TELPAS Parent Resource: Designated Supports Available for STAAR, STAAR Spanish, and - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY STUDENT ASSESSMENT DIVISION 2021 2022
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Parent Resource:
Designated Supports Available for STAAR, STAAR Spanish, and
TELPAS
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
STUDENT ASSESSMENT DIVISION
2021 - 2022This guide provides parents with a general overview of the designated supports that are available for use on the State of Texas Assessments of
Academic Readiness (STAAR), STAAR Spanish, and the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS). Designated supports are
accommodations that change the way a student accesses an assessment without changing the content being assessed.
*To effectively use this guide, it is important that you know which academic committee currently serves the student.
RTI, Student Assistance Team, or other related Section 504 Committee (students with other
support (struggling learners) health impairments, dyslexia)
• Basic Transcribing • Basic Transcribing
• Braille • Braille
• Extra Time • Calculation Aids
• Individualized Structured Reminders • Content and Language Supports
• Extra Time
• Large Print
• Individualized Structured Reminders
• Manipulating Test Materials
• Large Print
• Mathematics Manipulatives
• Manipulating Test Materials
• Oral/Signed Administration • Mathematics Manipulatives
• Supplemental Aids Available • Oral/Signed Administration
Accommodations • Spelling Assistance
Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) • Supplemental Aids
Committee (special education students)
by Academic
• Basic Transcribing Committee
• Braille Language Proficiency Assessment Committee
• Calculation Aids (LPAC) (English learners)
• Content and Language Supports • Content and Language Supports
• Extra Time • Extra Time
• Individualized Structured Reminders • Oral/Signed Administration
• Large Print
• Manipulating Test Materials
• Mathematics Manipulatives
• Oral/Signed Administration
• Spelling Assistance *This guide should not be independently used to make assessment decisions for
• Supplemental Aids students. For more information on other supports, or for a more detailed explanation
of the designated supports listed below, please refer to the Accommodations
Resources page located in the Assessment Section of the Texas Education Agency's
website.LAYOUT OF THIS GUIDE
This guide contains columns with information for each designated support available to students. Below are descriptions of what each column includes.
Support Description Eligibility Examples
This column includes the This column provides a This column provides the eligibility criteria that This column includes specific examples of how the
name of the designated the student must meet in order to be able to use
description of what a designated support should be used during testing.
support and lists the the designated support.
test administrator is
assessments it can be
allowed to do, or the For some designated supports, only the specific
used on. Clicking on the Eligibility will be determined and documented by
process/materials given examples may be provided to the student. For
link will open the the appropriate committee.
applicable policy allowed during testing. the remaining designated supports, the examples
document. are suggestions of what could be provided to
When determining eligibility, it is important to
students.
know if the student has routinely and effectively
used the support in class. Routinely does not
mean the student uses the support every day, it
means the student has used the support often
enough during class and testing that he or she is
able to use it independently. In addition, the
support has been proven to be effective in
meeting the student’s needs.Support Description Eligibility Examples
Basic Transcribing Allows a test administrator to Available for students who already The test administrator may carry out Basic
transfer student answers onto an routinely and effectively use Basic Transcribing to transfer student responses onto
Available for: answer document or into the Transcribing in class* the test booklet, answer document, or into the
• STAAR online system for a student who online testing platform only when the student:
• STAAR Spanish is not able to do so on their own 1. Writes or circles responses in the test booklet
• TELPAS 2. Points to responses in the test booklet of on
the computer screen
3. Dictates or signs responses for multiple-choice
and griddable questions
4. Writes responses on another workspace (e.g.,
scratch paper, dry erase board) or types
responses on a word processor
5. Uses speech-to-text available as an online
embedded support on STAAR or STAAR
Spanish with a writing component
6. Uses speech-to-text software, applications, or
devices
7. Dictates or signs information to be written in
the margins of the test booklet or in the notes
tool for online tests (does NOT apply to math
calculation or responses to the written
composition)
Braille Provides braille test materials to Available for students who routinely and The student may ONLY use:
a student with a Visual effectively use braille materials in class* 1. Contracted and uncontracted braille test
Available for: Impairment materials in Unified English Braille (UEB) in all
• STAAR (VI) who is unable to access grades and subjects
printed test materials 2. Online screen reader support for refreshable
braille displays in reading, writing, and social
studies assessmentsSupport Description Eligibility Examples
Mathematics Allows for the use of objects or Available for students who routinely and The student may ONLY use:
Manipulatives pictures of objects for a student effectively use math manipulatives in 1. Real or play money
to move and touch in order to class* 2. Clocks with or without numbers shown on
