PARCC Accessibility Features and
Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities and English Learners
PARCC Parent Nights
PARCC Assessment System
Testing Windows
High Schools
April 11-May 23, 2016
Elementary and Middle
Schools
April 18-May 31, 2016
PARCC Accessibility Features and
Accommodations Manual
PARCC Accessibility Features and
Accommodations Manual
http://www.parcconline.org/parccaccessibility-features-andaccommodations-manual
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PARCC Comprehensive
Accessibility Policies
*Available to all participating
students
**For students with disabilities,
English learners, and English
learners with disabilities
Accessibility Features for All Students
Accessibility Features for All Students
Audio Amplification
Bookmark (previously called Flag Items for Review)
Blank Scratch Paper (provided by test administrator)
Eliminate Answer Choices
General Administration Directions Clarified (by test administrator)
General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated
(by test administrator)
General Masking
Highlight Tool
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Accessibility Features for All Students
Accessibility Features for All Students
Headphones or Noise Buffers
Line Reader Mask Tool
Magnification/Enlargement Device
NotePad
Pop-Up Glossary
Redirect Student to the Test (by test administrator)
Spell Check or External Spell Check Device
Writing Tools
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Eliminate Answer Choices
Line Reader Masking Tool
Enlargement Device
Magnification at 300%
Accessibility Features Identified in
Advance
Accessibility Features Identified in Advance
Answer Masking
Color Contrast (Background/Font Color)
Text-to-Speech for the Mathematics Assessment
(Text only and Text and Graphics)
Human Reader or Human Signer for the Mathematics Assessments
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Answer Masking
Color Contrast (Background
Font Color) Options
Text-to-Speech for Mathematics
Administrative Considerations for
All Students
Administrative Considerations for All Students
Small Group Testing
Time of Day
Separate or Alternate Location
Specified Area or Seating
Adaptive and Specialized Equipment or Furniture
Frequent Breaks
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Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities with an IEP or 504 Plan
•Presentation Accommodations
•Response Accommodations
•Timing and Scheduling Accommodation (Extended Time)
•Unique Accommodations
•Emergency Accommodations
Presentation Accommodations
Presentation Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Assistive Technology (Non-Screen Reader)
Screen Reader Version
Student Reads Test Aloud to Themselves
Refreshable Braille Display with Screen Reader Version for ELA/Literacy
Hard Copy Braille
Tactile Graphics
Large Print Edition
Paper-Based Edition
Presentation Accommodations
Presentation Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Closed-Captioning of Multimedia for ELA/Literacy Assessments
Text-to-Speech for the ELA/Literacy Assessment
ASL Video for the ELA/Literacy
Human Reader/Human Signer for ELA/Literacy Assessments
ASL Video for the Mathematics Assessments
Human Signer for Test Directions
Response Accommodations
Response Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Assistive Technology (Non-Screen Reader)
Braille Note-Taker
Braille Writer
Calculation Devices and Mathematics Tools
(on Calculator Sections of Mathematics Assessments)
Calculation Devices and Mathematics Tools
(on Non-Calculator Sections of Mathematics Assessments)
Response Accommodations
Response Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
ELA/Literacy Selected Response Speech-to-text
ELA/Literacy Selected Response Human Scribe
ELA/Literacy Selected Response Human Signer
ELA/Literacy Selected Response External Assistive Technology Device
Mathematics Response Speech-to-text
Mathematics Response Human Scribe
Mathematics Response Human Signer
Mathematics Response Assistive Technology Device
Response Accommodations
Response Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Speech-to-Text
ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Human Scribe
ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Human Signer
ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Assistive Technology Device
Monitor Test Response
Word Prediction External Device
Answers Recorded in Test Book
Timing and Scheduling Accommodations
Content Area
Both Content
Areas
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Accommodation
Extended Time
PARCC Accommodations Document for
Students with IEPs
Section 504 Testing
Accommodations Form
Accommodation Policies for
English Learners
PARCC Accommodations for English Learners
English Learner Accommodations
Description
Extended Time
Students have until the end of the school
day to complete a single test unit.
Word-to-Word Dictionary (English/ Native Language)
The student uses an approved bilingual,
word-to-word dictionary.
Mathematics Response Speech-to-Text
Mathematics Response Human Scribe
The student dictates responses verbally,
using an external speech-to-text device or
to a human scribe.
General Administration Directions Read Aloud and
Repeated in Student’s Native Language (by test
administrator)
The test administrator, or other qualified
interpreter, reads aloud the general
administration instructions in the student’s
native language.
General Administration Directions Clarified in
Student’s Native Language (by test administrator)
The test administrator, or state approved
interpreter, clarifies general administration
instructions in the student’s native
language.
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ELL Accommodations
Database:
•
ESOL teachers hold
ELL Committee
meetings annually to
identify Maryland
Accommodations
and PARCC
Accommodations.
•
PARCC
Accommodations
automatically
populate in the
PGCPS PARCC
Accommodations
Tool, so no
additional steps or
documentation is
needed for ELLs.
PGCPS Website:
(Practice Test and Tutorial)
Department of Testing | 1616 Owens Road, Oxon Hill MD 20745 | Tel: 301.702.3860
PGCPS Website:
(Practice Test and Tutorial)
Department of Testing | 1616 Owens Road, Oxon Hill MD 20745 | Tel: 301.702.3860
PGCPS Website:
(Practice Test and Tutorial)
Practice with Accessibility Features and
Accommodations PARCC.pearson.com
English Language Arts/Literacy:
Mathematics:
 Computer-Based Practice Test
 Paper-Based Practice Test
 Large Print Paper-Based Practice
Test
 Text-to-Speech Practice Test
 Accommodated Scree Reader
Version
 Braille ASCII (.brf)
 Closed Captioning Practice Test
 American Sign Language Video
Practice Test
 Computer-Based Practice Test
 Paper-Based Practice Test
 Large Print Paper-Based Practice
Test
 Text-to-Speech Practice Test
 Accommodated Screen Reader
Version
 Braille ASCII (.brf)
 American Sign Language Video
Practice Test
 Spanish Computer-Based Practice
Test
 Spanish Large Print Practice Test
 Spanish Text-to-Speech Practice Test
Maryland Learning Links
http://marylandlearninglinks.org
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org
Questions?
Questions related to
accommodations for students
with IEPS
Questions related to
accommodations for students
with 504 plans
Karen Andrews
[email protected]
Natasha Jones
[email protected]
Camille D. Johnson
[email protected]
Questions related to
accommodations for English
Learners
Trinell Bowman
[email protected]
Diane Yohe
[email protected]