4. Session Objective
• Develop an understanding of how to use the PARCC accessibility
features and accommodations on the online platform
5. PARCC Comprehensive
Accessibility Policies
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Features for All
Students
Accessibility
Features*
Identified in advance
Accommodations
**
* Available to all participating students
**For students with disabilities, English
learners, and English learners with
disabilities
6. Administrative Considerations for All
Students
School based teams (including IEP, 504 plan or EL teams as
appropriate) may determine if any student requires any of the
following test administration considerations, regardless of the
student’s status as a student with a disability or English learner:
– Small group testing
– Frequent breaks
– Time of day
– Separate or alternate location
– Specified area or seating
– Adaptive and specialized equipment, furniture, or lighting
Please note: IEP, 504 and EL teams may still wish to document this in a student’s
IEP, 504 plan, or EL plan based on individual needs.
Handout- 6 Table 1: Accessibility Features for All Students
7. Accessibility Features for All Students
Available for the PARCC Paper & Pencil Test
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Accessibility Features for All Students
Computer Administration Paper Administration
Audio Amplification Auditory Aids
Blank Paper Blank Paper
Eliminate Answer Choices Visual Aids/Organizers
Flag Items for Review Visual Aids/Organizers
General Administration Directions Clarified General Administration Directions Clarified
General Administration Directions Read Aloud
and Repeated
General Administration Directions Read Aloud
and Repeated
Highlighter Tool External Highlighter
Headphones or Noise Buffers Auditory Aids
Line Reader Visual Aids/Organizers
Magnification/Enlargement Device Magnification/Enlargement Device
Screen Enlargement Tool Large Print Test
Pop-Up Glossary Glossary in footnotes
Redirect Student to Test Redirect Student to Test
Writing Tools Spell Checker
10. Accessibility Features Identified in
Advance
Accessibility Features Identified in Advance
Background/Font Color Contrast
Text-to-Speech for Mathematics
Answer Masking
11. STOP AND THINK!!!
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ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES –
Any staff member may decide that any particular student requires access
to an accessibility feature.
The features that you must identify in advance but that are available to all
must be:
Used and proven effective in everyday classroom!!
You may be required to submit a form for each student identified.
Handout 2: Draft of PARCC Accessibility Features Documentation Form
13. Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities
Accommodations must be identified and documented as part
of the IEP/504 or ELL
• See Personal Needs Profile (PNP) template handout packet
• There are 5 types of Accommodations:
1. Timing and Scheduling
2. Presentation
3. Response
4. Unique
5. Emergency
14. Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities: Timing and Scheduling
Extended Time
Students get extended time accommodation and may have until the end of
the school day to complete as a test session. It is recommended to test
students with extended time accommodations in a separate setting to
minimize distractions for all students, and to schedule these students for
testing in the morning so their testing time can be extended until the end of
the school day, if needed.
15. Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities: Presentation
Domain PARCC
ELA/Literacy Text-to-Speech or video of a human interpreters for the ELA
assessments, including items, response options and passage
Refreshable braille display
Closed-Captioning of multimedia passages
Descriptive Video
Mathematics Video of a human interpreter
Both Domains Assistive Technology
Hard-copy braille tests
Video of human interpreter for test directions
Tactile graphics
Paper-and-pencil edition
16. Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities: Response
Domain PARCC
ELA Scribing or speech-to-text (i.e.,
Dictation/Transcription or Signing) for
constructed responses
Word prediction for PBA
Mathemetics Calculation device and mathematics tools
(on Non-calculator sessions)
Both Domains Assistive Technology
Scribing or speech-to-text for selected
response items
Braille note-taker
17. Unique and Emergency
Accommodations
• Unique
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• If a student with a disability or an English learner requires an
accommodation that is not listed in the PARCC Accessibility Features and
Accommodations Manual, and does not change the construct being
measured by the test, the school may request approval for use of the
accommodation.
• Emergency
• If the principal (or designee) determines that a student requires an
emergency accommodation on the day of the PARCC test, a form must be
completed and maintained in the student’s assessment file. No state
approval is required for emergency accommodations.
18. Assistive Technology
• Some students with disabilities (with IEPs or 504 plans) may need to bring
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assistive technology to equitably access the PARCC Test.
• For current guidance on assistive technology for the PARCC Field Test, please
refer to the posted guidelines on PARCConline.org.
20. Other Accessibility Resources
• PARCC Test Tutorials – w/TestNav 8 accessibility features training (CLICK
HERE)
• PARCC Sample Items (CLICK HERE)
• PARCC Approved Accessibility Policy Manual & Implementation Guidance
• PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual
• Overview website page, including implementation appendices A-K
• Translation Policy Memo
21. Preparing Yourself and Your Students for
Success
Training Available Now
PARCC tutorial
PARCC Sample Items
PARCC Practice tests
Field Test Training Module-Accessibility Features and Accommodations with Computer
Based Testing
PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual and Implementation
Appendices
Under Revision: Test Coordinator and Test Administrator Manuals
In Development: Assessment Professional Development Module on Accessibility
22. What’s Coming – Late Fall, 2014
• Third Edition of the PARCC Accessibility Features and
Accommodations Manual
• PDF version of the PARCC Practice Tests
• Large print PDF versions of the PARCC Practice Tests
• Braille version of the PARCC Practice Tests (BRF)
• Tactile graphics for the PARCC Practice Tests
• Personal Needs Profile
• List of assistive technologies that have no know interference
with TextNav
23. PARCC Support Contact Information
Call Toll free: 1-888-493-9888 (7:00 am – 9:00 pm EST, Mon. –Fri.)
Email: PARCC@support.pearson.com
Online Support and Resources: http://PARCC.Pearson.com/Support
Contact PARCC Support for assistance with:
navigating PearsonAccess
navigating the Training Center
managing student data
setting up test sessions
managing user IDs and passwords
accessing resources
setting up proctor caching
submitting additional orders
shipment inquiries
TestNav
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Editor's Notes
Remind staff that this test has been created in order to provide features so that all students regalrless of ability have access to the tools they use on a daily basis!!
The Manual details a three-tiered process of providing access to the assessments for all students:
Features for All Students: Tools embedded in the computer-delivered system available to all students to use (e.g. font magnification, highlighting tool, bolding, underlining)
Accessibility Features (identified in advance): Tools embedded in the computer-delivered system open to all students to use, but must be made available at the discretion of school-based educators (e.g. background/font color)
Accommodations: Supports for students with disabilities and English learners that increase access while maintaining a valid and reliable score (e.g. braille form, extended time, word-to-word native language dictionary)
Many settings that were once considered accommodations are now considered accessibility features for all students and will be included in the test administrator manual. Detailed guidelines on the administration of the PARCC assessments will be included in the PARCC Test Administration Manual.
NOTE THAT ALL of these should already be documented in the IEP and/or considered as part of a domain.
Refer to handout of the PNP and decision making tool
NOTE THAT ALL of these should already be documented in the IEP and/or considered as part of a domain.
For a small group of students, expected to be only 1% of special ed students…talk to SPED facilitators..will get training later in year.
Many resources are available online at PARCC.Pearson.com/Support. PARCC Support can be reached toll free from 7:00 am through 9:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday at 888-493-9888. You may also send an email to PARCC@support.pearson.com. You can contact PARCC Support for assistance with:
navigating PearsonAccess
navigating the Training Center
managing student data
setting up test sessions
managing user IDs and passwords
accessing resources
setting up proctor caching
submitting additional orders
shipment inquiries
TestNav
