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Alternate Test Formats Overview: A Publishing and Editing Perspective CTEBVI 2011 March 11, 2011 ****************** Renee Sanders and Ruth Loew Educational Testing Service (ETS). Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road Princeton, NJ 08541. Educational Testing Service 10999 IH 10 West
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Alternate Test Formats Overview: A Publishing and Editing Perspective CTEBVI 2011 March 11, 2011 ****************** Renee Sanders and Ruth Loew Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road Princeton, NJ 08541 Educational Testing Service 10999 IH 10 West San Antonio, TX 78230 CTEBVI Conference 2011 Alternate Test Formats Overview: A Publishing and Editing Perspective • I Introduction ETS • II Standardized Testing • III Alternate Formats • Braille • Large Print • Photo Enlargement - Composition • Audio
Outline continued - • Other Formats • Reader scripts (with tactile graphics) • Accessible practice materials • Accessible electronic formats V. Laws – Regulations that test Publishers have to follow • K12 vs. graduate and professional tests Our Mission - is to help advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research, and related services. Our products and services measure knowledge and skills, promote learning and performance, and support education and professional development for all people worldwide.
Which picture shows how three children should share twelve cookies equally?
Look at the pattern of the shapes below. Which of the following shows the same kind of pattern?
Wayne cut this shape out of a piece of paper. Which of the following is missing a piece exactly the same size and shape as the piece shown above?
Word Bank: squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, rhombuses, pentagons, triangles, hexagons.
Use the information to answer the question that follows. After World War I, the territories of the Ottoman Empire in Southwest Asia were partitioned. Into which area did nearly 400,000 Jewish people immigrate between 1919 and 1941?
10 ft. 10 ft. 20 ft. P R X X 4 ft. 4 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft. 20 ft. A third ramp is a straight ramp 4 ft. high and 10 ft. long with a flat space of 20 ft. Find the length of the ramps from point P to point R. (Hint: Use the Pythagorean Theorem)
What is the volume of this solid figure made with cubes? A 10 cubic units B 17 cubic units C 20 cubic units D 22 cubic units
Notes • Creating a standardized braille ATF • Creating a standarized large print ATF • Creating an audio large print (live) ATF • ETS – Other formats • Reader script (plus tactile or LP graphics) • Self voicing GRE general test • Test center supervisor instructions