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Testing and Accommodations

Testing and Accommodations. Greenwood School District 50. Addressing Tests on IEPs. Testing Matrix: It is important that all tests listed for each grade level be included/addressed on the IEP. Changes Made to IEPs.

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Testing and Accommodations

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  1. Testing and Accommodations Greenwood School District 50

  2. Addressing Tests on IEPs • Testing Matrix: It is important that all tests listed for each grade level be included/addressed on the IEP

  3. Changes Made to IEPs • It is important that Guidance Counselors and Instructional Specialists be promptly notified whenever changes are made to IEPs that relate to testing. • PowerSchool has to be coded accordingly • The BIG data pull of the year occurs just before the 90th Day in January. This data pull determines the customized materials received for PASS, Spring HSAP, ELDA, and Spring EOCEP. • Changes made to the IEP and 504 plans immediately before testing may not reflect accommodations that are in the best interest of the student.

  4. Daily Instruction and Testing • Testing accommodations and/or supplemental materials and devices must be consistent with those used routinely in classroom instruction and assessment throughout the school year. • Not all instructional accommodations are appropriate for a standardized assessment as they may invalidate the test results.

  5. Accommodations • Accommodations should make the test accessible. Accommodations should not be provided to give a student an advantage. • Standard accommodations: do not change the meaning of the results • Non-standard accommodations: change the meaning of the results and therefore produce invalid scores

  6. Accommodations • Before selecting an accommodation, please ask, “Can the student access the test without this accommodation?” If the answer is “yes” then do not assign the accommodation. • All accommodations should be supported by relevant data and/or documentation • Oral administration is appropriate for students who are non-readers or students who are reading significantly below grade level

  7. Accommodations • IEP teams should select accommodations that do not invalidate test scores – standard accommodations. • If a student uses a non-standard accommodation, then the student is considered to be a non-participant. Non-participants count against schools for the State Report Card and the ESEA Waiver (formerly AYP). • PASS, HSAP, and EOCEP tests are used for state and federal accountability.

  8. Highlighters • The use of highlighters, colored overlays, and colored pencils may be used by any student for any test. This is no longer an accommodation. • Highlighters and colored pencils may be used in test booklets. They may not be used on the answer document.

  9. Materials ordered in August/September HSAP (given in October) EOCEP (given in December/January) EXPLORE (given in October) Materials ordered in December/January ELDA (given in February/March) PASS (given in March and May) HSAP (given in April) EOCEP (given in May/June) Testing Timeline

  10. Ordering Materials • Orders for customized materials (oral scripts/CDs, large print, etc.) are placed months in advance • If materials aren’t ordered at that time and have to be ordered later, schools are charged for these materials. • Costs range from $7 to approximately $55 for individual items • Schools do not have to pay if the materials are for a new student. Schools do have to pay if the materials were not ordered or if a change was made to an IEP/504 plan.

  11. Example of Additional Materials Order • A change is made to a 7th grader’s IEP in February. It is determined that oral administration is needed for all five subject areas tested on PASS. • Additional cost to the school for this one 7th grade student is $130. • Oral test booklet for Writing, ELA, math, science, and social studies: $7 each ($35) • Oral script/CD for each test: $19 each ($95)

  12. ELDA • Students in Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades participate through inventories; teachers observe students for particular skills. • Students in grades 3-12 take a test that has reading, writing, listening, and speaking sections. • ELDA is now given as an online assessment.

  13. ELDA • Standard Accommodations • Setting, Timing, Scheduling, Presentation, Response Options, Supplemental Materials and Devices • Customized Materials • Braille, Large-Print (both require special coding in PowerSchool)

  14. MAP for Grades 2 and Above • Reading/Language test can not be read to students, else the test is invalid • Math test can be read to students. Numbers and symbols cannot be pronounced. • Response options: dictate or point to responses for scribe • Setting: individual or small group

  15. MAP for 1st Grade • Primary MAP is given to 1st graders. This test is read to all students by the computer.

  16. ITBS and CogAT • Small group or individual administration • Large-Print • Transfer Answers

  17. PASS • Standard Accommodations • Setting, Timing, Scheduling, Presentation (oral ELA for grades 5-8 only, CDs not scripts are now used), Response Options, Extended Response Options, Supplemental Materials and Devices, Calculator (grades 5-8 only, for math only, basic four-function) • Customized Materials • Braille, Large-Print, Loose-Leaf, Sign Language (each require special coding in PowerSchool) • Oral Administration (CDs for 5th-8th, Script for 3rd-4th), Braille Admin Script, Signed Admin Script, Sign Language DVD (each associated with special coding in PowerSchool)

  18. NAEP • Districts and schools are randomly selected each year. • Students in grades 4, 8, and 12 may be selected to participate. • Setting, Timing, Scheduling, Presentation, Response Options

  19. STAR • Setting, Timing, Scheduling, Presentation, Response Options

  20. EXPLORE, ACT • Extended time • Alternate test formats • Braille, audio DVDs (oral), scribe • PLAN is in this family of tests, however, our students no longer take it.

  21. EOCEP • Is now given as an online assessment • Standard Accommodations • Setting, Timing, Scheduling, Presentation, Response Options, Supplemental Materials and Devices • Customized Materials • Large-Print, Loose-Leaf, Braille, Sign Language (each require special coding in PowerSchool) • Oral Administration (associated with special coding in PowerSchool)

  22. AP, SAT, PSAT • Extended time • Presentation • Large print, Braille, Reader • Response Options • Setting • Prior approval by College Board is required

  23. HSAP • Standard Accommodations • Setting, Timing, Scheduling, Presentation, Response Options, Spelling, Supplemental Materials and Devices • Customized Materials • Large-Print, Loose-Leaf, Braille, Sign Language (each require special coding in PowerSchool) • Oral Administration (associated with special coding in PowerSchool)

  24. ESOL/LEP Students with Documented Disabilities • See handouts from TAMs for additional guidelines related to their accommodations

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