Accessibility Supports/Tools
Accessibility Supports for CAASPP Assessments
The California Department of Education recognizes the validity of assessment results depend on each and every student having the appropriate accessibility support, based on the constructs being measured by a particular assessment.
Who can access the supports/tools? Some tools are available to all students, these are accessed by student choice. Other tools and supports are only available to students with a formal plan (Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Plan).
Supports are offered as embedded and non-embedded:
Embedded: supports that are digitally delivered or settings available on the technology platform.
Non-embedded: supports that are not part of the tecnology platform, but are offered locally by the site, at time of testing.
Accessibility Supports Visual Guides
These subject-specific guides provide a listing of the supports available to students taking the ELA, math and/or science pilot. For restrictions on the tools/supports, refer to the Matrix One Guide (PDF).
Click on the image below to access the ELA, math and/or science pilot guide.
The What do I look like? PDF provides a visual of the different tools that are available when taking the computer-based assessments in ELA, math and the Science pilot.
Other Resources:
Click on this link to access a video that provides an overview of the embedded tools that are available, by default, to all students when taking the Smarter Balanced ELA and math test.
Try out the tools: To try out the tools and supports, go to the Practice and Training test.