Testing Accommodations

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Students with Disabilities/Testing Accommodations Reports
The reports below provide data on the participation of students with disabilities (i.e., students with IEPs) in statewide reading and mathematics assessments with and without testing accommodations.

• Number of Participating Students with Disabilities in Statewide Assessments With and Without Accommodations at the State Level
  • Reading Assessments at the State Level (xls, 26kb)
  • Mathematics Assessments at the State Level (xls, 26kb)


• Number of Participating Students with Disabilities in Statewide Assessments With and Without Accommodations at the LEA Level
  • Reading Assessments at the LEA Level (xls, 159kb)
  • Mathematics Assessments at the LEA Level (xls, 158kb)


• Number of Participating Students with Disabilities in Statewide Assessments With and Without Accommodations at the School Level
• Reading Assessments at the School Level (xls, 973kb)
• Mathematics Assessments at the School Level (xls, 1mb)

March 2011 Accommodations Updates (ppt, 496kb)
Updates in the areas of accommodations monitoring visits, the entry of accommodations data, accommodations ordering, and accommodations reports.

Detailed Accommodations Data Collection Schedule for 2011-12 (pdf, 22kb)

Record Layout for Third Party Data Submission of Required Testing Accommodations (pdf, 116kb)
(Updated January 26, 2012)

Required Testing Accommodations Data Entry Method/Authoritative Source
(Updated October 19, 2011) (xls, 62kb)
Spreadsheet displaying the data entry method/authoritative source for required testing accommodations data by plan type for each LEA and charter school.

September 14, 2010 Joint Director's/Coordinator's Meeting
A meeting focused on instructional accommodations and modifications, Responsiveness to Instruction (RtI), and the documentation, provision, and monitoring of state testing accommodations.

• September 14, 2010 Agenda (pdf, 16kb)
• September 14, 2010 Presentation – PDF Version (pdf, 4.3mb)
• September 14, 2010 Presentation – PowerPoint Version (ppt, 8mb)
• Tyrrell County Testing and Accountability Documents
  Refer to the Testing and Accountability Documents section of the Tyrrell County Schools Documents web page for the LEA accommodations monitoring plan and the monitoring forms presented during the September 14, 2010 meeting.
• September 14, 2010 Parking Lot Question Responses (xls, 20kb)

Accommodations Webinar
Webinar on understanding accommodations requirements, making accommodations decisions, and entering accommodations into CECAS and NCWISE.

• Presentation from September 7, 2010 Accommodations Webinar (pdf, 1.5mb)
  (Similar to the PowerPoint used on July 13, 2010, with revised accommodations documentation scenarios and updated accommodations data collections information.)
• Presentation from July 13, 2010 Accommodations Webinar (pdf, 1.8 mb)
• Recording from July 13, 2010 Accommodations Webinar

2010-11 Accommodations Monitoring Comprehensive Report (pdf, 363kb)
Comprehensive report on the North Carolina Testing Program's 2010-11 accommodations monitoring on-site visits.

• Archive: 2009-10 Accommodations Monitoring Comprehensive Report (pdf, 440kb)

2009-2010 Plan for Monitoring the Use of State Testing Accommodations (pdf, 70kb)
The North Carolina Testing Program's comprehensive approach for monitoring the use of state testing accommodations for the 2009-2010 school year

Monitoring Accommodations Webinar FAQ (xls, 26kb)
Guidance on questions received during the March 17, 2010 Monitoring Accommodations Webinar

Testing Students with Disabilities
Policies, procedures, and resources for testing students with disabilities in the North Carolina Testing Program

Testing Students Identified as Limited English Proficient
Policies, procedures, and resources for testing students identified as limited English proficient in the North Carolina Testing Program

Forms

2011-12 Review of Accommodations Used During Testing Forms

• Review of Accommodations Used During Testing (xls, 109kb) | (pdf, 198kb)
  • Form to be used during team decisions prior to testing to record required testing accommodations documented on the student's IEP, Section 504 Plan, LEP documentation, or transitory impairment documentation, for data entry into CECAS or NC WISE, and during/after testing to record the accommodations provided and used during testing.
• Review of Accommodations Used During NCEXTEND1 Testing (xls, 105kb) | (pdf, 197kb)
  • Form to be used during team decision prior to testing to record required testing accommodations documented on the student's IEP, for data entry into CECAS and NC WISE, and during/after testing to record the accommodations provided and used during testing.

Test Accommodations Charts
The following charts are available to LEAs for use in documenting students' required testing accommodations in Section 504 Plans, Limited English Proficient (LEP) plans/documentation, and transitory impairment documentation.

Use of these charts is strongly encouraged by the NCDPI. The charts are modeled after the IEP DEC 4 (6 of 10) North Carolina Testing Program accommodations chart, and will therefore facilitate the consistent documentation of required testing accommodations for students across plan types. The DEC 4 IEP form is available at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/policy/forms/statewide/.

2012-13 Charts

• Section 504 Plan Testing Accommodations Chart (doc, 87kb) (pdf, 119kb)
  • Chart for documentation of required testing accommodations in a student's Section 504 Plan
• Limited English Proficient Plan/Documentation Accommodations Chart
  (doc, 53kb) (pdf, 75kb)
  • Chart for documentation of required testing accommodations in a student's Limited English Proficient Plan/Documentation
• Transitory Impairment Documentation Accommodations Chart (doc, 76kb) (pdf, 90kb)
  • Chart for documentation of required testing accommodations in a student's Transitory Impairment Documentation

2010-11 & 2011-12 Charts

• Section 504 Plan Testing Accommodations Chart (doc, 88kb) (pdf, 129kb)
  • Chart for documentation of required testing accommodations in a student's Section 504 Plan
• Limited English Proficient Plan/Documentation Accommodations Chart
  (doc, 54kb) (pdf, 93kb)
  • Chart for documentation of required testing accommodations in a student's Limited English Proficient Plan/Documentation
• Transitory Impairment Documentation Accommodations Chart (doc, 75kb) (pdf, 120kb)
  • Chart for documentation of required testing accommodations in a student's Transitory Impairment Documentation

Special Print Versions Error Report Form (pdf, 27kb)
Form used to record and submit information about errors found in special print version tests (i.e., Braille, large print, or one test item per page).

Memos

Routine Use of Testing Accommodations (pdf, 214kb)
April 29, 2010 memo on the routine use of testing accommodations in instruction and similar classroom assessments

Accommodations Memo (pdf, 387kb)
March 9, 2010 memo on accommodations from Rebecca Garland and Angela Quick
(Note: The Review of Accommodations Used During Testing forms for 2009-10 have been deleted from the pdf file of this memo. The current Review of Accommodations Used During Testing forms can be found above on this web page to be downloaded/printed.)

Presentations

Testing Accommodations Update (ppt, 1mb)
PowerPoint presented at the Conference on Exceptional Children (November 2011)

Accommodations: Decide, Document, Monitor (ppt, 2mb)
PowerPoint presented at the Conference on Exceptional Children (November 2010)

Testing Accommodations: North Carolina Testing Program (ppt, 512kb)
PowerPoint presented at the Conference on Exceptional Children (November 2008)