Forum on Text Readers for Everyone on All Tests: Getting a Handle on What This Means

Author(s)
Sandra Warren, Sheryl Lazarus, Kathy J Strunk, Martha L Thurlow

Description

A report on a forum held on June 27, 2017 in Austin, TX that brought together staff representing state departments of education, school districts, testing and testing-related companies, and other educational organizations Texas to discuss the availability of text readers for everyone on all tests, the differences in terminology for text readers, ways to develop common language around text readers, and challenges associated with text readers. The forum was a pre-session to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) National Conference on Student Assessment (NCSA), and was a collaboration of the Assessing Special Education Students (ASES) State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS), the English Learner (EL) SCASS, and the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).

Details

Date
August 2017 
Type
Report 
Contact
Michael L Moore moore031@umn.edu or +1 612-626-0546
Publisher
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
Collaborators
Council of Chief State School Officers
ELL SCASS

Topics

  • Educational accountability and assessment
    • Accessibility & Accommodations
    • English Learners
    • English Learners with Disabilities
    • Students with Disabilities