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Online Assessment Accessibility
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Testing Calendar
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Testing Calendars ACT WorkKeys

• ACT/WORKKEYS (grade 11)
• Practice Test Any Time http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/asse
  ssment/ACT/practicetest
• November 21- ACT Approved Accommodations
• Accommodations Testing Window
• The ACT Writing March 3-17, 2015
• ACT WorkKeys March 4-18, 2015

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Testing Calendars Badger Exam

• BADGER EXAM (Smarter Balanced grades 3-8)
• Practice Testing in Late January
• Testing Window March 30 to May 22

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Testing Calendars ASPIRE

• Spring ASPIRE Test (Grades 9-10)
• Watch for updates http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessmen
  t/ACT/calendar
• Testing Window April 27 to May 22

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Testing Calendars PALS

• PALS - Fall, Winter, Spring
• Just completed fall testing
• Mid-Year Optional Testing - January-February
• Spring Testing - April 27 to May 22

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M T W TH F
2 3 ACT -11th 4 WorkKeys-11th 5 6
9 10 11 12 13
16 17 ACT Makeup 18 WK Makeup 19 20
23 24 25 26 27
30 SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 31SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 1SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 2SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 3SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11
Apr 6-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 7-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 8-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 9-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 10-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11
13-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 14-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 15-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 16-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 17-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11
20-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 21-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 22-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 23-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 24-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11
27-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 28-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 29-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 30-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 1-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2
4-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 5-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 6-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 7-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 8-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2
11-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 12-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 13-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 14-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 15-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2
18-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 19-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 20-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 21-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2 22-SMARTER 3-8, DLM 3-11 ASPIRE 9-10, PALS K-2
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Testing Calendar

• DPI Assessment Calendar http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/fi
  les/oea/pdf/2014-1520Wisconsin20Student20Assess
  ment20Schedule207-14-14.pdf
• All assessments are online EXCEPT forACT
  Writing and WorkKeys

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Definitions for Accessibil ity
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Allowables and Validity

• Construct Validity -- a test must assess what it
  is intended to measure. For example, a reading
  test is designed and normed as a test of reading
  ability. Therefore, any changes to the assessment
  cannot interfere with the ultimate purpose -- a
  measure of reading ability.

• Construct Validity
• Construct validity refers to the degree to which
  a test or other measure assesses the underlying
  theoretical construct it is supposed to measure
  (i.e., the test is measuring what it is purported
  to measure).

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Assessment Vendors

• Assessment vendors develop options to provide
  accessibility for a wide range of student needs.
• These options are designed to maintain the
  VALIDITY of the assessment.

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General Accessibility for All

• Definition
• Accommodations are practices and procedures that
  provide equitable access to grade-level content.
• Accommodations are intended to reduce or
  eliminate the effects of a students disability
  or level of language acquisition they do not
  reduce learning expectations.

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General Accessibility for All

• The accommodations provided to a student must be
  consistent for classroom instruction, classroom
  assessments, and district and state assessments.

DistrictAssessment
TestAccommodations
StateAssessment
ClassroomAssessment
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General Accessibility for All

• It is critical to note, that each assessment may
  have unique accommodation policies, therefore
  Educators should pay careful attention to
  assessment policies and what the assessment is
  trying to measure.

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General Accessibility for All

• Furthermore, although some accommodations may be
  appropriate for instructional use, they may not
  be appropriatefor use on a standardized
  assessment. (WI DPI)

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Accessibility Layers
Universal Embedded Accessibility
Designated Individual Supports
Individual Accommodations
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General Accessibility for All

• Universal Toolsare access features of the
  assessment thatare either provided as
  digitally-delivered components of the test
  administration system or separate from
  it.Universal tools are available to all students
  based on student preference and selection.
• Allowable Test Practices (as in WKCE)are for all
  students, as needed they do not alter the
  content being tested.

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General Accessibility for All
Designated Individual Supports

• Designated Supports are features that are
  available for use by any student for whom the
  need has been indicated by an educator or team.

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General Accessibility for Individuals

• Accommodations are for students with disabilities
  and English Language Learners they do not change
  the content being assessed or the skill level.
  Examples of accommodations include a large-print
  test or using a scribe to record student answers.

Individual Accommodations
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General Accessibility for Individuals

• Modificationsdo change what is being assessed
  and are not allowed for any student during
  Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS)
  testing. Examples of modifications include
  reducing the number of answer choices or
  shortening the length of the test.

