[Athen] FW: Smarter Balanced Accommodations Manual

[Ron Stewart]

Thought some of you would be interested in the latest development in the
high stakes testing realm.  This is one of two major consortia working in
this area, both of which are proposing overly restrictive use of common
accommodations as high stakes testing moves from paper and pencil to a
digital world

Ron Stewart

Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations

Addresses accessibility and accommodations for students who are English
learners and students with disabilities who are taking Smarter Balanced
assessments. 

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Draft Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations Framework

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
<http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/smarterbalanced.asp>  has released its draft
Accessibility and Accommodations Framework for public review and comment.
This framework explains the conceptual underpinnings of the approach that is
expected to be used by Smarter Balanced to address accessibility tools and
accommodation options for students taking Smarter Balanced assessments.

Feedback on the framework will be collected until June 14, 2013.
Consolidated feedback on behalf of organizations is especially encouraged.

Instructions for Submitting Feedback

1.	Download the DRAFT Accessibility and Accommodations Framework, May
13, 2013 version
<https://www3.cde.ca.gov/download/sbac/SmarterBalanced_AA_Framework_DRAFT_20
13-05-13.doc>  (DOC).
2.	Annotate the framework document using the Comments feature in
Microsoft WORD.
3.	Save your annotated file with your first and last names appended to
the end of the file name (e.g., A&A Framework_JohnSmith.docx).
4.	Upload your annotated document using the feedback submission form
<https://www.smartsheet.com/b/form?EQBCT=aa6233fe1d524544a7a56643de9f9bf8>
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