Accommodations

Accommodations for students with disabilities are intended to provide students effective and equitable access to grade-level or course curriculum and assessments.

Accommodations for State Assessment- STAAR and EOC- and Instruction
Resources:
 * What's So Special... About Special Education Blog- (Accommodations Category)
 * Accommodations Central ESC13 Livebinder
 * Free Technology Tools that Align with STAAR A's Computerized Supports
 * Technology Tips for Oral Administration/Using Text to Speech for Read Aloud (SOA)
 * Assistive Technology Toolbox- Reg 13
 * Recorded webinar:
 * Technology Tools Aligned to Type 2 Accommodations in SpellingLivebinder (online 3-ring binder) with free and commercial software and apps that align with the new allowable accomodations for spelling under Type 2 in TEA triangle.

TEA has approved a variety of new software tools that support __eligible__students in several Type 2 Accommodations. However, these software tools may need to be customized for use on state assessment such that internet access and other extraneous features can be turned off (and locked). Following are links to webinars from software companies that show just how to easily do this.


 * Don Johnston's Testing Accommodations Guide or http://donjohnston.com/cowriter/#.VF-37TQc6So
 * Learn how to customize Kurzweil 3000 for STAAR assessment. Link to recorded webinar: http://bit.ly/AccommKurZ