ACCOMMODATIONS MANUAL - The Office of Special Education ...

FACT SHEET 7
GUIDELINES FOR ADMINISTERING
SPECIFIC ACCOMMODATIONS
This Fact Sheet includes guidelines for administering assessment accommodations. It is
important to remember that guidelines concerning the administration of test accommodations
may vary from state to state and thus the guidelines listed below may not always be consistent
with existing guidelines in your state.
INSERT STATE RULES HERE.
PRESENTATION ACCOMMODATIONS
Read Aloud Test Directions and Items
Test readers must ensure that all students understand what is expected of them when reading test
directions aloud. Students must have an opportunity to ask questions and understand how to
mark their answers before they begin taking the test. Test readers should be prepared to answer
questions about item format, scoring rules, and timing. However, test readers should not answer
questions about specific test items. When reading test items aloud, test readers must be careful
not to inadvertently give clues that indicate the correct answer or help eliminate some answer
choices. Readers should use even inflection so that the student does not receive any cues by the
way the information is read. It is important for readers to read test items/questions and text wordfor-word,
exactly as written. Readers may not clarify, elaborate, or provide assistance to
students.
Large Print
If a student needs a large-print test edition, be certain it is ordered in a timely manner that allows
it to be available for the test. Check to see if large-print practice tests are available. After a
student finishes a large-print edition of a test, someone needs to transcribe the student’s answers
verbatim onto a standard answer sheet.
Braille
If a student needs a Braille test edition, be certain it is ordered in a timely manner that allows it
to be available for the test. Also, check to see if practice tests are available in Braille. The test
administrator for a Braille test needs to be provided with a print version of the test during test
administration. After a student finishes a Braille edition of a test, someone needs to transcribe the
student’s answers verbatim onto a standard answer sheet or response form.
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