accommodations sbac assessment beth schiltz fall 2014
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AccommodationsSBAC Assessment
Beth Schiltz
Fall 2014
Objectives
• Focus on: – The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
(SBAC): Usability, Accessibility and Accommodations Guidelines document
– Field Test Accommodations Data– Available Tools and Resources– Documenting Accommodations
SBAC Usability, Accessible and Accommodation Guidelines
Smarter Balanced:Usability, Accessibility and Accommodations
• Guidance document found at– http://sbac.portal.airast.org/field-test/resou
rces/
– Updated August 1, 2014
• Guidelines apply to all students
• Three levels of support
SBAC Accommodations
Three levels of support both embedded and non-embedded
•Level 1 – Universal Tools– For ALL students
•Level 2 – Designated Supports
– For SOME students
•Level 3 – Documented Accommodations
– For a FEW students
Taken from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium: Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines document
Level 1 – Universal ToolsFor ALL students
Level 1 – Universal ToolsPages 6-8
• Provided for all students
Level 1 – Universal ToolsPages 6-8
• Provided digitally or separately
Level 1 – Universal ToolsPages 6-8
• Based on student preference and selection
Level 1 – Universal ToolsPages 6-8
• Can be turned off if tool is viewed as a distraction
Level 1 – Universal Tools
• Should be using these tools in other digital environments so students are familiar with them
Level 1 – Universal ToolsProvided for ALL students
– Breaks– Calculator– Digital Notepad– English Dictionary (for
ELA performance task full write)
– English Glossary– Expandable Passages– Global Notes (for ELA
performance tasks
– Highlighter– Keyboard Navigation– Mark for Review– Math Tools– Spell Check (for ELA items)
– Strikethrough– Writing Tools– Zoom
Embedded Tools
Level 1 – Universal ToolsProvided for ALL students
Non-Embedded Tools
– Breaks– English Dictionary (for ELA performance task full writes)
– Scratch Paper– Thesaurus (for ELA performance task full writes)
Level 2 – Designated SupportsFor SOME students
Level 2 – Designated SupportsPages 9-13
• For any student for which a need has been indicated– by an educator or – a team of educators
with parent/guardian and/or student
– ISAAP (Individual Student Assessment Accessibility Profile) or a similar process
Level 2 – Designated SupportsPages 9-13
• Currently being used for instruction and/or other assessment
Level 2 – Designated SupportsPages 9-13
• Identified prior to the assessment
Level 2 – Designated SupportsPages 9-13
• Activated prior to testing in the TIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine)
Level 2 – Designated SupportsProvided for SOME Students
Embedded Supports
– Color Contrast– Masking– Text-to-speech– Translated test directions– Translations (glossaries for math items)
– Translations (stacked for math items)
– Turn off universal tools
Level 2 – Designated SupportsProvided for SOME Students
Non-Embedded Supports
– Bilingual dictionary (for ELA performance task full writes)
– Color contrasts– Color overlays– Magnification– Read aloud (math items and ELA items – not reading passages)
– Scribe (for ELA non-writing items and math items)
– Separate setting– Translations (glossaries for math items)
Level 3 – DocumentedAccommodations
For FEW students
Level 3 – Documented AccommodationsPages 14-19
• Documented need for the support such as an IEP or a 504 plan– Decisions made by a
team– Information must be
entered in the TIDE so they can be activated
Level 3 – Documented AccommodationsPages 14-19
• Exception may be a student who has a physical injury such as a broken hand or arm and can’t use the computer–May use the speech-to-text and/or–Scribe–If they have experience using these supports
Level 3 – Documented AccommodationsFor FEW students
Embedded Accommodations
– American Sign Language (for ELA listening items and math items)
– Braille– Closed Captioning (for ELA listening items)
– Text-to-speech (for ELA reading passages grades 6-8, 11)
Practice/Training tests: http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/
Level 3 – Documented AccommodationsFor FEW students
Non-embedded Accommodations
– Abacus– Alternate response options– Calculator (Braille and Talking Calculator for calculator items only)
– Multiplication Table (grade 4 and above for math items – single digit 1-9)
– Noise Buffers– Print on demand– Read aloud (for ELA passages grades 6-8, 11 who do not have Braille skills)
– Scribe– Speech to text
Practice/Training tests: http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/
South Dakota Field Test Data
Number of Students Receiving a Support or an Accommodation
Grade
Student Receiving Supports or
Accommodations
03 1870
04 1779
05 1742
06 1601
07 1558
08 1445
11 1170
Grand Total 11165
Text-to-SpeechELA (English Language Arts)
Grade Items Stimuli Stimuli & Items Grand Total
03 873 2 190 1065
04 824 6 144 974
05 729 3 135 867
06 281 12 453 746
07 280 5 440 725
08 196 13 402 611
11 133 6 212 351
Total 3316 47 1976 5339
Grades 3-5 cannot have Stimuli (Reading Passages) read to them
Text-to-SpeechMath
Grade Items StimuliStimuli &
Items Total03 53 1016 106904 28 1 955 98405 60 824 88406 26 2 708 73607 24 683 70708 32 569 60111 11 1 325 337Total 5318
Non-Embedded Supports for ELA
03 04 05 06 07 08 11Grand Total
