Professional Development to Practice FOR PRESENTER ONLY Resources for Presenter Background: 1. Missouri Accommodations Manual: How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate Use of Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment of Students with Disabilities (Students with IEP). Revised October 2009 by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Division of Special Education http://dese.mo.gov/special-education/compliance/general- guidance Resources to Provide Prior to Training for Pre-Reading 1. Accommodations, Modifications and Interventions (this may need to be emailed in advance) http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/se-accomodations-modifications- interventions.pdf 2. Accommodations, Techniques, and Aids for Learning: http://ldaamerica.org/accommodations-techniques-and-aids-for- learning/ 1
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FOR PRESENTER ONLYResources for Presenter Background:1.Missouri Accommodations Manual: How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate Use of Accommodations for Instruction and Assessment of Students with Disabilities (Students with IEP). Revised October 2009 by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Division of Special Education
Resources to Provide Prior to Training for Pre-Reading1. Accommodations, Modifications and Interventions (this may need to be emailed in advance)http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/se-accomodations-modifications-interventions.pdf
2. Accommodations, Techniques, and Aids for Learning: http://ldaamerica.org/accommodations-techniques-and-aids-for-learning/
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Presenter Notes OnlyMaterials needed for day of presentation:1.Sticky notes 2.Chart paper/marker3.“Parking Lot” for questions4.Print/Prepare Handouts and Materials for ActivitiesIndividual copies:
The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (#H323A120018). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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Accommodations & Modifications
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How to Select, Administer, and Evaluate the Use of Accommodations and
Modifications for Instruction and Assessment
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Introductions
Who am I?Tricia BuchananSPED Improvement Consultant @ St. Louis
At your table discuss the results of the Simulation activity and answer the following question.
1.Was the participant able to follow the instructions? Why or why not? 2.How is this activity related to today’s topic?3.Be prepared to share out.
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Writing Disabilities: Simulation Activity
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Writing disabilities effect the way children are able to graphically, grammatically and structurally complete writing tasksThink of a student who…
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Writing Disabilities:Simulation Activity
The Photographic History of the Civil War, After a Raid on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad (p.131)
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GlossaryAccommodationsAccommodations are practices and procedures in the areas of administration, response, setting, and timing/scheduling that provide equitable instructional and assessment access for students with disabilities.
• Accommodations reduce or eliminate the effects of a student’s disability and do not reduce learning expectations.
Modifications
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Modifications result in changing, lowering, or
reducing learning or assessment expectations. May result in implications
that could adversely affect a student throughout their
educational career Examples:
•Requiring less material to be learned
•Lessening expectations to meet standards
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Benefits to Students
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Accommodations and modifications allow students with disabilities •to remain in the general education classroom with their peers•have access to the general education curriculum•experience meaningful classroom instruction.
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Overview of the Accommodation Process
1. Review grade level standards: expect students with disabilities to achieve grade-level academic content standards.
2. Consider accommodations for curriculum accessibility.
3. Select accommodations for individual students.4. Administer accommodations during instruction
and assessment following federal and state guidelines.
5. Evaluate the effectiveness of accommodation(s)
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The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (#H323A120018). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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Step 1
Review Grade Level Standards
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What is the purpose of school?
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Step 1: Key Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this section, participants will:
1.expect all students with disabilities to participate in both state and local standards-based assessments as required by laws and regulations,
2.become familiar with grade level standards, and
3.understand the importance of collaboration between general and special educators.
