACCOMMODATIONS Update
October 26, 2011
Updates taken from October 13th TETN #10416
Lisa Kirby
ESC-20, Educational Specialist
[email protected]
210-370-5469
Kimberly Baumgardner
ESC-20, Educational Specialist
[email protected]
210-370-5431
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.asse
ssment/accommodations/staar-telpas/
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Critical Information about
Accommodations
for Students with Disabilities
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Using Accommodations During Classroom Instruction and
Testing
Using Accommodations on Statewide Assessments
Optional Test Administration Procedures and Materials
Testing Accommodations
TELPAS Accommodations
Planning for Accommodation Use
Accommodation Use in Unexpected Situations
Recording Accommodation Use on the Student’s Answer
Document
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Critical Information about
Accommodations
for Students with Disabilities
 This critical information outlines the purpose and appropriate use
of accommodations for students with disabilities.
 For the purposes of statewide testing, students needing
accommodations due to a disability include:
 A student with an identified disability who receives special
education services and meets established eligibility criteria for
certain accommodations
 A student with an identified disability who receives Section 504
services and meets established eligibility criteria for certain
accommodations
 A student with a disabling condition who does not receive
special education or Section 504 services but meets
established eligibility criteria for certain accommodations
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Critical Information about
Accommodations
for Students with Disabilities
 Who makes decisions about accommodation use during
statewide assessments for students with disabilities and
where should the decisions be documented?
 Special education services: the ARD committee; IEP
 Section 504 services: the 504 placement committee; IAP
 No special education or Section 504 services: the
appropriate team of people at the campus level;
documentation determined at local level
 Response to Intervention (RTI) team and student assistance team
are just examples
 This applies to a small group of students
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Optional Test Administration
Procedures and Materials
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No longer called Related Testing Procedures!
Descriptions included on separate web link
titled, “Optional Test Administration Procedures
and Materials”
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Optional Test Administration
Procedures and Materials
 Includes some procedures and materials that have been called
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testing accommodations in previous years
Related to best practices for instruction
Available to any student who needs them
Use of these procedures or materials is not recorded on the
student’s answer document
Authority for decision is the same as for accommodations; there
must be a body of people in place to make decisions
The campus testing coordinator will need to know in order to
plan for test days
Descriptions and guidelines for use included in document on
Accommodations for SWD webpage and in test administrator
manuals
Optional Test Administration
Procedures and Materials
 A student may use the
following procedures and
materials during the
statewide assessments:
Procedures or materials to
minimize distractions (e.g.,
stress ball, noise-reducing
headphones)
2. Reading test aloud to self
(e.g., reading into a voicefeedback device or voice
recorder)
3. Signing or translating test
administration directions
4. Reading assistance on grade
3 mathematics
 If distracting to other
students, an individual
administration may be
required.
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Individual or small-group
testing
6. Colored overlays
7. Magnifying devices
8. Place markers
9. Highlighters or colored pencils
10. Preferential seating
11. Scratch paper /
other workspace
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What’s Different?
 Clock, watch or timer—no longer an option
What’s New?
 Signing test administration directions for a student who is deaf
or hard of hearing or translating test administration directions
into the native language of an English language learner
 Minimize distractions—stress ball, noise-reducing headphones,
instrumental music (for individual student, not whole class)
 Reading assistance on the grade 3 mathematics test—
available upon request for all students
 Scratch paper or other workspace
 Scratch paper can include: graph paper, grid paper, colored paper,
lined paper, blank paper, chalkboard, or a dry-erase board;
Does NOT include a word processor!
The Accommodation Triangle
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The Accommodation Triangle
 Type 1 accommodations are for a larger number of students. As the
triangle narrows, the policies become more restrictive, addressing fewer
students who have these specific needs. Type 3 accommodations are
intended for a small number of students.
 Type 1 Accommodation: for students with a specific need who
routinely, independently, and effectively use it during classroom
instruction and testing; no ARF
 Type 2 Accommodation: Type 1 requirements plus additional specific
eligibility criteria; no ARF
 Type 3 Accommodation: appropriate team of people at campus level
determines eligibility for listed accommodations or “other”
accommodations not listed in the triangle AND submits an ARF to TEA
Type 1 Accommodations
Projection Devices
This accommodation allows for enlarging text, graphics, or the display on a
computer screen for a student who has an impairment in vision.
