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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's awful.   At the elementary level there are 4 units of math and 4 units of ELA.  The math tests are adaptive this year for non-accommodated test sessions so the kids can't proceed until they answer a question.  We've seen plenty of students unable to finish the math sessions this year due to this inability to skip a problem and move on.  Even worse, the scores probably won't be available until January since the math test is a different format than the past and they must do standard setting.
Our kids (and staff) will be burnt out by the end of this nonsense. Don't forget the kids are also taking math and literacy MAP tests this spring.  I don't mind the MAPs because they do provide valuable and timely information.[/quote]

What does that mean, non-accommodated test sessions?[/quote]

Non-accommodated sessions are those taken in the general ed. classrooms.  Kids that are pulled out might have accommodations like text to speech (test reads to them), human reader, scribe, etc.  as outlined by 504, IEP or EL plans.[/quote]

My daughter has a 504 for small group testing but no other cognitive reasons to be taking a different test from gen Ed students. I was not notified she would be taking a different test. Does this matter? [/quote]

The only reason she would be taking a different version if she has "text to speech" on math assessments. [/quote]

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