Accessibility Features and Accommodations

1. Accessibility Features and Accommodations Selecting and Assigning Accessibility Features and Accommodated Test Forms in PearsonAccess

2. Agenda • Overview • Audience and Purpose • Types of Accessibility Features and Accommodations • Accessibility Features and Accommodations Available for Field Test • Registering a Student in PearsonAccess for Accessibility Features and Accommodations • Selecting the student registration record and test • Updating and saving the student registration • Assigning Accessibility Features and Accommodated Test Forms • Read-Aloud Accommodations • Accommodations Other than Proctor Read-Aloud • Large Print Accommodation • Resources • Support

3. Audience and Purpose Who should view this module? • Any district or school staff member that may have a role in assigning accessibility features or accommodations for eligible students for the PARCC field test. • Any district or school staff member that may have a role in registering students who are eligible for accessibility features and accommodations, selecting and assigning accessibility features and accommodations in PARCC PearsonAccess. Purpose of the presentation? • To review the types of accessibility features and accommodations listed by administration, content area, and grade that are available for the field test. • To review how to select and assign accessibility features and accommodations in PearsonAccess. • PARCC Support contact information for further assistance.

4. Types of Accessibility Features and Accommodations

5. Accessibility Features for All Students Assigned the Computer-Based Test Mode

6. Accessibility Features for All Students Assigned the Paper and Pencil Test Mode

7. Accommodations That Must Be Selected During the Test Registration Process for Students with Disabilities for both test modes

8. Accommodations That Must Be Selected During the Test Registration Process for Students with Disabilities

9. Accommodations That Must Be Selected During the Test Registration Process for English Learners

10. Registering a Student in PearsonAccess Registering a Student in PearsonAccess for Accessibility Features and Accommodations

11. Student Registration Details Accommodations are assigned on the student registration record

12. Student Registration Details Select the student requiring an accessibility feature or accommodation from the list of registered students.

13. Student Registration Details • Go to the Assigned Tests tab to locate the test that will be assigned an accessibility feature or accommodation. • Then select the test from the list of registered tests.

14. Student Registration Details for Computer-Based Test Format • Select the Edit button to edit the student registration to assign accommodations from the available options. Line Reader is available to all students and does not need to be selected Select “Extra Time” to indicate an extended time accommodation Select “Dictated Oral Response “ to indicate scribe

15. Student Registration Details for Computer-Based Test Format Choose “Answer” for Masking choice for Field Test Only select if a student will use foreground and background color options as an accessibility feature under PARCC policy

16. Student Registration Details for Paper and Pencil Test Format

17. Accessibility Features and Accommodations Assigning Accessibility Features and Accommodated Test Forms

18. Read-Aloud Accessibility Feature for Mathematics or Accommodation for ELA/Literacy Assessments Creating a Session for a Read-Aloud Administration • A separate test session must be created for a read-aloud session. • You may add multiple students to the session, as long as they are all receiving the same read-aloud accommodation. These students will all receive the same test form. • To assign the read-aloud accommodation, select “Yes” from the drop down for “Read Aloud by Test Examiner” during the create new session step.If the drop down is unavailable (grayed out) then a read-aloud accommodation is not valid for the test to be administered.

19. Proctor Authorization Ticket • For “Read-Aloud” online sessions, a test examiner will need to print a Proctor Authorization ticket to access the text examiner copy of the test. • The Proctor Authorization Ticket will include a user name and password for the test examiner to launch the test for the purpose of reading the test information to the student to provide the read-aloud accommodation. • The text examiner’s test will not be scored. Test examiners should not create students or use live student login information for the purpose of reading the test aloud.

20. Accessibility Features and Accommodations Available by Test Form Only

21. Accommodations Other than Read-Aloud Assigning Alternate Form Groups for Accommodations Other than Proctor Read-Aloud • A separate test session must be created for each test subject where an accommodation applies. • You may add multiple students to the session, as long as they are all receiving the same accommodation. • To assign an accommodated form, select the appropriate Form Group Type from the dropdown during the “Create New Session” activity.

22. Large Print Accommodation Ordering Large Print materials • There are two ways to order materials for a Large Print Accommodation. • During test registration (SDU File upload or student registration) • NOTE: The Large Print accommodation and paper test format should be selected. • This must be complete by: • January 21, 2014 for PBA • February 28, 2014 for EOY • Order via Additional Orders in PearsonAccess • Each Large Print Accommodation kit includes: • One Large Print test booklet • One regular print response document for transcription (Consumable test booklet for grade 3, scannable answer document for grades 4 – HS)

23. Resources & Additional Support PARCC Support Center 888-493-9888 PARCC@support.pearson.com