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Diana Browning Wright, Teaching and Learning Trainings, 2005
The participation of students with disabilities in assessments is required by the following federal and state laws:
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA)Missouri State Board of Education
policies
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Assessments for Accountability
Assessments for Accountability help to measure:
how successful schools are including all students in standards-based education
how well students are achieving standards
what needs to be improved for specific groups of students
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Include all Students in Instruction and
AssessmentTo include all students in standards-based instruction and assessments:
1. Provide accommodations during instruction and assessment to increase access
2. Use alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities
3. Use state guidelines to determine whether or not a student will participate in the alternate assessment
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Three Conditions for High Expectations
1. Teachers qualified to teach content areas and who know how to differentiate instruction for diverse learners
2. IEPs that provide specialized instruction (e.g., reading skills, math skills, life skills)
3. Accommodations which provide access to grade level instruction and assessments
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Equal Access to Grade Level Content
• Remember that equal access to grade-level content is the goal
• Every IEP team member must be familiar with grade level standards
• Collaboration between general and special educators is key
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Step 2
Accommodations for Instruction and
Assessment
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Step 2: Key Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this portion of the presentation, participants will:
• define accommodations and modifications• understand the link between instructional
and assessment accommodations• identify key accommodation categories• understand the differences between
accommodations and modifications• understand accommodation policies for
state-mandated assessments
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Accommodations• Accommodations are practices and
procedures in the areas of administration, response, setting, and timing/scheduling that provide equitable instructional and assessment access for students with disabilities.
• Accommodations reduce or eliminate the effects of a student’s disability and do not reduce learning expectations.
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Accommodations “level the playing field” but do not change the “goal post”.
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Accommodations Applications
The use of accommodations is linked through each of these areas:
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ClassroomInstruction
Classroom Assessments
State & District Assessments
Content Standards
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Accommodations Categories1. Representation or
Administration
2. Response or Expression
3. Setting
4. Timing/Scheduling
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1. Representation or Administration
AccommodationsAdministration accommodations allow students to access information in ways that do not require them to visually read standard print.
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2. Response or Expression Accommodations
Response accommodations allow students to complete assignments, tests, and activities in different ways or to solve or organize problems using some type of assistive device or organizer.
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3. Setting Accommodations • change the location in which a
student receives instruction or participates in an assessment,
• change the conditions of an instructional or assessment setting.
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4. Timing/Scheduling Accommodations
• change the allowable length of time to complete assessments, assignments or activities.
• change the way the time is organized (i.e. allowing for frequent breaks).
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Modifications
Modifications bring the goal post closer, or makes it shorter.
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Modifications1. Changing, lowering, or reducing learning
or assessment expectations 2. May result in implications that could
adversely affect a student throughout that individual’s educational career
3. Examples include:• Requiring a student to learn less material• Revising assignments or tests to make
them easier • Lessening expectations to meet standards
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Link Between Instruction and Assessments
When considering the types of accommodations/modifications a student may need, these questions should be addressed.
• What type of supports will be necessary in order for the student to access the general education curriculum instruction?
• What type of supports will be necessary in order for the student to access the grade level assessments?
The accommodations given during assessments should mirror those given during classroom instruction.
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Categories of Accommodations for State
Mandated Assessments1. Universal Tools• Available to ALL students• For Grade-level, End-of-Course and Access for ELLs
• Accommodations for Students With Disabilities• Accommodations must appear in an IEP/504 to be
allowed. • Accommodations must be approved in advance by
ACT and supported by documentation.
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Modifications or Accommodations?
You Decide!!•In your packet, you have a handout with the word, Accommodation on one side and Modification on the other side.•Presenter will read a statement. •When the presenter cues you, hold up the side you think is correct.
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Accommodation or Modification?
• Jack will have shorter writing assignments. He must write introductory paragraph while the rest of the class will write beginning, middle, and ending paragraphs.
• Sean’s textbooks will be based on the 8th grade curriculum requirements, but at his independent reading level (4th grade). Sean will use the same content and have the same expectations as peers.
• LaQuiesha will have test questions read to her, when she asks.
• Chloe will provide answers to essay-type questions by speaking the answers, rather than writing them down.
