2011-2012 State Assessment Updates

1. 2011-2012 State Assessment Updates • Cindy Miller • ESC-20, Educational Specialist • Cindy.miller@esc20.net • 210-370-5628 Lisa Kirby ESC-20, Educational Specialist Lisa.kirby@esc20.net 210-370-5469 Kelly Woodiel ESC-20, Educational Specialist Kelly.woodiel@esc20.net 210-370-5432

2. Critical Information About Accommodations for Students With Disabilities

3. CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Applies to: • STAAR • STAAR Modified • STAAR L • TELPAS A disability limits a student’s activity or restricts a student’s participation during classroom instruction and testing

4. Students who need accommodations due to a disability include: • A student with an identified disability who receives special education services • A student with an identified disability who receives Section 504 services • A student with a disabling condition who does not receive special education or Section 504 services but who meets established eligibility criteria for certain accommodations

5. Routinely, Independently, and Effectively Routinely • Used often enough that student is familiar and comfortable using accommodation on a statewide assessment • Not necessarily used every day Independently • Only applicable to some accommodations (e.g., applies to use of a calculator but not to an oral administration) Effectively • Accommodation meets student needs as evidenced by scores and observations with or without accommodation use

6. The Accommodation Triangle

7. Levels of Accommodations Type 1 Accommodations More Inclusive Type 2 Accommodations Less Inclusive Type 3 Accommodations (ARF Needed)

8. The Accommodation Triangle Related Testing Procedures

9. The Accommodation Triangle Organizes accommodations for students with disabilities in accordance with: • the specificity of the eligibility criteria and • the need for TEA approval (Accommodation Request Form) before the accommodation can be used on a statewide assessment. No longer categorized by Presentation, Response, Setting, or Timing/Scheduling

10. Related Testing Procedures • Available to any student who routinely uses them in both instruction and testing (not necessarily limited to Special Ed or Section 504) • No longer considered an “accommodation” • Treated just like highlighters have been in previous years • Will not be collected on the answer document Related Testing Procedures

11. Related Testing Procedures EXAMPLES: • Individual administration • Small-group administration • Reading test aloud to self • Preferential seating • Magnifying devices • Overlays (colored or magnifying) • Highlighters • Clock, watch, or timer • Place markers • (Potentially more to come…)

12. Type 1 Accommodations 1 Available for students who have: • a specific need and • who meet this one eligibility criterion: Student must routinely, independently (when applicable), and effectively use the accommodation during classroom instruction and testing. No Accommodation Request Form should be submitted to TEA for Type 1 Accommodations

13. Some examples of Type 1 accommodations: • Individual or Small-Group Administration • Reading Test Aloud to Self • Magnifying or Projection Devices • Amplification Devices • (Potentially more to come…)

14. Type 2 Accommodations 2 Available for students who have: • a specific need and • who meet two or more eligibility criteria. No Accommodation Request Form should be submitted to TEA for Type 2 Accommodations

15. Some examples of Type 2 accommodations: • Large Print • Braille • Calculation Devices • Dictionary • Oral/Signed Administration • Supplemental Aids • Manipulating Test Materials

16. Type 3 Accommodations 3 • Available for students who meet all of the eligibility criteria and, if so, an Accommodation Request Form is submitted to TEA. • Any accommodation that requires the submission and approval of an Accommodation Request Form must be documented in the student’s paperwork as "pending TEA approval."

17. Type 3 Accommodations Some examples of Type 3 accommodations: • Photocopy • Extra Day Also includes accommodations that are listed as “Other” in the Accommodation Triangle. • An Accommodation Request Form must be submitted to TEA. • The request must be approved by TEA before a student can use the accommodation on the statewide assessment.

18. The triangle will be updated. Check the STAAR Accommodations Webpage!

19. This type of document opens when the link to an accommodation in the triangle is clicked.

20. Detailed Accommodation Documents

21. This section provides a general description of the accommodation and who may need it. • The statewide assessments that the accommodation may be used on are listed in this section. • This section lists the criteria that a student must meet to use the accommodation. • The checkboxes are provided for possible record-keeping.

22. This section lists the campus personnel and the required documentation necessary for making accommodation decisions. • This section also explains what to record on the student answer document. • This section states if an Accommodation Request Form is/is not required. • This section lists examples and types of the accommodation that may be used on a statewide assessment. Accommodation Request Form required.

23. This section provides detailed information that is integral to the appropriate use of each accommodation. For instance, the section may include test administration instructions, security precautions, and training requirements. • The intent of this section is to assist districts in making accommodation decisions. It will be updated as needed based on educator feedback. This section will not be included on all accommodations.

