General Knowledge
True or False? Students may only require either accommodations or modifications to help them achieve the learning expectations in subjects or courses expectations.
FALSE. Students may also require accommodations to help them achieve the learning expectations in subjects or courses with modified expectations.
A student with dyslexia using Google Read and Write for completing her writing tasks.
ACCOMMODATION.
True or False? Human support and individualized equipment required to enable a student to learn are considered as accommodations.
TRUE.
Allowing extra time for exams.
ASSESSEMENT ACCOMMODATION.
True or False? Modifications are expectations that differ in some way from the regular grade expectations.
TRUE.
To ensure that a student is eligible to receive the permitted accommodations during provincial assessments, all necessary accommodations need to be recorded accurately in the _____.
IEP
Assisting a student with ASD in developing his academic and social skills through peer tutoring.
ACCOMMODATION.
True or False? With an accommodation, the student with a disability does exactly the same work as his/her peers under the same conditions.
FALSE. With an accommodation, the student with a disability does exactly the same work as his/her peers using special teaching and assessment strategies, human supports, and/or individualized equipment.
Allowing students with learning disabilities to demonstrate understanding of learning outcomes in a variety of ways such as visual and oral presentations.
ASSESSMENT ACCOMMODATION.
True or False? When a teacher is implementing special teaching and/or assessment strategies for a student to enable him/her to learn and demonstrate learning, he/she is using modification.
FALSE. When a teacher is implementing special teaching and/or assessment strategies for a student to enable him/her to learn and demonstrate learning, he/she is using accommodation.
True or False? Only the subjects or courses in which the student requires modified expectations must be listed in the IEP.
FALSE. All subjects or courses in which the student requires accommodations and/or modified expectations and all alternative programs must be listed in the IEP.
A grade 3 student completing half of the grade 3 expectations in each of the five strands.
MODIFICATION.
True or False? Accommodated Only (AO) is the term used in the IEP form to identify subjects or courses from the Ontario curriculum in which the student requires accommodations alone.
FALSE. Accommodated Only (AC) is the term used in the IEP form to identify subjects or courses from the Ontario curriculum in which the student requires accommodations alone.
Using mind mapping strategies for students with poor memory skills.
INSTRUCTIONAL ACCOMMODATION.
True or False? Modified (MOD) is the term used on the IEP form to identify subjects or courses from the Ontario curriculum in which the student requires modified expectations.
TRUE.
True or False? Assessment accommodations should be consistent with the accommodations permitted by the EQAO office.
TRUE.
A student with hearing loss using an FM system as an assistive hearing device.
ACCOMMODATION.
True or False? Students can get accommodations for only one subject or course at a time.
FALSE. Students can get accommodations for one or more subjects or courses at a time.
Verbatim scribing of responses.
ASSESSMENT ACCOMMODATION.
True or False? Modifications only involve writing expectations based on the knowledge and skills outlined in curriculum expectations for a different grade level.
FLASE. In language and mathematics, modifications involve writing expectations based on the knowledge and skills outlined in curriculum expectations for a different grade level. In other subjects, modifications typically involve changing the number and/or complexity of the regular grade-level expectations.
True or False? The equipment identified in the IEP should not be limited to the equipment for which boards receive additional funding through the Intensive Support Amount [ISA] Level 1.
TRUE.
A grade 6 student preparing and delivering an oral presentation of 10 sentences in length instead of 15.
MODIFICATION.
True or False? Accommodations described in the IEP should include only those strategies and supports that differ from what is normally provided during classroom instruction.
TRUE.
Using proximity control to prevent disruptive behavior.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOMMODATION.
True or False? If the modified expectations are based on the regular grade curriculum, with changes to the number and/or complexity of the expectations, the notation “MOD”, for modified expectations, does not need to be added after the grade.
FALSE. If the modified expectations are based on the regular grade curriculum, with changes to the number and/or complexity of the expectations, the notation “MOD”, for modified expectations, needs to be added after the grade.