Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities - Texas

103 Pages·2013·0.94 MB·English

by  Brannan, Kim

Testing Accommodations for
Students with Disabilities
Student Assessment Division
TETN #21421
Presented October 30, 2013

(Suggested training for region, district, and campus professionals)
Disclaimer
These slides have been prepared and
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approved by the Student Assessment
Division of the Texas Education Agency.

If any slide is amended or revised for use in
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local or regional trainings, please remove
this slide as well as the TEA footer at the
bottom of each slide.

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Texas Education Agency
Suggested Training for Region,
District, and Campus Professionals
It is the intent of TEA’s Student Assessment Division
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that all resources created to clarify testing and
accommodation policies be accessible to educators at
the region, district, and campus levels, including
classroom teachers.

This is a comprehensive training but does not take the
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place of reading the associated documents.

Relevant district and campus staff will need to read all

of the policies and related resources once they are
posted on the Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities webpage. These documents contain all the
details.

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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
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Texas Education Agency
Overview of Major Changes for the
2014 Calendar Year
Type 1 and 2 only
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Many procedures previously listed in the 2013
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Optional Test Administration Procedures and
Materials document are allowable for any student per
the 2014 District and Campus Coordinator Manual
• Reminders to Stay on Task
• Preferential seating
Individual and Small-Group Administrations are no
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longer accommodations but allowable for any student
HB 5 EOC deletions
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Standardized Oral Administration (SOA)
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Allowable technology devices clarification
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Answer document changes
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Texas Education Agency
Accommodation Resources Webpage
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Go to TEA’s Student
Assessment
homepage at
http://www.tea.state.
tx.us/student.assess
ment/.

Click on
“Accommodation
Resources” in the
column on the left-
hand side of the
webpage.

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You are then taken to the Accommodation Resources homepage
(http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/accommodations/)
where you can choose to review STAAR or TELPAS accommodations…
Accommodations
for Students with
Disabilities

STAAR Alternate
Presentation
Supports and
Materials

Linguistic
Accommodations

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http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/acco
mmodations/staar-telpas/
Scroll down to find the triangle and associated documents.
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