2008 List of Accommodations to be Coded for Assessments

Reading

0 if a separate, quiet, or individual setting is provided (Setting)

1 if frequent breaks during the assessment are provided (Setting)

2 if a Braille edition of the assessment is provided (Presentation)

3 if a large print edition of the assessment is provided (Presentation)

4 if a student used visual magnification (Presentation)

5 if a student dictated his/her answers to a scribe (Response)

6 if the assessment question and answer choices are read to the student (Presentation)

7 if student used a communication device (Assistive Devices)

8 if student received read-aloud accommodation in a group for the assessment items and answer choices (Presentation)

9 if some other accommodation is used

10 if directions were signed to student (Presentation)

11 if student signed responses (Response)

12 if student used a Braille writer or slate and stylus (Response)

13 if additional time was allowed (Setting)

14 if the student read the assessment to a tape recorder and played it back to himself

15 if student used a translation dictionary