Overview of the 2018-2019 Publication

1. Testing Students with
Disabilities
Overview of the 2018-2019 Publication
Molly McGahey
Molly.McGahey@dpi.nc.gov
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2. Purpose of this Presentation
• This presentation is only meant to highlight
key points and specific changes to this
publication
• This presentation should not replace a full
reading of the Testing Students with
Disabilities publication
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3. Purpose of this Publication
• Policy guidelines and procedures for
testing students with disabilities who have
a current Individualized Education
Program (IEP) or a Section 504 Plan
• Also provides guidance for students with a
transitory impairment
• Address any changes or modifications to
the manual
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4. New Information
• Discuss Health Plans
• 1 % Participation in the Alternate Assessment
• ESSA updates
• Read Aloud items for math assessments
(graphs, tables, etc.)
• 2 accommodated forms (regular,
misadministration)
• Components of the NC Testing Program
update
• Proctors
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5. Health Plans
• LEA’s and Testing coordinators should be
aware and account for any student(s) that
have health plans that may require
accommodations for testing.
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6. Health Plan and Accommodations
• Students may have an IEP or 504 plan coupled
with a health plan.
– In this case, the health plan is an addendum to the
current plan.
• Students may solely have accommodations due
to having a health plan (without an IEP or 504).
• All accommodations must be honored—even if
the accommodations will invalidate a score.
(The school must notify the student and parent
of any accommodations that may invalidate test
results.)
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7. Glucose Meters
and Insulin
Pumps (pg. 73)
• Students requiring a cellular
device to communicate with
a glucose monitor are able
to have the phone in the
testing room
• The test administrator must
ensure that the phone is
kept away from other
students and is not used for
any reason other than to
communicate with the
continuous glucose monitor
Students with diabetes
wearing insulin pumps, using
glucose meters, or requiring
snacks do not have to test in a
separate room if these
accommodations have been
used routinely during
classroom instruction and
similar classroom
assessments and their
classmates are accustomed to
the diabetes management
care procedures.
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8. 1% Participation in the Alternate
Assessment (pg. 7)
• Things to know:
– Only students with the most significant cognitive
disabilities are eligible to take the alternate
assessment.
– The number of students who may take the alternate
assessment is limited to no more than 1% of the total
number of all students in the state who are assessed in
a given subject (State level cap).
– Any school district that exceeds 1% participation in any
subject must submit a justification to the NCDPI and
the NCDPI must provide appropriate oversight to that
district.
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9. 1% Participation Continued…
(pg. 7)
– Those districts/schools that are over the 1% in a given area
will have their justification statement posted publicly on the
DPI website.
• Please remind LEAs/charter schools that it should be professionally
written and must not contain any personally identifiable information.
– If a justification was submitted by a district/school, that did
not exceed the 1%, the information will not be posted.
– Justifications will be reviewed by NCDPI to ensure all
information is relevant and appropriate.
– The completed justification must be signed by the
Superintendent/Charter School Director, Exceptional
Children’s Director, and LEA/charter school test coordinator.
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10. ESSA as it pertains to English
Learners (pg. 29)
• North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE) policy Identification of
English Learners Participation in the Statewide Testing Program
(TEST-011) states the following:
• “Students identified as ELs shall participate in the statewide testing
program using either the standard test administration or the standard
test administration with accommodations.
• Consistent with State Board policies TEST-003 and TEST-016,
EL students in their first year in a U.S. school shall take
required end-of-course (EOC) and North Carolina Final Exams
(NCFEs), but the test scores shall not be included as at least
20% of the student’s final grade for the course. This applies to
English/Language Arts/Reading, Mathematics, Science, and
Social Studies EOC and NCFE assessments.”
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11. The table below describes how North Carolina
includes ELs in the accountability model for content
assessments. (pg. 30)
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Recently Arrived EL
(by year)
Year 1
(ELA,
Math,
Science)
Year 2
(ELA,
Math,
Science)
Year 3 and
beyond
(ELA, Math,
Science)
Does EL take
assessments?
Yes Yes Yes
Does EL receive
an Individual
Student Report?
Yes Yes Yes
Is EL included in
the Accountability
System?
No
Included
for Growth
Included for
Proficiency and
Growth
Effective the 2017–18 school year
and beyond, all students identified
as ELs, including students in their
first year in United States (U.S.)
schools, must participate in the
statewide testing program in all
subject areas (i.e., standard test
administration with or without
accommodations).

12. Read Aloud Accommodation
(pg. 96)
• Shift to the REad aloud slides
• Computer Reads Aloud
– The computer will now read aloud what is typically
read aloud by a human reader.
– Math, Science, and Social Studies
Assessments (EOG’s, EOC’s, NCFE’s, Check-
in’s, etc.) will have all charts, graphs, tables,
etc. read aloud by the computer
– The computer will not read aloud an item
within the assessment when it will assist the
student in answering the given question.
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13. Accommodated Forms
• There will be only 2 forms available for any
accommodated forms including:
– Braille (1 form)
– Large Print
– Large Print One Item per Page
– Read Aloud (computer)
– One Item per Page
– High Contrast (black background/white
font)
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14. Components of the NC Testing
Program (pg. 3)
• For the 2018-2019 school year, the State
Board of Education (SBE) requires the
administration of the ACT test for all students
in the 11th grade unless the student has
already taken a comparable test and scored
at or above a level set by the State Board.
– The grade 11 College and Career
Readiness Alternate Assessment (CCRAA)
and the grade 11 NCEXTEND1 are the
alternate assessments to the ACT.
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15. Components of the NC Testing
Program (pg. 4)
• For the 2018-2019 school year, the SBE
requires the administration of the PreACT test
for all students in the 10th grade.
– The grade 10 College and Career
Readiness Alternate Assessment (CCRAA)
and the grade 11 NCEXTEND1 are the
alternate assessments to the PreACT.
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