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2. ›ACCESSIBILITY SUPPORT

3. SUPPORT LEVEL 1: EMBEDDED DEFAULT SYSTEM TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS WITHOUT ADVANCE REQUEST SUPPORT LEVEL 2: OPEN ACCESS TOOLS (PNP required) AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS BUT MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN ADVANCE, PLANNED FOR, AND SELECTED FROM THE PULL-DOWN MENU INSIDE THE TEST TO ACTIVATE THEM SUPPORT LEVEL 3: ACCOMMODATIONS (PNP required) AVAILABLE TO VERY FEW STUDENTS AND AN IEP, 504, OR LPAC PLAN MUST BE IN PLACE, MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN ADVANCE O PNP—Personal Needs Profile

4. 4 LEVELS OF SUPPORT SUPPORT LEVEL 1: O DEFAULT EMBEDDED SYSTEM TOOLS—LEAST INTENSIVE AND AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS O EMBEDDED IN THE COMPUTER TEST DELIVERY PLATFORM OR PROVIDED BY EDUCATORS AUTOMATICALLY O TOOLS THAT EVERYONE USES ROUTINELY O PNP IS NOT NEEDED

5. › † Available Spring 2016

6. 4 LEVELS OF SUPPORT SUPPORT LEVEL 2: O OPEN ACCESS TOOLS—AVAILABLE TO ALL USERS BUT MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN THE PNP IN ADVANCE, O MUST BE PLANNED FOR AND SELECTED FROM THE PULL-DOWN MENU IN THE TEST FOR ACTIVIATION. O MAY BE PROVIDED BY LOCAL EDUCATORS

7. SUPPORT LEVEL 2: O OPEN ACCESS TOOLS—SLIGHTLY MORE INTENSIVE THAN DEFAULT EMBEDDED TOOLS O PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC TOOLS NEEDED BY THE STUDENT INSTEAD ALL POSSIBLE TOOLS O SHOULD HAVE ROUTINE USE OF THESE TOOLS PRIOR TO TESTING TO INFORM THE NEED

10. 4 LEVELS OF SUPPORT SUPPORT LEVEL 3: O ACCOMMODATIONS—HIGH LEVEL SUPPORT O AVAILABLE TO ONLY A FEW STUDENTS AND MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN THE PNP IN ADVANCE O MUST BE FORMALLY DOCUMENTED IN A PLAN, E.G., IEP, 504, OR LPAC

15. 4 LEVELS OF SUPPORT SUPPORT LEVEL 4: O MODIFICATIONS—ALTER WHAT THE TEST IS ATTEMPTING TO MEASURE O NOT PERMITTED ON ACT ASPIRE

16. O TEXT-TO-SPEECH (English Audio) O TEXT-TO-SPEECH (English Audio + Orienting Description) O TRANSLATED TEST DIRECTIONS O WORD-TO-WORD DICTIONARY, ACT APPROVED

17. O MAGNIFIER TOOL ∂ KEYBOARD OR AAC + LOCAL PRINT O LINE READER ∂ EXTRA TIME O COLOR CONTRAST ∂ BREAKS: SUPERVISED EACH DAY O ABACUS ∂ RESPOND ON SEPARATE PAPER O ANSWER MASKING ∂ MARK ITEMS FOR REVIEW O ANSWER ELIMINATOR ∂ SPECIAL SEATING GROUP O HIGHLIGHTER ∂ LOCATION FOR MOVEMENT O SCRATCH PAPER ∂ INDIVIDUAL ADMINISTRATION O DICTATE RESPONSES ∂ HOME ADMINISTRATION O CALCULATOR ( GRADES 6-EHS) ∂ OTHER SETTING O BROWSER CUT, COPY & PASTE ∂ PHYSICAL/MOTOR EQUIPMENT O BROWSER ZOOM MAGNIFICATION ∂ VISUAL/AUDIO ENVIRONMENT

18. O TRANSLATED TEST DIRECTIONS O WORD-TO-WORD DICTIONARY, ACT APPROVED O AND ANY OPEN ASSESS OR EMBEDDED

22. ›ACT ASPIRE TECHNOLOGY

23. ›REQUIREMENTS ›WINDOWS—Operating system 7 To Latest –DESKTOPS & LAPTOPS; MEMORY—at least 512 MB RAM ›MAC—Operating system OS X 10.7 To Latest –DESKTOPS & LAPTOPS; MEMORY—at least 1 GB RAM ›CHROME OS—Operating system Chrome OS 43+ –CHROMEBOOK; Memory—at least 2 GB RAM

24. ›REQUIREMENTS ›PROCTORCACHING—  Free software that allows us to download and store test content on a local computer, reducing the bandwidth requirements.  Installed on one computer per lab  Benefits include o Download all of the test content the student needs and stores it locally instead of using Internet download speeds before students sit down to test o Students will experience fewer testing delays due to network congestion o In the case of temporary Internet outage, students who are already testing will not be interrupted since they will be able to get content from a local ProctorCache machine; they will be able to complete their tests ›TESTNAV 8— ›Test delivery engine that students will login to to take the test. › INFRASTRUCTURE TRIAL —Dress rehearsal for computer-based assessments. –Make sure TestNav is configured correctly –Devices can successfully run TestNav –Network will bear the full load of testing –Staff knows what to do for computer-based assessment

25. ›Personal Needs Profile—defines a student’s specific test support for testing. –Applies to all tests –Some supports cannot be changed after testing begins –Must be completed prior to the testing week –DEADLINE FOR PAPER—FEBRUARY 18 –FOR COMPUTER—ONE WEEK BEFORE TESTING BEGINS, BUT BEFORE SESSIONS ARE CREATED –HANDOUT

27. ›SAMPLE TESTS ›http://actaspire.pearson.com/exemplars.htmlhttp://actaspire.pearson.com/exemplars.html

28. ACT COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS http://www.act.org/standard/ http://www.act.org/standard/ ACT CALCULATOR POLICY http://www.actstudent.org/faq/calculator.html http://www.actstudent.org/faq/calculator.html SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL BULLETIN #1 HTTP://WWW.DISCOVERACTASPIRE.ORG/PDF/2014_ACT-ASPIRETECHNICALBULLETIN1.PDF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MAY BE FOUND AT DEPARTMENT OF TESTING AND EVALUATION PAGE ON THE LRSD WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.LRSD.ORG/?Q=CONTENT/ACT-ASPIRE-GRADES-3-10HTTP://WWW.LRSD.ORG/?Q=CONTENT/ACT-ASPIRE-GRADES-3-10

29. ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR THE ACCESSIBLITY SUPPORTS O FOUND ON PAGES 28-39 IN THE USER’S GUIDE ACT ASPIRE ACCESSIBLITY USER’S GUIDE O FOUND AT LRSD PAGE, DEPARTMENT, TESTING AND EVALUATION, ACT ASPIRE GRADES 3-10 ACT ASPIRE LEVELS OF SUPPORT https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx0Kh5gGmxclZHJCS0daa3Nudms/view

30.  PARCC RESULTS  ELPA 21  NCSC  IOWA TEST