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Resources
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Wisconsin DPI Accommodations for ELL

• http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment/ELL/accommodation
  s

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Wisconsin Special Ed Forms

• http//sped.dpi.wi.gov/sped_forms06
• Use the I-7 forms for ELL students with an IEP or
  in Special Ed. The I-7 form for ACCESS and
  Alternate ACCESS is for students with IEPs who
  are required to participate in a statewide
  language assessment.

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Wisconsin Resource

• Wisconsin ELL Accommodations Guide
• http//ell.dpi.wi.gov/ell_documents-at-a-glance

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Roles and Resources

• DAC
• Principal (SAC)
• Pupil Services Director
• Classroom Teachers
• Technology Coordinators
• Para-Professionals
• Who can be a test proctor?
• How do you prepare to be a test proctor?

• Logistical Manual for the Implementation of
  Online Assessments in Wisconsin (2014)
• http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/oea
  /pdf/Logistics20manual202014-15.pdf

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Wisconsin Resource

• Wisconsin Accommodations Guide
• for Students with Disabilities
• http//sped.dpi.wi.gov/files/sped/pdf/accom-gu
  ide.pdf

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Test Specific Guidelines

• ACT WorkKeys

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ACT overall

• Wisconsin ACT Accommodations and Supports Matrix
  Revised July 2014
• http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/files/oea/pdf/WI20ACT20Acc
  ommodations20and20Supports20Revised209-2-14.pd
  f

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ACT overall

• Newsletter
• ea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment/ACT/newsletter

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ACT Plus Writing and ACT WorkKeys

• The Wisconsin ACT Plus Writing/ACT WorkKeys
  Accommodations Decision Tree is a flow chart that
  will help school teams and families understand
  the decision making process around accommodations
  for the ACT Plus Writing and ACT Work Keys.

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ACT Plus Writing and ACT WorkKeys

• The ACT Plus Writing and ACT WorkKeys
  Accommodation Matrix (9-2-14) explains the use
  for ACT Plus Writing and ACT WorkKeys in detail.

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ACT Plus Writing and ACT WorkKeys

• ACT Request for ACT-Approved Accommodations
• Parent Letter for Wisconsin State-Allowed
  Accommodations Notification The ACT Plus Writing
  and ACT WorkKeys for English Language Learners
  http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/files/oea/pdf/WI20state20a
  llowed20documentation20ELL9-8-14.pdf

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Test Specific Guidelines

• BADGER 3-8

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Badger 3-8 Technology Readiness

• Resources to ensure technology readiness for the
  Badger test
• http//www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-as
  sessments/technology/

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Badger 3-8

• Badger (SBAC) Accommodations for students
  http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment/Smarter/accommoda
  tions

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Badger 3-8

• Support for Under-Represented Students
• http//www...org/parents-students/support-for-unde
  r-represented-students/

• he ISAAP tool is designed to facilitate selection
  of the accessibility resources that match student
  access needs for the Smarter Balanced
  assessments, as supported by the Smarter Balanced
  Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations
  Guidelines. The ISAAP Tool is compatible with any
  version of Microsoft Excel from 2007 to the
  most recent version. When opening the file,
  please choose Enable Macros or other enabling
  prompt to view the recommended use language
  included for the different resources. The ISAAP
  Tool file is locked to prevent errant changes to
  the formulas that determine the functionality of
  the ISAAP Tool. While end users may change the
  naming convention of the file when using the Save
  As function, saving to another Excel file format,
  such as .xls, may result in corrupting or
  disabling many of the functionalities and
  features of the ISAAP Tool.
• ISAAP Tool Instructions (DocX)
• ISAAP Tool (XLSM)
• ISAAP Module

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ISAAP Tool

• The ISAAP tool is designed to facilitate
  selection of the accessibility resources that
  match student access needs for the Smarter
  Balanced assessments, as supported by the Smarter
  Balanced Usability, Accessibility, and
  Accommodations Guidelines.
• The ISAAP Tool is compatible with any version of
  Microsoft Excel from 2007 to the most recent
  version. When opening the file, please choose
  Enable Macros or other enabling prompt to view
  the recommended use language included for the
  different resources.

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ISAAP Tool

• The ISAAP Tool file is locked to prevent errant
  changes to the formulas that determine the
  functionality of the ISAAP Tool. While end users
  may change the naming convention of the file when
  using the Save As function, saving to another
  Excel file format, such as .xls, may result in
  corrupting or disabling many of the
  functionalities and features of the ISAAP Tool.
• ISAAP Tool Instructions (DocX)
• ISAAP Tool (XLSM)
• ISAAP Module (Module 10, 17)
• Watch for Updates!!!!!

