Utilizing Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations in Daily Classroom Practice

1. Utilizing Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations in Daily Classroom Practice

2. Session Overview • Review available accessibility supports • Review the Individual Student Assessment Accessibility Profile (ISAAP) process • Match student learning characteristics to available supports • Connect to classroom practice • Analyze classroom data California Department of Education

3. Learning Goals Participants will understand • the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) accessibility support categories; • how the accessibility supports connect to classroom instructional learning supports; • how accessibility supports can be used to improve classroom teaching and learning; and • how to match individual student learning characteristics/needs to accessibility supports in the classroom. California Department of Education

4. Success Criteria Participants can • describe the range of accessibility features available through the CAASPP system; • compare classroom instructional learning supports and CAASPP accessibility supports; and • appropriately match individual student learning characteristics/needs to accessibility supports for classroom use. California Department of Education

5. Time to Think and Share • How do you meet individual student learning needs during daily classroom instruction? • Explicit/direct instruction • Teacher guided instruction • Collaborative work • Independent work • Classroom assessment (formative, interim, or summative) California Department of Education

6. Classroom Support • What specific strategies/techniques do you use to meet the needs of students with these learning characteristics? • Struggling reader • Attention difficulties • English language learner • Special education student California Department of Education

7. Purpose and Importance of Accessibility Supports Ensure equal opportunity for all students to demonstrate learning: • During daily instruction • On classroom assessments • On Smarter Balanced assessments (both Summative and Interim) California Department of Education

8. Use of Accessibility Supports General guidelines for use of all accessibility supports on Smarter Balanced assessments and California Alternate Assessments (CAA): • Student is familiar with the support(s) • Supports are the same or similar to those used for instruction and classroom assessment • Student has multiple opportunities to practice with the support in a testing environment California Department of Education

9. 2016—17 Accessibility Supports in California

10. CAASPP Accessibility Universal tools • Available to ALL students. Designated supports • Available to ALL students, with a documented decision made by an adult who knows the student Accommodations • Available to students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and Section 504 Plans

11. Categories of Accessibility Support Accessibility supports generally address needs that fall into these categories: • Presentation • Response • Timing/Scheduling • Setting

12. Accessibility Supports Activity • Review the graphics on the next three slides listing the CAASPP accessibility supports. • As you review the available supports, notice which include variation in presentation, response, timing/scheduling and/or setting. • Highlight any tools with which you are not familiar. California Department of Education

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15. Smarter Balanced Item Types and Accessibility Features • Embedded Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations Video Tutorials http://www.caaspp.org/training/caaspp/uaag.html • Smarter Balanced Item Types and Accessibility Features document http://www.smarterapp.org/documents/Item_Types_And_Features.pdf • Smarter Balanced Accessibility Consortium: Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines • Tables 1-6 describe available supports https://portal.smarterbalanced.org/library/en/usability-accessibility-and-accommodations-guidelines.pdf California Department of Education

16. reflect • To what extent are administrators and teachers in your local educational agency (LEA) familiar with the range of available accessibility supports? • To what extent do they know how each of the supports works? • What might be the next action steps to strengthen knowledge of the available accessibility supports in your LEA? California Department of Education

17. Use of Accessibility Supports • A thoughtful systematic process across the LEA necessary to identify and address identified student needs: • Consistently • Equitably • Appropriately • Effectively California Department of Education

18. ISAAP Process • Designate key staff roles and responsibilities. • Provide information to parents and training to staff. • Identify students who will benefit from designated supports and students who will require accommodations per IEPs and Section 504 Plans. • Select the designated supports and accommodations for all identified students. California Department of Education

19. ISAAP Process (cont.) 5. Enter the selected designated supports and accommodations into the Test Operations Management System (TOMS). • Perform a pre-administration check of assigned accessibility supports. 7. Check for delivery of assigned supports and accommodations at the time of the test. California Department of Education