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The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (#H323A120018). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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Step 3
Select Accommodations for
Instruction and Assessment
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Step 3: Key Learning Outcomes
• know approaches regarding the selection of accommodations
• know questions to consider when selecting accommodations
• know how to review and evaluate accommodations the student has previously used
• know how to choose new accommodations based on a student’s access needs
• understand how students can play a significant role, with the support of their IEP team, in selecting and using accommodations
• know where to document accommodations use on a student’s IEP and provide examples
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Factors in Making Accommodations
EffectiveThe ultimate effectiveness of an accommodation depends on:
1.a student’s familiarity with the accommodation
2.opportunity to practice; using it in everyday life—in the classroom, at home, and in the community.
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Modifications1. What are the student’s learning strengths and needs?2. How do the student’s learning needs affect the
acquisition of information?3. What specialized instruction does the
student need to achieve the standards?4. What accommodations will increase the
student’s access to instruction and assessment by reducing the effects of the disability?
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Review Current Accommodations
• What accommodations are currently used by the student during instruction and for assessments?
• What are results for assignments and assessments when accommodations were used and not used?
• Are there effective combinations of accommodations?
• Will the use of an accommodation (commonly used in instruction) invalidate test results or change intent of test item(s)?
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Review Current Accommodations
• What difficulties did the student experience when using accommodations?
• What is student’s perception of how well accommodations are assisting the student to successfully access the curriculum? (Teacher Tool 1)
• What are the perceptions of parents, teachers and specialists about how well accommodations are assisting the student to successfully access the curriculum?
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Based on This Review:
Decide whether the student should:• Continue using an accommodation(s)
“as is”• Make changes to the
accommodation(s)• Have an accommodation discontinued• Add accommodation(s)
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Other Considerations
• The student’s willingness to learn to use the accommodation
• Opportunities to learn how to use the accommodation in classroom settings
• Conditions for use on state assessments
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New Accommodations• Plan how a student will learn to use each new
accommodation• Be certain there is sufficient time to learn to
use instructional and assessment accommodations before test day
• Plan for the ongoing evaluation and improvement of accommodations use
NOTE: If a student is in need of an accommodation it should be implemented throughout the duration of the instructional portion of the IEP; not just for state assessments.
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Involve Students • Involve students in selecting, using, and
evaluating accommodations• The more input students have in selecting
their accommodations, the more likely the accommodations will be used
• Students should see accommodations as adding value to their daily life—not only in school—but for postsecondary, career, and community life
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Documenting Accommodations/Modificati
ons1. Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
2. Special Considerations: Federal and State Requirements • Assistive Technology device(s) and/or
services • State Assessments (Complete Form D)
3. Services Summary: Program Modifications and Accommodations (Complete Form F)
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Documenting Accommodations1. Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional
Performance• “How the child’s disability affects his/her involvement
and progress in the general education curriculum”• “Changes in current functioning …”• “Summary of most recent evaluation/re-evaluation
results”2. Special Considerations: Federal and State
Requirements• Address whether the student’s assistive technology
needs (device(s) and/or services are addressed in the IEP)
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Case Study Activity
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Step 4
Providing Accommodations During
Instruction and Assessment
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Step 4: Key Learning Outcomes• understand the logistics involved in the
appropriate administration of accommodations during instruction and assessment
• acquire tools to use in planning for the provision of accommodations in the classroom and during standardized testing
• understand the practices necessary to maintain test security and validity of test scores
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Documenting Accommodations and
Modifications• The Service Summary
Program Modifications and Accommodations
Form F: IEP
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Providing Accommodations for Instruction
• Know the accommodations required by each student’s IEP
• Understand how to provide the required accommodations during instruction
• Logistics of providing the accommodations must be mapped out
• Collaborate with general educators
• Train paraprofessionals
• Document that accommodations are provided
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Providing Accommodations During Standardized TestingWhat is the protocol to providing accommodations for assessments?
•Classroom assessments
•District assessments
•State assessments
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PRIOR TO DAY OF ASSESSMENT
• Be certain test administrators and proctors know the accommodations and how they are correctly administered to individual students.
• Accommodation forms and databases can be used to monitor the implementation of accommodations on day of assessment.