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Badger 3-8

• Guidelines FAQ
• http//www.smarterbalanced.org/resources-events/fa
  qs/

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Test Specific Guidelines

• WKCE

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WKCE specific

• http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/files/oea/allowtestpr.pdf

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WKCE

• WKCE Linguistic Supports Matrix
• for ELL Students
• http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/files/oea/Accomell.pdf

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WKCE Secure Translated Scripts

• On or about 10/9/2014 the DAC should have
  received a secure link to the WKCE Science and
  Social Studies test items in Spanish.
• Contact Audrey Lesondak at [phone] or
  audrey.lesondak_at_dpi.wi.gov if you have any
  questions about these scripts.

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WKCE

• WKCE Translation Accommodations
  http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment/WKCE/translationa
  ccom
• includes translation training for WKCE,
  translations of test manuals, Spanish and Hmong
  word lists for Science and Social Studies,
  guidelines for using translators and interpreters

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WAA - SWD

• Wisconsin DPI page for Wisconsin Alternate
  Assessment http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment/WAA
• Accommodations for WAA
• http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment/WAA/
• accommodations

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Test Specific Guidelines

• ACCESS for ELLs

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ACCESS

• ACCESS Accommodations for ELLs with Disabilities
• http//www.wida.us/ACCESSTraining/OverviewModule/A
  ccommodations.aspx

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Alternate ACCESS

• http//www.wida.us/ACCESSTraining/AlternateModule/
  index.aspx

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Test Specific Guidelines

• ASPIRE

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ACT Aspire

• ACT Aspire Accessibility Users Guide
• http//actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home
  4672

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ACT Aspire

• ACT Aspire Accessibility Features
• http//actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/Home
  4681

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ACT Aspire

• ACT Aspire Online Portal and Readiness Training
  https//www.brainshark.com/pearsonassessments/vu?p
  izHwzyv1oczHL6gz0

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Test Specific Guidelines

• PALS

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PALS

• PALS Accommodations
• http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment/PALS/accommodatio
  ns

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Test Specific Guidelines

• DLM

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DLM

• DLM Accommodations http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessmen
  t/DLM/accommodations
• Accessibility Manual for DLM Alternate Assessment
  http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/files/oea/pdf/Accessiblity2
  0Manual202014-15.pdf

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Test Specific Guidelines

• NAEP

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NAEP (Only for Selected Schools)

• NAEP Accommodations http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessme
  nt/NAEP/accommodations
• NAEP Testing and Reporting on Students w/D and
  ELLs http//www.nagb.org/content/nagb/assets/docum
  ents/policies/naep_testandreport_studentswithdisab
  ilities.pdf

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Accessibility Decision Making
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Local Decision Making about Accommodations

• COLLABORATION
• A collaborative dialogue between ESL teachers,
  special ed teachers, general education teachers
  and parents and families can help determine what
  is best for the individual student based upon the
  guidelines listed below and the instruction that
  that student is receiving at the classroom level.
  

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Local Decision Making about ELL Accommodations

• CRITERIA. When making decisions about the
  appropriate accommodations for an individual
  student, the following criteria should be
  considered
• Current English language proficiency level as
  determined by ACCESS for ELLs
• Literacy in the home language and in English
• Opportunity to learn the content areas assessed
• The primary language of instruction in the
  content areas
• Experience or length of time in U.S. schools
• Degree of familiarity with using the
  accommodation in instruction and assessment
• Grade level
• Other school or district-level related data

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Networking and Sharing
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Resource Sharing and networking

• WI DPI ELL Assessment Google Community -
• The WI DPI EL Assessment PLC is a space where
  educators can engage in meaningful dialogue
  around English Learner accountability and
  assessment policies and best practices by adding
  ideas through links, posts, and comments.
  https//plus.google.com/u/0/communities/1121872519
  44843845766

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Resource Sharing and networking

• Wisconsin DPI Online Assessment Readiness page
• http//oea.dpi.wi.gov/assessment

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Resource sharing and networking

• CESA 7 Technology Coordinators -
• Technology Coordinators_at_cesa7.org
• Wiki http//cesa7techcoords.pbworks.com/w/page/88
  61307/Technology20Coordinator20Home20Page

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Resource sharing and networking

• DPI Twitter page _at_WisDPIOSA

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Resource sharing and networking

• WI DPI WeTECH Google Community -
• https//plus.google.com/u/0/communities/1001418034
  17716930622

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Assessment Contacts, CESA 7

• Judy Sargent
• 920-559-6028 C
• 920-617-5631 W
• jsargent_at_cesa7.org
• Christine Rogers
• 920-639-8464 C
• 920-617-5639 W
• crogers_at_cesa7.org