Sign Language 4 SEA Policy: What is your SEA policy on sign language use, ELLs identified as including which if any sign systems deaf or are allowable in the Speaking and including Listening domains? those for whom American Sign State Response: Use the following Language (ASL) is guidance to determine how to their primary support the student during ACCESS mode of testing: communication, general test directions The can generally may be translated into ASL, or participate in the other sign system, by a qualified Reading and translator, for the entire test. 1.3 Writing domains of Test administrators must ELLs Identified the assessment administer the test according to as Deaf or with few or no the RI ASL testing guidelines. accommodations. These guidelines can be found at Students who use . Page 5 speech reading as The listening domain test part of their may be translated into ASL, or communication other sign system, by a qualified system may use the translator or read aloud in Human Reader of English by the test Items administrator, including accommodation to support (see Human access the Reader for items, page 19). If the Listening domain. student does not know ASL, or IEP teams should other sign system, and does not make lip-read, then the listening determinations on domain should be omitted from a case-by-case testing. basis how an ELL The speaking domain will be who is deaf will omitted from testing students
4 1.3 ELLs Identified as Deaf or Page 5 Sign Language ELLs identified as deaf or including those for whom American Sign Language (ASL) is their primary mode of communication, can generally participate in the Reading and Writing domains of the assessment with few or no accommodations. Students who use speech reading as part of their communication system may use the Human Reader of Items accommodation to access the Listening domain. IEP teams should make determinations on a case-by-case basis how an ELL who is deaf will SEA Policy: What is your SEA policy on sign language use, including which if any sign systems are allowable in the Speaking and Listening domains? State Response: Use the following guidance to determine how to support the student during ACCESS testing: The general test directions may be translated into ASL, or other sign system, by a qualified translator, for the entire test. Test administrators must administer the test according to the RI ASL testing guidelines. These guidelines can be found at . The listening domain test may be translated into ASL, or other sign system, by a qualified translator or read aloud in English by the test administrator, including support (see Human Reader for items, page 19). If the student does not know ASL, or other sign system, and does not lip-read, then the listening domain should be omitted from testing. The speaking domain will be omitted from testing students