Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Concept Model

Universal Tools All Students

Embedded Breaks, Calculator, Digital Notepad, English Dictionary, English Glossary, Expandable Passages, Global Notes, Highlighter, Keyboard Navigation, Mark for Review, Math Tools, Spell Check, Strikethrough, Writing Tools, Zoom

Designated Supports* All Students

Embedded Color Contrast, Masking, Text-tospeech, Translated test directions, Translations (glossary), Translations (stacked) Non-Embedded Bilingual Dictionary, Color Contrast, Color Overlay, Magnification, Read Aloud, Scribe, Separate Setting, Translation glossary for math items

Accommodations* - IEP/504 Students Only

Embedded American Sign Language, Braille, Closed Captioning, Text-to-speech Who determines appropriateness? IEP teams and educatorsThese teams provide evidence of the need for accommodations and ensure that they are noted on the IEP or 504 Plan (Pg. 13 of UAA). What documentation is needed? IEP or 504 plan

Non-Embedded Breaks, English Dictionary, Scratch Paper, Thesaurus Who determines appropriateness? Tools are available to all students. No determination necessary. What documentation is needed? None is needed to justify use of embedded or nonembedded tools. Embedded tools will become active when appropriate.

Who determines appropriateness? Informed Adults (p. 9 of UAA) An SST team may be an appropriate group. What documentation is needed? No paperwork needed to justify, but SST paperwork outlining specific supports is recommended.

Non-Embedded Abacus, Alternative Response Options, Calculator (for calculatorallowed items only), Multiplication tables (for math items beginning in grade 4), Print on Demand, Read Aloud, Scribe, Speech-to-text

**Must be logged into Test Information system.

Embedded Tool: tool available as part of the SBAC computer test system. Non-Embedded Tool: tool provided locally or outside the SBAC computer test system.

Adapted from SBAC UAA Guidelines (12-2013)