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TCAP 2013-14

AccommodationsTraining

October, 2013

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Training Objectives

At the end of today’s training, you will:

Know who decides about accommodations

Know which students are eligible Understand the criteria when selecting

accommodations Gain understanding on how

accommodations are given Know the process and requirements for

documenting accommodations PACESetters!

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District Core Assessment Team

DAC – District Assessment Coordinator Kimberly Terry – X28335

SPED Rep. – Sharon Hurst ELL Rep. – Jean Burke CBLA Rep. – Lisa Escàrcega SAC – School Assessment

Coordinator PACESetters!

Types of Accommodations

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Today we will focus on State AssessmentAccommodationsonly.

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Accommodations

Accommodations are changes made to the assessment procedures in order to provide a student with access to comprehensible information and an equal opportunity to demonstrate knowledge and skills without affecting the reliability or validity of the assessment.

Accomm.(pg.141)

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Decisions about Participation and Accommodations

Decisions should be based on needs of individual student (not by category or program) and based on content area.

Decisions should be made by a team which includes the student’s teacher and parent or guardian (signature req’d) in the content area being assessed.

If the student has an IEP, the IEP team should make the decision. This includes participation in CoAlt.

Accomm.(pg.144)

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Criteria for Accommodations

Accommodations need to be in place 3 months prior to the assessment being administered.

Accommodations must be in place for Assessments given regularly at the district, school, or classroom level.

Accommodations must be documented.

Accommodations are content specific. PACESetters!

Accomm.(pg.144)

New this year and last year

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Accomm.

Reminders

Combined Reading/Writing session Only Reading accommodations given for all items except

the last question that is a Writing item and Writing acc. are given for that item.

Scribe is restricted Word prediction on writing is restricted but allowed for

students on IEP or 504 Reminder: Spelling is not allowed

Reminder: Spelling of words is not an allowable accommodation 9

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Exceptional Situations

Effects on students must be considered.

More than one accommodation is allowed.

New students to the district Students newly identified as SPED Students with health issues Nonstandard accommodations

Accomm.(pg.145)

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4 Categories of Accommodations for Statewide Assessments

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Within each category of accommodation there are 4 types…..

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13Accomm.(pg.148)

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Presentation Accommodations

Pg.60p68

p72

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Accomm.(pg.44)

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(Page 55)

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Response Accommodations

Accomm.(pg.161)

Pg.65

Pg.65

Pg.65

Pg.68

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P74 & 81

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P74 & 81

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Accomm.(pg.45)

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Setting Accommodations

Accomm.(pg.171)

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Timing Accommodations

Pg.66

Pg.67Accomm.(pg.176)

P75&76

p77

Nonstandard Accommodations Examples of approved

nonstandard accommodations include: individualized communication equipment related to a student’s needs and the use of specialized papers (lined paper, graph paper).

Examples of nonstandard accommodations that would not be approved due to impact on integrity, validity, reliability or comparability of assessment results include: reading the reading test, allowing graphic organizers during writing assessment, or providing multiplication tables for the math CSAP

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Accomm.(pg. 182)

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Nonstandard Accommodations

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Linguistic Accommodations Direct Linguistic: Adjustments of text of assessment to

reduce the linguistic load needed to access the test

Indirect Linguistic: Adjustments to the conditions under

which the assessment is given which allow ELA students to use linguistic resources

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ELL Accomm.(pg.22)

P 9&10

P 24&25

P 23

P23&24

P 22&23

P 27

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P 25 &26

P26&27

Reading Writing Math Science Code Grouping Sp. Inst.

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Documenting Accommodations

All accommodations must be documented and placed into students cum folders.

Documentation in a teacher’s grade book is not acceptable

Parents and students must be notified of accommodations given for state assessments.

Example form on pg.113

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Accomm.(pg. 57 and 144)

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Accommodations Documentation

Sample forms are available – On Division of Accountability and

Research website http://www.aps.k12.co.us/assessment/csap_data.htm

Sample provided at training Parent signature is required (pg. 144) NOTHING needs to be turned into the

Division of A & R.

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Timelines/LogisticsAssessment Window/Test Order

Test window is March 3-March 21 3rd grade Reading window Feb.24-

March 7

Note: Reading/Writing, Math, Science tests may be given in any order

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Schedule Options

May adjust order of sessions to accommodate scheduling needs of school.

All test sessions must be administered in the order in which they appear in the test booklets.

Students within the same building must take the same session(s) at the same time.

EXCEPTIONS: Writing grades 4 - 10

Session 1 (draft) and session 2 (final copy) must be scheduled on two consecutive sessions without a weekend in between.

Students accommodated with different testing time. PACESetters!

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Sample Session Schedule Minutes

Students Complete Front Page of Test Booklet 5-10

Distribution of materials 5Directions/Examples 5-10Testing time 60-65

TOTAL 75-90

**Teachers should work as teams to verify administration of times and content to be assessed.**

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Resources Division of Accountability and Research

CSAP page http://www.aps.k12.co.us/assessment/csap_data.htm

ELL Accommodations manual link http://assessment.aurorak12.org/assessment-and-resources/csap/csap-2011-manuals/

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Resources cont.

Accommodations manual link http://assessment.aurorak12.org/assessment-and-resources/csap/csap-2011-manuals/

Colorado Department of Education CSAP information http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/documents/csap/usa_index.html

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