Bilingual Dictionary 5 5Bilingual Dictionary; Separate Setting 1 1Color Contrast 1 1 2Color Contrast; Magnification 1 1 2Color Contrast; Magnification; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 1 1Color Overlay 1 1 2Color Overlay; Read Aloud Items 1 1Color Overlay; Separate Setting 2 1 3Magnification 1 1 1 1 3 1 8Magnification; Read Aloud Items; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 1 1Magnification; Separate Setting 1 1Read Aloud Items 67 66 72 31 38 26 27 327Read Aloud Items; Scribe Items (Non-Writing) 1 1 1 1 1 5Read Aloud Items; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 3 6 6 2 4 2 4 27Read Aloud Items; Separate Setting 60 85 89 36 30 37 19 356Scribe Items (Non-Writing) 6 2 1 1 3 2 4 19Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 10 9 5 2 4 2 32Separate Setting 573 495 477 440 437 374 198 2994
378726%
For the paper version of test only
Separate Setting andText-to-Speech for ELA
Items StimuliStimuli &
Items Total
Separate Setting 2994
Separate Setting and
Text-to-Speech1283 17 630 1930
Non-Embedded Supports for MathSupport 03 04 05 06 07 08 11 TotalColor Contrast 1 1Color Contrast; Magnification 1 1 2Color Contrast; Magnification; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 1 1Color Contrast; Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli 1 1 2Color Overlay 1 1 2Color Overlay; Separate Setting 2 1 3Magnification 1 1 1 2 1 6Magnification; Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 1 1Magnification; Separate Setting 1 1Read Aloud Items 12 13 12 4 11 4 4 60Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli 45 44 50 23 21 23 8 214Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Non-Writing) 2 1 2 1 6Read Aloud Item; Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 3 6 3 2 1 2 17Read Aloud Items; Read Aloud Stimuli; Separate Setting 39 67 60 22 18 30 13 249Read Aloud Items; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 1 2 3Read Aloud Items; Separate Setting 17 16 14 9 10 9 8 83Read Aloud Stimuli 1 1Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 1 1Read Aloud Stimuli; Separate Setting 2 1 3Scribe Items (Non-Writing) 4 3 1 4 1 3 16Scribe Items (Non-Writing); Separate Setting 10 8 4 2 4 2 30Separate Setting 513 457 441 421 411 352 194 2789Separate Setting; Glossary - Arabic 1 1Separate Setting; Glossary - Mandarin 1 1Separate Setting; Glossary - Spanish 1 1
Grand Total 647 619 595 488 485 428 237 3499
Non-Embedded AccommodationsELA
03 04 05 06 07 08 11 TotalAlternate Response Options 3 2 5 1 11Alternate Response Options; Read Aloud Stimuli 2 1 3Alternate Response Options; Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Writing) 1 1 1 3Alternate Response Options; Read Aloud Stimuli; Speech-to-Text 1 1Alternate Response Options; Scribe Items (Writing) 1 1Read Aloud Stimuli 48 64 66 40 47 38 25 328Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Writing) 1 3 1 1 4 2 3 15Read Aloud Stimuli; Scribe Items (Writing); Speech-to-Text 1 1 2Read Aloud Stimuli; Speech-to-Text 8 5 8 1 2 3 2 29Scribe Items (Writing) 15 17 12 6 7 3 7 67Scribe Items (Writing); Speech-to-Text 1 1 1 3Speech-to-Text 18 32 29 29 19 14 5 146
609
Non-Embedded AccommodationsMath
Accommodation 03 04 05 06 07 08 11 TotalAbacus 1 1Alternate Response Options 5 5 2 1 13Alternate Response Options; Calculator 1 1Alternate Response Options; Calculator; Multiplication Table 1 1 1 3Alternate Response Options; Multiplication Table 2 2Alternate Response Options; Speech-to-Text 1 1Calculator 1 1 3 14 16 20 13 68Calculator; Multiplication Table 1 3 3 8 13 9 17 54Calculator; Multiplication Table; Speech-to-Text 1 1 1 1 1 5Calculator; Speech-to-Text 1 1 2 4Multiplication Table 33 103 112 72 88 29 15 452Multiplication Table; Speech-to-Text 3 9 15 20 1 1 1 50Speech-to-Text 32 40 28 6 19 14 6 145
799
Multiplication Tables can’t be used for 3rd grade.
Calculators can’t be used for 3rd-5th grade.
Only Braille and talking calculators (and possible large) are allowed.
Tools and Resources
ISAAP Tool(Individual Student Assessment Accessibility Profile)
• Excel spreadsheet tool• Used to help document decisions on
supports and accommodations needed• Could provide information to person
designated to input TIDE information• Fall Assessment Roadshow\Copy of ISAA
P Tool 081314_Final _v2.xlsm
One Page Overview
Show comparison between SBAC, D-Step, and NSCS (Alt Assessment)
http://doe.sd.gov/octe/SMARTERbalanced.aspx
State Assessment and Accommodation Worksheet
Assessment and Accommodation Tool
– Helps inform supports and accommodations use for state assessment
– Contains both SBAC and D-Step information
– Modeled after TIDE format
SD Accommodations Manual
• http://doe.sd.gov/oats/dakSTEP.aspx• Updated this summer (in draft form)
Documenting Accommodations
Documenting Accommodations
Accommodations must be clearly documented in the IEP
– Instructional accommodations
– Assessment accommodations
Documenting Accommodations
• Three possible areas of the IEP– Consideration of Special Factors
• assistive technology devices and services
– Supplementary Aids and Services• aids, services, and other supports
– Participation in Assessments• how a student will participate in state and
district-wide assessments
Documenting Accommodations
Consideration of Special Factors Page
Documenting AccommodationsAccommodations/Modifications/Supplementary Aids and Services
Documenting Accommodations
Campus IEP
• SBAC Accommodations being updated
• Campus Admin can add instructional accommodations
• Issues with printing
Documenting Accommodationson Campus IEP
Documenting Accommodationson Campus IEP
Questions
