New and revised language added on the Personal Needs Profile (p.19-20)

· Clarified information on the accessibility features available to all students (p.22-26)

o Added a low contrast option for “color contrast (background/font color)”

o Added browser magnification limits for “magnification/enlargement device”

o Noted that spell check is available through an external device

o Provided all available modes for text-to-speech for mathematics (including text-to-speech, human reader, or human signer)

· Combined Sections 3 & 4 to streamline the document, and added/clarified a number of accommodations (p. 27-48)

o Presentation accommodations for students with disabilities:

§ Added a link to where the Assistive Technology Guidelines will be posted on PARCConline.org in mid-November.

§ Added a screen reader version accommodation for mathematics.

§ Split out the following accommodations into separate categories: refreshable braille display with screen reader version for ELA/literacy; hard copy braille edition; tactile graphics.

§ Included large print edition and paper-based edition accommodations, and referred readers to Appendix A for additional guidance.

§ Provided all available modes for text-to-speech for ELA/literacy (including text-to-speech, screen reader only, ASL video, human reader, or human signer).

§ Clarified language for text-to-speech accommodation for ELA/literacy.

§ Included a human signer for test directions.

§ Added the following accommodation: student reads assessment aloud to themselves.

o Response accommodations for students with disabilities:

§ See assistive technology note above.

§ Added a braille writer accommodation.

§ Added a calculator accommodation for the calculator sections of the mathematics assessments.

§ Revised calculator accommodation for the non-calculator sections of the mathematics assessments based on PARCC blueprints.

§ Provided all available modes for scribing for each content area (including speech-to-text, human scribe, human signer, and external assistive technology device).

§ Clarified that word prediction will be done via an external device.

o Accommodations for English learners:

§ Provided all available modes for speech-to-text for mathematics (speech-to-text or human scribe).

§ Added ten highest incidence languages across PARCC states for translation of general test administrator directions.

§ Added online, paper-based, and large print translation of the mathematics assessments as an accommodation (at state discretion, approved by the Governing Board in 2013)

§ Added text-to-speech and/or human reader in Spanish or other languages as needed for the mathematics assessments (at state discretion, approved by the Governing Board in 2013)

· Streamlined the final section (originally Section 5 and now Section 4) for clarity (p. 49-67).

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