1. Training Test Administrators on Providing LAT Accommodations for LAT Administrations of TAKS-M  Spring 2011 February 11, 2011 Event #8237 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

2. MATHEMATICS EXAMPLES FOR LAT TAKS-M

3. Student # 1 Eliseo Eliseo is a grade 3 student who is eligible for a LAT administration of TAKS-M mathematics. Eliseo’s LAT test administrator, Mr. Rodríguez, is his special education teacher. Mr. Rodríguez speaks Spanish, Eliseo’s native language. Eliseo’s LPAC worked in conjunction with his ARD committee to determine that the following linguistic accommodations are appropriate:  Oral translation  Linguistic simplification  Reading assistance From page 73 of the 2011 TAKS-M Grades 3-5 Test Administration Directions 3

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6. SCIENCE EXAMPLES FOR LAT TAKS-M

7. Student # 2 Veronica Veronica is a grade 5 student who is eligible for a LAT administration of the TAKS-M science test. Mrs. Starr is her science teacher and will conduct the LAT administration of the TAKS-M test. Mrs. Starr does not speak Portuguese, Veronica’s first language. Veronica’s LPAC worked in conjunction with her ARD committee to determine that the following linguistic accommodations are appropriate:  linguistic simplification  reading assistance  bilingual glossary  bilingual dictionary From page 76 of the 2011 TAKS-M Grades 3-5 Test Administration Directions 7

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10. READING EXAMPLE FOR LAT TAKS-M

11. Student # 3 Tran Tran is a grade 5 student who is eligible for a LAT administration of TAKS-M reading. Mr. Volmer is her special education reading and ESL teacher, and will be her LAT test administrator. Tran’s LPAC worked in conjunction with her ARD committee to determine that because the following linguistic accommodations are part of her regular classroom reading instruction and testing, they are appropriate accommodations for this LAT administration of TAKS-M reading:  Bilingual dictionary  ESL dictionary  Reading aloud-word or phrase  Reading aloud-entire test item  Clarification-word or phrase From page 81 of the 2011 TAKS-M Grades 3-5 Test Administration Directions 11

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14. Key Procedural Differences for LAT TAKS-M  Two-day administration of reading/ELA is optional  Direct support accommodations differ slightly from LAT TAKS  Test booklets & answer documents  Test administration manuals 14

15. Need More Information?  E-mail address: ELL.tests @ tea.state.tx.us  TEA Student Assessment Division phone number: 512-463-9536 Thank you! 15