1. Accommodations Training Supplement on Math Read-Aloud
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What has changed?
Test administrators (TAs) may now read numerals and symbols to students when administering a read-aloud accommodation.
Guidance and examples on reading numerals and symbols has been posted on the ODE website at:
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3. When reading numbers and symbols aloud, please use the guidance below:
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When reading numbers and symbols aloud, please use the guidance below:
In general, numbers and symbols can be read according to their common English usage. For example,  would be read as “is greater than.”
Numbers less than 100 should be read using standard place value language. For example, 23 would be read as “twenty-three.”
However, numbers greater than 99 should be read as individual numbers. For example, 579 would be read as “five seven nine.”
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Training
If you plan to read numbers and symbols aloud during a math read-aloud accommodation, prior to testing you must thoroughly review the examples posted on the ODE website to ensure consistency in test administration.
For this school year, it is allowable to continue omitting the reading of numerals and symbols when administering a math read-aloud accommodation.
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Best Practice
TAs communicate with students about read-aloud guidelines e.g. reading 89 as “eighty-nine” vs. reading 389 as “three eight nine.”
TA provides student with student friendly examples prior to testing.
TA keeps copy of read-aloud examples on hand during testing for easy reference vs. relying solely on memory.
TA notes any further examples not included in ODE provided materials and shares these with ODE for future versions.
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Examples: Numbers
It took Sarah 3½ hours to get to Portland.
Read as: “It took Sarah three and one half hours to get to Portland.”
The cake cost Mrs. Moss $10.55.
Read as: “The cake cost Mrs. Moss ten dollars and fifty five cents.”
There are 632,407,981 books in the library.
Read as: “There are six three two comma four zero seven comma nine eight one books in the library.”
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Examples: Symbols
The temperature outside is 42 oF.
Read as: “The temperature outside is forty two degrees F.”
What is (y-5)÷6?
Read as: “What is the quantity ‘y’ minus five (pause) divided by six?”
The volume of a sphere is 4/3 πr3
Read as: “The volume of a sphere is four thirds pi ‘r’ cubed.”
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8. Examples: Operations & Expressions
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Examples: Operations & Expressions
35 +  = 90
Read as: “Thirty five plus box equals ninety.”
What is ,443?
Read as: “What is seventy-six plus five comma four four three?”
x2y3 = -36
Read as: “ ‘x’ squared ‘y’ cubed is equal to negative thirty-six.”
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Preparing for Testing
The examples in this presentation are only an overview.
Prior to reading numbers and symbols to students as part of a math assessment read-aloud accommodation, all TAs must review the definitions and examples posted at:
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Questions?
If you have questions about administering this accommodation, contact your District Test Coordinator.
For math specific questions, contact Jim Leigh at
For accommodations questions, contact Dianna Carrizales at
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