Examples/Types:
This accommodation may include but is not limited to
• Closed-circuit television (CCTV)
• Document camera
Eligibility Criteria:
• routinely and effectively uses this
accommodation during classroom
instruction and testing
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STAAR
STAAR Spanish
STAAR Modified
STAAR L
TELPAS grades 2-12 reading tests
Amplification Devices
This accommodation reduces the interference of background noise and the effect of
distance between a speaker and a student for a student who has difficulty hearing or
maintaining focus in large-group settings.
Examples/Types:
This accommodation may include but is not limited to
• speakers
• frequency-modulated (FM) system
Eligibility Criteria:
• routinely and effectively uses this
accommodation during classroom
instruction and testing
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STAAR
STAAR Spanish
STAAR Modified
STAAR L
TELPAS grades 2-12 reading tests
Type 2 Accommodations
Manipulating Test Materials
This accommodation allows the test administrator to physically manipulate materials
and equipment for a student who is unable to do so independently.
Examples/Types:
This accommodation may include but is not limited to
• turning test booklet pages
• positioning the ruler
• using the mouse to navigate an online administration
• operating technology
Eligibility Criteria:
• routinely and effectively uses this
accommodation during classroom
instruction and testing, and
• has a disabling condition that
interferes with the physical
manipulation of test materials
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STAAR
STAAR Spanish
STAAR Modified
STAAR L
TELPAS grades 2-12 reading tests
Oral/Signed Administration
This accommodation allows a test administrator to provide reading
support, through speech or signing, to a student with a disability.
Oral/Signed Administration
This accommodation allows a test administrator to provide reading
support, through speech or signing, to a student with a disability.
Eligibility Criteria:
• routinely and effectively uses this accommodation during classroom instruction
and testing, and
• Meets at least one of the following:
• The student receives special education services and is identified with
dyslexia or has evidence of reading difficulties;
• The student receives Section 504 services and is identified with dyslexia or
has evidence of reading difficulties;
• The student does not receive special education or Section 504 services but
is identified with dyslexia.
Oral Administration Examples/Types
 TWO levels of reading support:
◦ Reading parts of the test questions and/or answer
choices at student request
◦ Reading all test questions and answer choices
throughout the test
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entirety” because reading selections can never
be read aloud
 For other subjects, all words in the test questions
and answer choices can be read aloud (includes
tables, graphs, etc.)
Special Instructions/Considerations
 Provides Guidelines for Oral/Signed Administration
 Provides Test Administrator Responsibilities
Mathematics Manipulatives
Manipulatives are concrete objects or pictures of concrete objects for a
student to move and touch in order to visualize abstract concepts.
Mathematics Manipulatives
Manipulatives are concrete objects or pictures of concrete objects for a
student to move and touch in order to visualize abstract concepts.
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Eligibility Criteria:
• receives special education services,
• routinely, independently, and effectively uses this accommodation
during classroom instruction and testing, and
• has a disability that affects memory retrieval, focus, or organization
and is severe enough to prevent him or her from learning and
retaining information as effectively as non-disabled peers despite
multiple opportunities to learn, varied instructional strategies, and
high-quality instruction.
Math Manipulatives Examples/Types
 This accommodation may ONLY include
◦ Real or play money
◦ Clocks (instructional clocks, not a wall clock)
◦ with or without numbers shown on clock face
◦ Base-ten blocks
◦ Counters
◦ Algebra tiles
◦ the tiles should never contain words, labels, pictures, acronyms,
mnemonics, numbers, symbols, or variables
◦ Fraction pieces (fraction bars or circles)
◦ the fraction pieces may be labeled to show each individual fraction, but
they should never show equivalencies (e.g., ½ = 2/4 = 0.5 = 50%) or
the cumulative sequences (e.g., ¼,2/4, ¾, 4/4)
◦ Geometric figures (grade appropriate)
◦ figures should never contain words, labels, pictures, acronyms,
mnemonics, numbers, symbols, or variables
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 No other manipulatives are allowed. NEW!
