Accommodations Setup

For students who need it, there are several accessibility and accommodations features available during testing.

How to Assign Accommodations

When you create or edit a test session in Manage Testing, you make accommodations assignments in the Test—Assign & Change tab.

Under the ACCOMM. column, click + ADD/EDIT for each student. A box with accommodations choices opens for you to record whichever accommodations are intended for the student.

If +ADD/EDIT is blocked, make sure you have assigned a test first.

Note: If needed, you can change all accommodations assignments at any time, except for Text-to-Speech. Text-to-Speech can only be changed while the student is not actively testing and before his or her test is complete.

Text-to-Speech Preparation

You can enable Text-to-Speech tools that appear within the test toolbar. You can enable it for any combination of students in a test session.

Access Text-to-Speech by selecting students in a testing session and choosing +ADD under the ACCOMM. column.

When the accommodations settings open, you can find Text-to-Speech under Embedded Lingustic Supports/Accommodations.

Limitations:

  • English Language Arts (ELA) tests will read all text but not reading passages.
  • For questions with text entry, the text a student types will not play.

To complete Text-to-Speech preparations:

  1. Allowlist for network firewall—Your network technician should use the latest firewall settings to allow traffic from the required sites. See Firewall allowlist and email configuration.
  2. Practice with tools—When students open the Item Type Sampler, they can choose the Text-to-Speech option to enable these tools.
  3. Headphones—Make sure participating students have headphones.

See also: Using Text-to-Speech .