The student uses this Students who use text-to-speech will feature to hear need headphones unless tested support/Spoken recorded or individually in a separate setting. audio of tasks. Turn off This feature allows Students who are easily distracted universal disabling any universal (whether or not designated as having features feature that might attention difficulties or disabilities) may interfere with student be overwhelmed by some of the performance, or be universal features. Having evidence of distracting to the student. specific features may be distracting is important for determining which features to turn off. Zoom The test platform is Students with visual impairments may to be enlarged for the need to increase the size of text and student before the test other item features beyond a zoom begins. universal feature provided by the test platform. A larger computer screen may be needed for this feature to function effectively. Non-embedded Designated Features Identified in Advance Designated Description Recommendations for Use Feature Bilingual A bilingual/dual language For students whose primary language dictionary word-to-word dictionary is is not English and who use dual provided to the student as language supports in the classroom, a language support. use of a bilingual/dual language dictionary may be appropriate. Students participate in the assessment regardless of the language. The use of this feature may result in the student needing additional overall time to complete the assessment. Color contrast Test content of online Students with attention difficulties may may be printed with need this support for viewing the test different colors. when digitally-provided color contrasts do not meet their needs. Some students with visual impairments or other print disabilities (including learning disabilities) also may need this
support/Spoken audio The student uses this feature to hear or of tasks. Students who use text-to-speech will need headphones unless tested individually in a separate setting. Turn off universal features This feature allows disabling any universal feature that might interfere with student performance, or be distracting to the student. Students who are easily distracted (whether or not designated as having attention difficulties or disabilities) may be overwhelmed by some of the universal features. Having evidence of specific features may be distracting is important for determining which features to turn off. Zoom The test platform is to be enlarged for the student before the test begins. Students with visual impairments may need to increase the size of text and other item features beyond a zoom universal feature provided by the test platform. A larger computer screen may be needed for this feature to function effectively. Non-embedded Designated Features Identified in Advance Designated Feature Description Recommendations for Use Bilingual dictionary A bilingual/dual language word-to-word dictionary is provided to the student as a language support. For students whose primary language is not English and who use dual language supports in the classroom, use of a bilingual/dual language dictionary may be appropriate. Students participate in the assessment regardless of the language. The use of this feature may result in the student needing additional overall time to complete the assessment. Color contrast Test content of online may be printed with different colors. Students with attention difficulties may need this support for viewing the test when digitally-provided color contrasts do not meet their needs. Some students with visual impairments or other print disabilities (including learning disabilities) also may need this recorded
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