Calculation Devices
This accommodation provides an alternate method of computation for a
student who is unable to effectively use paper-and-pencil methods.
Calculation Devices Reminder
 Required for STAAR, STAAR Modified, and STAAR L
Algebra I, geometry, biology; STAAR and STAAR L
Algebra II, chemistry, physics
 Not an accommodation for these tests
Calculation Devices
This accommodation provides an alternate method of computation for a
student who is unable to effectively use paper-and-pencil methods.
Eligibility Criteria:
• receives special education or Section 504 services,
• routinely, independently, and effectively uses this accommodation during
classroom instruction and testing, and
• meets at least one of the following for the applicable grade.
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Grades 3 and 4
• The student has a physical disability that
prevents him or her from independently writing
the numbers required for computations and
cannot effectively use other allowable
accommodations to address this need (e.g.,
whiteboards, graph paper).
• The student has an impairment in vision that
prevents him or her from seeing the numbers
they have written during computations and
cannot effectively use other allowable
accommodations to address this need (e.g.,
CCTV, magnifier).
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Grades 5 through 8
• The student has a physical disability that prevents him or her
from independently writing the numbers required for
computations and cannot effectively use other allowable
accommodations to address this need (e.g., whiteboard, graph
paper).
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The student has an impairment in vision that prevents him or
him or her from seeing the numbers they have written during
computations and cannot effectively use other allowable
accommodations to address this need (e.g. CCTV, magnifier.
• The student has a disability that affects mathematics
calculations. Even after intensive instruction and remediation is
consistently unable to memorize basic addition, subtraction,
multiplication, or division facts or perform the steps in an
algorithm correctly when solving problems.
Calculation Devices Examples/Types
 This accommodation may ONLY include
◦ Four-function calculator
◦ Scientific calculator
◦ Graphing calculator
◦ Large-key calculator
◦ Abacus or Cranmer modified abacus
◦ Audio-graphing calculator
◦ Speech output calculator
 This is an exhaustive list.
 No other calculators are allowed.
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Student Scenarios
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The student scenarios are intended to clarify who is
eligible to use a calculation device as an accommodation
on applicable statewide assessments.
• These scenarios do not address every situation in which
a student may or may not use a calculation device as a
testing accommodation.
Large Print
This accommodation provides a student with enlarged test materials when he or she
has a disabling condition that limits the ability to effectively access test materials in
standard print size.
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STAAR
STAAR Spanish
STAAR Modified
STAAR L
Eligibility Criteria:
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routinely and effectively uses large-print materials, including text books, worksheets, etc.,
during classroom instruction and testing, and
meets at least one of the following:
• the student has an impairment in vision (e.g., uncorrected vision, nystagmus,
qualifies for special education services with a Visual Impairment [VI]);
• the student has a disability that affects his or her accuracy in tracking letter to letter,
word to word, and/or line to line;
• the student has a physical disability which necessitates the use of large-print
materials.
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Special
Instructions/Considerations
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Large-print test materials should only be ordered for a student with an impairment in vision.
The ordering process will be closely monitored.
Student responses on large-print tests must be transcribed to an answer document according
to the procedures outlined in the Transcribing accommodation policy.
Specific information about large-print test materials is available in the document titled,
“General Instructions for Administering Braille and Large-Print Assessments,” located on the
Accommodations webpage. {coming soon}
If a student needs a test booklet in a larger print size than offered in the large-print test
materials, refer to the Photocopy accommodation policy.
Technology-based accommodations for a student taking an online test enable most students
who require large-print test materials to test online. Large-print tests can be ordered for a
student for whom technology-based accommodations are not appropriate.
TELPAS reading tests for grades 2-12: in rare instances in which the use of an
accommodation is not feasible or appropriate for an online TELPAS reading administration, or
if the administration of an online test is inappropriate due to a student’s particular disability, a
special request may be made to TEA for approval.
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Dictionary
This accommodation facilitates comprehension of unfamiliar words for a
student with a disability.
• STAAR grades 3-5 reading tests
• STAAR Spanish grades 3-5 reading tests
• STAAR Modified grades 3-5 reading tests
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receives special education or Section 504 services,
routinely, independently, and effectively uses this accommodation during classroom
instruction and testing, and
has a disability that affects memory retrieval and/or decoding skills.
