Transcript Updates from TEA - ESC-20

Updates from TEA
TETN October 18, 2012
Lisa Kirby, Educational Specialist
[email protected]
210-370-5469
General Information
• Please make sure Special ED coordinators are
listed as coordinators on listserv in AskTED
• You will be receiving two e-mails one when
Participation Requirements are posted and one
when TEA webpage is updated.
• Some districts have reported issues with viewing
TEA ppt once they are posted- this is an equipment
problem please contact: Rob Jacques at Region 13.
Type 3:
Math
Scribe
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/accommodations/staar-telpas/
Expect:
 Format to remain the same
 Clarifications in sections to be
made
 Eligibility Criteria Check boxes
– use for recorded keeping at
district
 More Student Scenarios
 Some Language left up to ARD
interpretation not Vague
Accommodation Policies
with Changes: Oral Administration
• Must have evidence of reading difficulty
– Does not mean the student must be LD in
reading
– Be “X” number of years below grade level
– ARD Committee decides
– Document evidence in IEP
• Additions: Required reference materials may be
read aloud to student
• Required dictionaries for reading and writing testsif they qualify for oral admin!!!
• Required math and science reference materials
Accommodation Policies
with Changes: Oral Administration
• Still prohibited- reading selections may
never be read aloud
• Revising and editing passages may never
be read to students (standardized format
across the state)
• Every word = all words in tables, graphs,
grids, diagrams, maps, photographs,
cartoons, pictures etc.
• Add more Student Scenarios to clarify
FAQ's
Accommodation Policies
with Changes: Spelling and Dictionary
• Dictionary removed from the spelling section and
placed in the Dictionary Policy section.
• A dictionary is still allowed as a form of spelling
assistance
• Internet access must be disabled when using
technology based spelling Assistance...
• Additions: description now includes the dictionary
as a form of spelling assistance, now applies to
grade 4 writing tests as well as grades 3-5 reading
tests
Accommodation Policies
with Changes: Math Manipulatives
• Addition of translucent (tracing) paper
• TEA will not use brand names for
paper
Accommodation Policies
with Changes: Complex Transcribing
• Change in the eligibility criteria
• Must meet one of the following:
– Temporary or Permanent impairment to vision
– Temporary or Permanent physically disabling
condition that prevents student from independently
and effectively recording responses
• Not for students who spell poorly or cannot organize and
develop a written response.
• Is for students who cannot produce a written response
through handwriting, typing, or speech to text
• You may attach a writing sample when submitting ARF
• 328 ARF submitted 105 Approved this year
Accommodations: Other
• Manipulatives
– Highlighting added
• Calculation Devices
– More Student Scenarios added
• Basic Transcribing
– Student gets full time to complete the test
– The transcriber may transcribe after allotted time
– Can not seek clarification from student after
allotted testing time.
Accommodations: Other
• Supplemental Aids
– Teachers create supplemental aids to meet the needs of
students during instruction, TEA does not create
supplemental aids, supplemental aids should be
individualized for each student
• Photo Copies
– Clarifications were made to special
instructions/considerations
– Blank answer documents- you are not allowed to
photocopy blank documents to help train students for test
• Other Type 3
– More information added that may address AT that is not
addressed in other accommodations
Other
• Extra time: Proposing a
few additions
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Eligibility Criteria
Student Scenarios
Clarification to better
distinguish between
medical breaks and
breaks
– Will be discussed in the
Oct 16th TETN
Participation Requirements
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2012-2013 Participation Requirements for STAAR Modified are
updated.
New participation requirements will include Special Ed Division –
TAC Reference
This is a state form will be required to be part of IEP paper work in
2013-2014 School year (currently house it locally)
World History added as this will be tested for the first time in 2013.
If you already had an ARD and didn't address World History
administration then you will need to go back to address for
2012/2013.
If your ARD committee “hand wrote” in World History last year on
the participation requirements you do not need to change it.
Having difficulty uploading forms they will posted as soon as
possible.
Feedback from Field
• It would be better if polices and
accommodations did not change throughout
the year.
• Manual vs. Webpage
• Power points and other resources not
helpful.
• I can’t print in color at my school.
• Reading information on computer is to
difficult.
Feedback from Field
• Please put all PDFs in one place to
print (not going to happen this year)
• Make Accommodations Triangle easier
to find.
• People are only looking at triangle and
never clicking onto the links to use.
Critical Information about Accommodations
for SwD for STAAR and TELPAS
• Accommodations may be appropriate for instruction
but not assessment. (Still a BIG deal)
• Accommodations should not be continued without
evidence that they are effect.
• The use of accommodations occurs primarily during
classroom instruction, classroom instruction allows
for any techniques needed to meet that child's
needs.
• Routine accommodation use does not mean a
student must use the accommodation every year.
Critical Information about
Accommodations for SwD for STAAR and
TELPAS
• It is acceptable to withhold an accommodation to
determine if it is effective.
• ARDs don’t limit choices for instructional
accommodations to the accommodation triangle.
(Meet the need of each student.)
• Policies on statewide assessment in regards to
accommodations should not limit an educators
ability to individualize students’ materials and
facilitate students’ learning...... unlike instruction,
statewide assessments must be standardized.
Accommodations:
Emergency
• Accommodations in unexpected or emergency
Situations
– First look at the Optional Test Administration
Procedures and Materials
– Second look at the Accommodation Triangle Consider and encourage student independence
when appropriate
– Third contact TEA for Type 3
• Document accommodations on answer document.
Type 3 Accommodations
• ARF Required
• Math Scribe Added
– Last year under “other”
– Temporary or permanently physically disabling condition
or an impairment in vision
– Math and Science
– Allows a test administrator to record students dictation
from scratch paper
– Rare approval: only 33 approved last year
• Still need to include “Pending TEA Approval”
• Campus must have a contingency plan in place if ARF is not
approved
Feedback
• At a Glance Charts for Accommodations
– Proceed with Caution
– Share with TEA
• Optional Test Administration Procedures and Materials
– Not considered Accommodations
– Located in the DTC Manual
– Local Documentation
– Not for every student
– Can not be required during assessment
– Added: Special Lighting, Crayons, Highlighters
– More examples of Blank Place Holders and scratch paper
– Reading writing prompt: Go ahead and read student does not
need to request
Important Dates
Testing Date
ARF Due
Oct 22-25
October 15, 2012
By 5:00
December 3-14
November 26, 2012
By 5:00
Everything
will be posted
in next couple
of weeks to the
TEA website