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- 1. Making Assessments Accessible using Assistive Technology Devices
- 2. What Does Accessibility Mean? Accessibility describes the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible.
- 3. What is Assessment Accessibility? The extent to which an assessment and its constituent item set eliminates barriers and permits the test-taker to demonstrate his or her knowledge of the assessed content. Assessment Accessibility involves an interaction between features of the assessment and individual test-taker characteristics.
- 4. Why is Assessment Accessibility Important? As a result of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, assessment developers have needed to create assessments to ensure all students, including those with special disabilities are given the opportunity to demonstrate the extent to which they have mastered the content measured on state assessments. National Center on Educational Outcomes
- 5. Legislation 508 Supports Accessibility of Information Section 508 requires that electronic and information technology that is developed by or purchased by the Federal Agencies be accessible by people with disabilities.
- 6. How Can Universal Design for Learning Support Making Assessments Accessible? Providing Multiple Means of Representation Graphics, digital text, text to speech, and multimedia Providing Multiple Means of Expression and Interaction Keyboarding, graphic organizers, voice recording, and speech to text Providing Multiple Mean of Engagement Choice of material, simulation environment, and representation and expression options
- 7. Inclusive Population Accessing Assessments using Assistive Technology Deaf or Hearing Impaired Blind or Visually Impaired Mildly Cognitively Impaired Dyslexic Physically Impaired Asperger's Syndrome
- 8. What is an Assistive Technology Device? An assistive technology device is any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, off-the-shelf, modified or customized, that is used to increase, maintain or improve a person’s functional capabilities.
- 9. Assistive Technology used to Access Assessments Text-to-Speech Software Document Images Screen Magnification Alternate Keyboards Text-Help Read and Write Microphones Voice Recorders Spell Checkers
- 10. References National Center on Educational Outcomes (2012). universally designed assessments. Retrieved on March 26, 2012 from, http://www.cehd.umn.edu/
Editor's Notes
- #2: This presentation is about making assessments accessible using assistive technology devices.
- #3: This slide explains the meaning of accessibility for the purpose of this presentation.
- #4: This slide explains what assessment accessibility is and how it relates to the test-taker.
- #5: This slide explains the importance of making assessments accessible to all students. This information was taken from the National Center on Educational Outcomes.
- #6: This slide gives a brief statement of how the Legislation of section 508 supports accessibility of information for those that have disabilities.
- #7: This slide explains ways that Universal Design for Learning supports Assessment Accessibility. It names multiple means of representation, expression and interaction and engagement.
- #8: This slide lists some diverse people that use communication devices to access assessments. This inclusive population are impaired and need communication devices to access assessments.
- #9: This slide includes a definition for assistive technology.
- #10: This slide includes some different types of assistive technology used by people with disabilties. These are only a few devices.
- #11: This slide will contain the references. There is a link that can be accessed for the National Center on Educational Outcomes by clicking on National Center on Educatonal Outcomes.