Dictionary Reminder
 Required for STAAR and STAAR Modified grade 6-8
reading, grade 7 writing, English I & II; STAAR
English III; not an accommodation
Dictionary Examples/Types
 This accommodation may ONLY include
◦ Standard/general dictionary in English (or Spanish)
◦ Dictionary/thesaurus combo
◦ Electronic dictionary (no Internet access)
◦ Bilingual dictionary
◦ ESL dictionary
◦ Picture dictionary
◦ Sign language dictionary
 This is an exhaustive list.
 No other dictionaries are allowed.
Supplemental Aids
Supplemental aids are paper-based resources that assist a student in
recalling information.
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STAAR Spanish
STAAR Modified
STAAR L
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receives special education services,
routinely, independently, and effectively uses this accommodation during
classroom instruction and testing, and
has a disability that affects memory retrieval, focus, or organization and is
severe enough to prevent him or her from learning and retaining
information as effectively as non-disabled peers despite multiple
opportunities to learn, varied instructional strategies, and high-quality
instruction.
Supplemental Aid
Examples/Types
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Mnemonic Devices
Blank Graphic Organizers
Math Charts
Math Graphics & Pictorial Models
Grammar & Mechanics Rules
Science Graphics
Social Studies Graphics
ALL SUBJECTS
Mnemonic Devices
PEMDAS
DMSB
and/or
and/or
Please Excuse My
Dear Aunt Sally
Dad Mother Sister
Brother
ALL SUBJECTS
Mnemonic Devices
ALL SUBJECTS
Blank Graphic Organizers
Blank graphic organizers NEVER contain titles, words, labels,
pictures, acronyms, mnemonics, numbers, symbols, variables,
arrows, or fill-in-the-blank spaces.
Graphic Organizers for Reading
must be BLANK!
Mathematics
Examples/Types
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Math Charts
Graphics & Pictorial Models
Math Charts
• Addition Charts
• Multiplication Charts
• 100 Chart
• Place Value Chart
Addition Charts
The addition chart must be a grid used to find answers, not a
list of addition facts. Each axis may be numbered up to 9, but
no higher than 9. Highlighting or any other indication of special
numbers (e.g., even numbers) in the body of the chart is not
allowed.
1+1=2
2+2=4
3+3=6
4+4=8
5 + 5 = 10
6 + 6 = 12
7 + 7 = 14
8 + 8 = 16
9 + 9 = 18
10 + 10 = 20
Multiplication Charts
The multiplication chart must be a grid used to find the product, not a list
of multiplication facts. Each axis may be numbered up to 12, but no
higher than 12. Highlighting or any other indication of special numbers
(e.g., perfect squares) in the body of the chart is not allowed.
1x0=0
1x1=1
1x2=2
1x3=3
1x4=4
1x5=5
1x6=6
1x7=7
1x8=8
1x9=9
2x0=0
2x1=2
2x2=4
2x3=6
2x4=8
2 x 5 = 10
2 x 6 = 12
2 x 7 = 14
2 x 8 = 16
2 x 9 = 18
100 Chart
Highlighting or any other indication of special numbers (e.g., prime
numbers) in the body of the chart is not allowed.
Place Value Chart
Words for place value labels and a decimal point are allowed only if they
are grade-appropriate. For example, the word “hundredths” may be used
at grade 4 and above, but the fraction “1/100” cannot be included.
Including numbers as specific examples is never allowed.
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Graphics & Pictorial Models
• Fraction bars or circles
• One-, two-, and three-dimensional figures
Pictorial Models
The models may be labeled to show each individual fraction, but they should
never show equivalencies (e.g., ½ = 2/4 = 0.5 = 50%) or a cumulative
sequence (e.g., ¼, 2/4, ¾, 4/4).
Pictorial Models
Pictorial models of one-, two- and three-dimensional geometric figures
may be used; however, the figures must be grade-appropriate. The
figures may never contain titles, words, labels, acronyms, mnemonics,
numbers, symbols, variables, arrows, or fill-in-the blank spaces.
