Accommodations
Accessibility features
Calculator Types
Testing times
Personnel
100
Students with disabilities who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP), a Section 504 plan, are English learners, or are English learners with disabilities who have an IEP or 504 plan
What are the four groups of students who may receive accommodations for the PARCC test?
100
With this feature the student electronically “covers” answer options, as needed. The student will uncover answer options when ready.
What is answer masking?
100
These grades don't allow a calculator
What are 3-5th?
100
These types of students need to be scheduled for testing in the morning to allow adequate time for completion of a test unit by the end of the school day.
Who are English learners?
100
This person provides information on how to match the learning characteristics of students to the appropriate instructional and assessment accessibility features and/or accommodations, ensuring that the student is able to demonstrate his or her knowledge and skills without barriers or restrictions due to his or her disability.
Who is a special educator?
200
A collection of student information regarding a student’s testing condition, materials, or accessibility features and accommodations that are needed to take a PARCC assessment
What is a Personal Needs Profile (PNP)?
200
This feature allows the student to alter the onscreen background and/or font color.
What is Color Contrast?
200
Grades 6-7 allow these types of calculators
What is a four-function with square root and percentage functions?
200
A student who processes directions slowly or needs extra time to move to a different test question), write responses (e.g., a student with limited dexterity or difficulty with word retrieval), or use special devices or equipment (e.g., assistive technology, audio recording, or scribe)
Who needs extended testing time?
200
These people also assist in IEPs and matching accessibility tools to students.
Who are speech-language pathologists, school psychologists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists?
300
These need to be enabled for students during administration of the test.
What are color contrast [background/font color], text-to-speech for mathematics, ASL, closed captioning, text-to-speech for ELA/literacy?
300
With this feature the student electronically “crosses out” possible answer choices (for multiple choice items only).
What is eliminate answer choices?
300
Grade 8 allows this type of calculator
What are Scientific calculators?
300
This can help minimize distractions
What is taking the test in a separate setting?
300
Team members who should be familiar with and knowledgeable of the linguistic accommodations required by each student, and how to administer them appropriately.
Who are general educators?
400
These accommodations require advanced shipping
What are the braille edition, paper-based edition, large print edition?
400
This feature allows a student to use an onscreen tool to assist in reading by raising and lowering the tool for each line of text onscreen.
What is the Line Reader Tool?
400
High school allows these types of calculators.
What are graphic calculators (with functionalities consistent with TI-84 or similar models)?
400
Instead of broken up testing time students should be given this.
What is a continuous block of time?
400
This person accompanies a student with extended time over lunch.
Who is the test administrator?
500
With this tool the student electronically highlights text as needed to recall and/or emphasize. Available colors include pink, blue, yellow, and white.
What is the highlight tool?
500
This type of calculator requires the test to be given in a separate setting.
What is a talking calculator
500
This must be documented in a student's IEP plan.
What is extended testing time?
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