20. Using Accessibility Supportsto Improve Teaching and Learning

21. Special Education and Section 504 Plans • IEP teams and/or Section 504 teams are responsible for the following: • Identifying individual learning needs of students with active IEPs or Section 504 Plans • Selecting appropriate designated supports and/or accommodations to meet those needs • Including that information in student plans • Supporting and monitoring implementation of selected supports in daily instruction and on assessments California Department of Education

22. Identifying Student Needs • How are individual student learning characteristics and learning needs identified at the classroom level? • How do teachers determine which students need additional learning supports in order to fully access instruction and accurately demonstrate their learning? California Department of Education

23. Matching Needs to Supports • Classroom pedagogical strategies/techniques • Universal tools • General • Targeted • Designated supports • Accommodations California Department of Education

24. Identification-Selection Process California Department of Education

25. Smarter Balanced Resources and Practices Comparison Crosswalk http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Smarter-Balanced-Resources-and-Practices-Comparison-Crosswalk1.pdf California Department of Education

26. Connecting Needs with Classroom Supports • Jorge, an English learner • Kristie, a student with a reading disability (Specific Learning Disability) • Jennifer, a student with attention issues California Department of Education

27. Learning Profiles Activity • Review the learning profiles for each of the students. • Using the crosswalk document, identify appropriate accessibility supports for each student including at least one targeted universal tool and one designated support for each student. For Kristie, you may also choose an accommodation. • Be prepared to share the Smarter Balanced features you choose, along with the classroom pedagogical practice aligned with that feature. California Department of Education

28. Connecting Supports to Individual Student Needs • What student learning characteristics might be supported through use of the following supports? • Masking • Stacked translation • Zoom • Color contrast • Multiplication table • How would you translate that support into classroom practice? California Department of Education

29. Activity: Connecting Supports to Student Needs • For the remaining three accessibility supports on the previous slide (zoom, color contrast, multiplication table), answer the following questions: • What student learning characteristics might be supported through the use of this accessibility feature? • How would you translate that support into classroom practice? California Department of Education

30. Decision-Making Cycle California Department of Education

31. reflect • In what ways might you increase the effective, appropriate use of accessibility supports in daily instruction in your LEA to enhance teaching and learning for all students? • What actions would need to be taken to achieve that? • How can you use the Resources and Comparison Crosswalk to encourage and support teachers to connect current classroom instructional practices to the accessibility tools? California Department of Education

32. Practice Tests and Training Tests California Department of Education

33. Accessibility supports are modifiable in the Test Administrator Interface for the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments. They provide additional opportunities for students to try out accessibility supports on actual test items and for teachers to observe and talk with students to evaluate their effectiveness. Benefits of Using Accessibility Supports in the Interim Assessments California Department of Education

34. Classroom Data • Document the student’s use of supports during daily instruction and on classroom assessments • Analyze data on student performance with and without targeted supports. Ask questions such as: • What was the impact of the use of specific supports on student performance? • Are more time and practice needed? • Was the support or group of supports a distraction? California Department of Education

35. Monthly Tracker California Department of Education

36. Student Input • Obtain student input via interviews after practice opportunities: • Which accessibility supports were used? • Were there any problems with the supports? • Should the support(s) be used again? California Department of Education

37. Student Interview Form California Department of Education

38. Collaborative Journal California Department of Education

39. reflect • To what extent are students being directly taught how to use supports? • To what extent are students using similar supports in daily classroom instruction? • To what extent are students being provided with multiple opportunities to practice using the selected accessibility supports in the testing environment? • What are possible next action steps in your LEA to support the effective, appropriate use of CAASPP accessibility tools to enhance teaching and learning for all students? California Department of Education

40. Effective Student Use of Accessibility Supports http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/documents/suggestedtimeline.pdf California Department of Education

41. Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/access.asp California Department of Education

42. Accessibility Resources • CDE’s Student Accessibility Supports Web page: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/accesssupport.asp • Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations Web page: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/parents-students/support-for-under-represented-students/ California Department of Education

43. Thank You! California Department of Education