24. The new Related Testing Procedures will have their own descriptions that will include some examples and special considerations. They will NOT be documented as an accommodation on the answer documents. Related Testing Procedures

25. Large Print, Dictionary, and Calculator

26. Large Print 2 Type 2accommodation Applies only to • STAAR • STAAR Modified • STAAR L

27. Any student may use this accommodation if he or she: • routinely and effectively uses large-print materials, including text books, worksheets, etc., during classroom instruction and testing • meets at least one of the following: • has an impairment in vision • has a disability that affects accuracy in tracking letter to letter, word to word, and/or line to line • has a physical disability which necessitates the use of large-print materials to accurately indicate responses

28. Use caution when ordering large-print tests; new tracking system to alert TEA to over-ordering. • Point Size and Font Matrix document on Accommodations Resources webpage will be updated to include STAAR. • For students who need a larger print size than offered in the large-print test refer to the Photocopy accommodation policy (posted at a later date). • For TELPAS reading tests, technology-based accommodations enable most students who need a large-print accommodation to test online. In rare cases in which technology-based accommodations are not appropriate, large-print TELPAS reading paper booklets can be ordered through a special request process (more information posted at a later date).

29. Dictionary 2 Type 2accommodation Applies only to • grades 3–5 STAAR reading tests • grades 3–5 STAAR Modified reading tests

30. A student may use this accommodation if he or she • receives Section 504 or special education services • routinely, independently, and effectively use this accommodation during classroom instruction and testing Examples of dictionaries that can be used as an accommodation • standard bound dictionary (not subject-specific) • electronic dictionary (no Internet access) • ESL dictionary • picture dictionary • sign language dictionary

31. Calculation Devices 2 Type 2accommodation Applies only to • STAAR grades 3-8 mathematics tests and STAAR grades 5 and 8 science tests • STAAR Modified grades 3-8 mathematics tests and STAAR Modified grades 5 and 8 science tests • STAAR L grades 3-8 mathematics tests and STAAR L grades 5 and 8 science tests

32. A student may use this accommodation if he or she: • receives Section 504 or special education services, • routinely, independently, and effectively uses this accommodation during classroom instruction and testing, and • meets one of the following for the applicable grade.

33. Grades 3 and 4 • The student has a physical disability that prevents him or her from independently writing the numbers required for computations and cannot effectively use other allowable accommodations to address this need (e.g., whiteboards, graph paper). • The student has an impairment in vision that prevents him or her from seeing the numbers they have written during computations and cannot effectively use other allowable accommodations to address this need (e.g., CCTV, magnifier).

34. Grades 5 through 8 • The student has a physical disability that prevents him or her from independently writing the numbers required for computations and cannot effectively use other allowable accommodations to address this need (e.g., whiteboard, graph paper). • The student has an impairment in vision that prevents him or him or her from seeing the numbers they have written during computations and cannot effectively use other allowable accommodations to address this need (e.g. CCTV, magnifier. • The student has a disability that affects mathematics calculations. Even after intensive instruction and remediation is consistently unable to memorize basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division facts or perform the steps in an algorithm correctly when solving problems.

35. Large-key calculator • Abacus or Cranmer modified abacus • Speech-output calculator

36. Dyslexia Updates • The Bundle Name no longer exits • Dyslexia accommodations are for: • Students who receive 504 or Special ED services (may qualify for accommodations) • Extended Time will only be for one day • Must complete an ARF if student needs two days • Oral administration for math, science, and social studies • Oral administration for reading is questions only

37. 2011–2012Accommodations Manual • Will be on the TEA web site in parts http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/accommodations/ • Will address grades 3–8 and EOC • Current discussions on accommodation policy regarding: • Calculators • Dictionaries • Supplemental Aids— SPECIFICS COMING SOON! • Oral Administration – SPECIFICS COMING SOON! • Electronic Devices— SPECIFICS COMING SOON! • Dyslexia Accommodations– SPECIFICS COMING SOON! • Photocopying— SPECIFICS COMING SOON! • Extended Time for Testing— SPECIFICS COMING SOON!

38. TEA Accommodations Web site http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/special-ed/

39. TEA Accommodations Web site http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147485434&menu_id=692&menu_id2=796&cid=2147483661

44. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/special-ed/staaralt/http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/special-ed/staaralt/

45. TEA 8/11/11 ARD Committee Training for the Texas Assessment Program

46. TEA 8/11/11 ARD Committee Training for the Texas Assessment Program

47. TEA 8/11/11 ARD Committee Training for the Texas Assessment Program

48. TEA 8/11/11 ARD Committee Training for the Texas Assessment Program

49. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/special-ed/staaralt/modules/http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/special-ed/staaralt/modules/

50. TEA 8/11/11 ARD Committee Training for the Texas Assessment Program