Written Composition Examples/Types
(grades 4 and 7 and English I, II, and III)
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Grammar & Mechanics Rules
Grammar & Mechanics Rules
A list of grade-appropriate grammar and mechanics rules may be used.
This list may never contain any specific examples.
Science Examples/Types
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Graphics of scientific concepts
Formula triangles representing relationships
between variables
Graphics
Graphics of scientific concepts may be used. The graphics should never contain
titles, words, labels, acronyms, mnemonics, numbers, symbols, variables, arrows,
or fill-in-the-blank spaces.
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Formula Triangles
Formula triangles representing relationships between variables may be
used. Only formulas that appear on the appropriate state-supplied
reference materials may be represented. The triangles may only include
variables; for example, a triangle showing the relationship between
mass, density, and volume can only contain the variables m, D, and V.
Symbols for mathematical operations (e.g. ÷, ×)
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http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/science/
Social Studies
Examples/Types
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Blank Maps
Timelines
Blank Maps
Labeling or numbering of any features on the map is never allowed.
In addition, maps that represent historic events but contain no text or
numbering may be used (e.g., an unlabeled map that represents the
stages of U.S. territorial expansion). A student could use both
physical and political world or U.S. maps.
Timelines
Timelines may be used if they contain only dates. Labeling of events
connected with those dates, whether represented by text or pictures, is
never allowed.
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Want additional supplemental aids?
 For the 2011-2012 school year, these lists represent
what eligible students can use.
 TEA will not accept ARFs for additional supplemental
aids.
 TEA encourages feedback from educators about
additional supplemental aids that can be added to the
lists for future years. This will be requested after spring
testing.
Dyslexia Accommodations
 The Dyslexia Bundled Accommodations were part
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of the TAKS program for reading grades 3 through
8.
 The bundle of 3 accommodations does not exist for
the STAAR program.
 However, there are several accommodations that
could be useful for a student with dyslexia.
 Oral administration will now be expanded to include
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allowing the test administrator to read aloud the
questions and answer choices from the reading
tests to students who meet the eligibility criteria;
the test administrator can never read aloud the
reading selections.
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Dyslexia Accommodations
 Extra time to complete the test (until the end of the
published school day) may be allowed if the student
meets the eligibility criteria. Students identified with
dyslexia will most likely be included in the eligibility
criteria. However, this policy has not yet been
finalized or posted.
 Having an extra day to complete the test is reserved for
students with serious medical conditions or other
unique and severe situations. Students identified with
dyslexia will most likely NOT be included in the
eligibility criteria. However, this policy has not yet
been finalized or posted.
What’s Left to Finalize and Post?
 Transcribing by Test
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Administrator
Spelling Assistance
Braille
Extra Time
Extra Day(s)
Photocopy
“Other” Accommodations
 Point Size and Font
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Matrices
Braille / Large Print
Appendix
Deaf / Hard of Hearing
Appendix
Accommodation Request
Form Process
Guidelines for Recording
Accommodation Use on
the Answer Document
What else is new?
STAAR Modified Resources
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/special-ed/staarm/
STAAR Modified Griddable Questions
for Mathematics
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STAAR Modified mathematics assessments will include 1 to 2 griddable questions.
The correct answer will be a positive number.
Extra zeros may be filled in (either before or after the answer) as long as their
placement does not affect the value of the answer.
Practice grids and directions will be provided with each griddable question in the test
booklets at grades 3 through 8 for students to practice if they choose.
Practice grids will not be provided in Algebra I or geometry test booklets.
Grades 3
Grades 4-8
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No decimal point
Fixed decimal point
Digits for each answer must be
entered in correct columns with
respect to the fixed decimal point.
Algebra I & Geometry
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Floating decimal point
If the answer has a decimal, students must enter
a decimal point.
The answer can be placed in any set of
consecutive boxes. It is not necessary to fill all of
the boxes.
STAAR (Q & As)
from August 26, 2011
Special Education STAAR Team
Kimberly Baumgardner
Cindy Miller
[email protected]
[email protected]
(210) 370-5431
(210) 370-5628
Lisa Kirby
Kelly Woodiel
[email protected]
[email protected]
(210) 370-5469
(210) 370-5432