• Where will a student with the “extended time” accommodation continue assessment? (How much time?)
• Where will a student who requires the “read to” accommodation take their assessment?
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Following Through on the Day of
AssessmentTest administrators may include special education teachers, paraprofessionals, general education teachers etc… but all must understand the importance of:
• Ethical Testing Practices
• Standardization
• Test security
• Providing accommodations
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Ensuring Standardization
Standardization: The adherence of uniform administration procedures and conditions during an assessment
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Ethical Testing PracticesEthical Testing Practices refer to
appropriate interaction between test administrator and students taking test
Unethical practices include:• “coaching” a student during a test• editing student responses• giving clues in any way• changing the content by paraphrasing
or offering additional information
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Step 5
Evaluate and Improve
Accommodations Use
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Step 5: Key Learning Outcomes
• understand the need to collect information on the use and appropriate administration of accommodations
• be familiar with different ways of collecting information on accommodations and modifications using formative evaluation
• understand the type of questions that can be used to guide evaluation of the use of accommodations and modifications.
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Why Evaluate the Use of Accommodations?
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Using Formative Evaluations• Use formative evaluations to “turn over useful
information quickly to make improvements” in accommodation use
• Useful information can be obtained from members of the IEP planning team—evaluation is a team effort
• Formative evaluation is based on the premise of using information for continuous improvement
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Accommodations and Modifications
1. Are there policies to ensure standardized and ethical assessment administration and that test security practices are followed before, during, and after assessment?
2. Are there procedures to ensure assessment administration procedures are not compromised with the provision of accommodations?
3. Are students receiving accommodations as documented in the IEP?
4. If students are not demonstrating expected level of performance, did students have access to instruction in assessed content?
5. Are blanket accommodations being used? (accommodations being given without evaluating if they are necessary)
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Are the Accommodations Working?
1. What accommodations are used by the student during instruction and assessments?
2. Have comparisons of student data been analyzed of classroom assignments and assessments when accommodations are/are not used?
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Student Self-Advocacy
1. Is the student able to utilize accommodations/modifications to access the curriculum easily and confidently, understand why the need to utilize accommodations/ modifications, and can ask for them when necessary?
2. Is the student able to share if they feel the accommodations/modifications are not effective, ie: needs to be changed either by adding or taking away.
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KWL Handout
List 4 new things you gleaned about Accommodations and Modifications from today’s presentation.
Share with a table partner.
Share with a table partner.
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Quiz Answers1. Who is responsible for providing accommodations and modifications for instruction and assessment?
a. Special education teachersb. General education teachersc. Educators working with the studentd. Assessment coordinators
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Quiz Answers2. Which statement is true in regard to accommodations?
a. Educators use accommodations to change the grade level expectations for the student
b. Educators use accommodations to provide equitable access to grade level expectations
c. Educators should give all students the same accommodations so it is fair
d. Educators only provide accommodations within self-contained classrooms for students with special education needs
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Quiz Answers3. Who is responsible for selecting and evaluating accommodations and modifications for instruction and assessment?
a. Members of the IEP teamb. Parents onlyc. Administrators onlyd. Special Education teachers only
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Quiz Answers4. Which statement is true in regard to modifications?
a. Modifications change, lower, or reduce learning or assessment expectations
b. Modifications are appropriate for all studentsc. Modifications should be used rarely because
they are not fair to the rest of the class d. Modifications are used in assessment
conditions only
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Quiz Answers5. Why are accommodations and modifications utilized for students?a.To make teaching easier for teachersb.To ensure all students earn good gradesc.To provide students with equal instructional and assessment access to the curriculumd.To provide students with equal instructional access to the curriculum
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Additional ResourcesMissouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Educationhttps://dese.mo.gov/special-education/compliance/individualized-education-program-iephttp://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/se-accomodations-modifications-interventions.pdf
The IRIS center of Vanderbilt Peabody Collegehttp://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/acc/