State Assessment in Michigan: Moving Forward with Technology Michigan Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired.

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State Assessment in Michigan: Moving Forward with Technology Michigan Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Conference 2015

Assessments Online M-STEP: – ELA, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies MI-Access Functional Independence: – ELA (Accessing Print), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies WIDA ACCESS for ELLs: – Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking

Technology Features Currently Available within the Test Engine Zoom (1.5 or 2.0 times normal size with scrolling) Auto Zoom – will fill the screen you are using Highlighter Masking Line Reader Color Chooser/Contrasting text Embedded calculator Cross out tool Text-to-speech

Tech. Feature Cont. Video sign language (VSL) Stacked Spanish translations Thesaurus/dictionary

External Features Currently Working With Test Engine Windows settings set before test engine is started for test session * Size and style of cursor * Volume

Software A test security feature of the test engine is to lock out other software from being accessed and used during the test session. This may limit software currently used as part of a student’s instructional experience.

For the Future Glossing Availability of refreshable braille Third party software and external devices such as speech-to-text Enhancing currently available features

Discussion What software or hardware do students use on a regular basis that would be important for the MDE to consider for the state assessments? What is used during instruction? How do such devices work?

GET CONNECTED! Spotlight on Student Assessment and Accountability Weekly – Thursday release Three sections –What’s New Quick Links –Reminders –Recently Asked Questions

Questions?