Before
During
After
Day of...
Accommodations
100
Instructional materials about reading, writing and math that are currently posted and accessible to students in the classroom
What are things that need to be covered or removed from view during the assessment?
100
Teachers are permitted to do this during writing and math assessments only for students who request it
What is reading questions to students?
100
Copies of the Student Answer Sheets(for Grade 6 students only), CTS (Class Tracking Sheets), documentation for students with accommodations, special provisions and exemptions and class seating plans.
What are items that need to be retained in the school's EQAO file for one year?
100
Devices that are prohibited during the assessments
What are personal electronic devices, including laptops, tablets, cell phones, audio- or video-recorders, pagers, digital music players and any device that e-mails or texts?
100
Should have the last 12 digits of the student's package ID # on each page, be stapled to the inside front cover of the appropriate student booklet and returned in the Special Versions Envelope
What is computer printout of student responses?
200
The EQAO resource that can be copied for students or enlarged and posted in the classroom during the assessment
What are "Classroom Tips" from www.eqao.com?
200
Allowed throughout the Junior Math assessment and after Math question 7 in Section 1 of the Primary Assessment
What is the use of math manipulatives and calculators permitted?
200
Where all circumstances that may affect the scoring of a student's work are documented and reported to EQAO
What is the Issues Envelope?
200
Students who have assisting technology detailed in their IEP and use technology as part of their regular classroom practice
Who are the only students that are permitted to use electronic devices?
200
The student that has an IEP that outlines accommodations that are necessary for and consistent with regular classroom practices and receives these accommodations for ALL forms of assessment.
Who gets accommodated?
300
These must be provided by the Board to students with IEPs that outline accommodations to Presentation Format or Response Format requiring the use of technology. Students cannot BYOD!
What are electronic devices, such as laptops or tablets, that are permitted for use by students with IEPs?
300
Prohibited during the reading assessments
What is reading, translating, interpreting passages, questions and individual words to students?
300
Cannot be read, reviewed, rewritten, edited or corrected in any way
What is student work in student booklets?
300
The script for beginning the assessment is found in this section of the Administration Guide
What is the "Assessment Day Instructions for Teachers"?
300
Accommodation decisions are planned ahead of time, in consultation with staff, students and parents, based on each individual's IEP and on the Setting, Presentation Format and Response Format accommodations outlined in the EQAO accommodation guide. They are consistent with regular classroom practice.
How are accommodation decisions made?
400
Staff that must ensure that scribes, prompters and students have access to assessment materials only during the administration
Who are teachers and administrators?
400
Prohibited during Math assessments
What is choosing manipulatives for students, defining, translating, explaining or reviewing mathematical terms, the use of dictionaries or thesauruses, (including electronic dictionaries or translators), and influencing students' answers.
400
Student scores may be withheld.
What is possible impact of actions like practising current year's assessment before administration, scribe or prompter providing hints, scribe not recording exact words of student, student receiving explanation of concepts being assessed, students having access to instructional material, using dictionary for reading or math portion of assessment?
400
Students who return to school after an absence
Who will complete the assessments when they return to school while assessment booklets are still in the school?
400
72 hours prior to the assessment, starting May 22
When will assistive technology files be available for download?
500
The Spring 2013 EQAO Administration Guide, including the Professional Responsibilities for the Administration of the Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, aprimary and Junior Divisions, and the Guide for Accommodations, Special Provisions and Exemptions
What are documents staff must read prior to the administration of the assessment?
500
Instruction on any concepts or items once the assessment has been opened, explanations, definitions, translations, examples of terminology, encouragement or influence to alter responses
What are thing students must not receive?
500
Immediately after the administration of the assessments, no later than June 10
When must the student answer sheets, principal and teacher questionnaires, special versions envelopes, issues envelopes and all student booklets(used or unused) be sealed and couriered back to EQAO?
500
When students receive the materials for the first time on the first day of the assessment
When can individual student packages be opened?
500
Non-verbal signals, like a tap on the arm, shoulder or desk, or a verbal signal, like a word or phrase to redirect the student's attention, are permitted. Do not clarify, explain or translate of any part of the assessment. Do not draw student's attention to a specific part of the assessment.
What prompts are permitted for student's whose IEP includes prompts for attention?
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