Available for: visualize abstract concepts clock face; the clocks should NOT have gears
• STAAR 3. Base-ten blocks
• STAAR 4. Different types of counters
Spanish 5. Algebra tiles without words, labels, pictures,
acronyms, mnemonics, numbers, symbols, or
variables
6. Fraction pieces without labels
7. Geometric figures that are grade – or course-
appropriate; either three-dimensional form or
two dimensional form (but not in both forms),
without words, labels, colors used as labels,
pictures, acronyms, mnemonics, numbers,
symbols, or variables
Individualized Structured Allows a test administrator to Available for students who routinely and The student MAY use but is not limited to:
Reminders provide (beyond what is required effectively rely on structured reminders in 1. Paperclips or sticky notes to divide the test
or allowed for other students) a class* into sections
Available for: student with reminders to stay 2. More-frequent or less-frequent reminders of
• STAAR on task during testing time left to test
• STAAR 3. Structured reminders that are part of a
Spanish behavior plan
• TELPAS 4. Personal time or clock
5. Index cards that have reminders to continue
working
Manipulating Test Allows the test administrator to Available for students who routinely and The test administrator MAY follow student
Materials physically manipulate test effectively use this accommodation during directions to:
materials, online tools, and class* 1. Turn test booklet pages
Available for: equipment for a student who is 2. Position the ruler
• STAAR unable to do so on their own 3. Use technology (e.g., using the mouse to
• STAAR navigate the pages and use the tools in an
Spanish online administration)
• TELPAS 4. Highlight
5. Position mathematics manipulativesSupport Description Eligibility Examples
Supplemental Aids Allows a student to use certain Available for students who routinely and ONLY paper-based supplemental aids that follow
allowable paper-based resources effectively use supplemental aids in class* the guidelines described in the Supplemental Aids
Available for: that help in recalling information policy document are allowed on the state
• STAAR assessment. Examples of allowable and non-
• STAAR Spanish allowable supplemental aids are available in the
2019-2020 Accommodations Allowable
Supplemental Aids training PowerPoint® on TEA’s
Accommodation Resources webpage.
Large Print Provides a student with enlarged Available for students who routinely and The state provides large-print test materials.
test materials when he or she is effectively use supplemental aids in class* Available font sizes can be found in the TEA
Available for: unable to effectively access test Accommodation Resources webpage.
• STAAR materials in standard print size
• STAAR Spanish
• TELPAS ReadingSupport Description Eligibility Examples
Extra Time Allows a student to have extra Available for students who routinely and NA
time (until the end of the school effectively use extra time in class* and are
Available for: day) to complete a state unable to use any accessibility features or
• STAAR assessment other accommodations to address this
• STAAR Spanish need, and meets one of the following
criteria:
• The student is a current English learner
• The student has an impairment in
vision
• The student is identified with dyslexia
or a related disorder
• The student has documented evidence
of reading difficulties
• The student needs long breaks because
he or she has a behavioral or emotional
condition that affects attention or
focus
• The student needs frequent or long
breaks because he or she has a physical
disability or medical condition that
requires a significant amount of time
for treatment or recovery
• The student is identified with an autism
spectrum disorder and needs the
entire school day to complete testing
in order to maintain as much daily
structure and routine as possibleSupport Description Eligibility Examples
Oral/Signed Allows test material and Available to students who routinely and Several types of oral administration are available.
Administration reference materials to be read effectively use oral/signed support in During an online administration, oral/signed
aloud or signed to a student class*, and who also meet at least one of administration can only be provided by using text-
Available for: the following criteria: to-speech (TTS) or American Sign Language (ASL)
• STAAR videos only.
• STAAR Spanish • The student is a current English learner
and takes a STAAR test in English Guidelines on how to provide an oral
administration can be found in the
• The student is identified with dyslexia Accommodation Resources webpage.
or a related disorder
• The student has documented evidence
of reading difficulties
Calculation Aids Allows a student to use an Available to students who routinely and The student may ONLY use a/an:
alternative way to complete effectively use calculation aids in class* and 1. Basic (i.e., four-function) handheld calculator
Available for: computations meet one of the grade specific eligibility or calculator application
• STAAR criteria. 2. Basic calculator available as an online
• STAAR embedded support on STAAR
Spanish Please visit the Calculation Aids policy 3. Abacus or Cranmer modified abacus
document to determine if student meets 4. 0-9 addition grid without special numbers
the grade specific eligibility criteria. (e.g., even numbers) indicated
5. Grade-appropriate multiplication grid without
special numbers (e.g., perfect squares)
indicatedSupport Description Eligibility Examples
Spelling Assistance Allows a student to use different Available to students who routinely and The student may ONLY use:
types of spelling assistance effectively use spelling assistance in class* 1. Visual sound cards
Available for the written and have a disability that prevents them 2. Frequently misspelled word list
composition on STAAR from applying basic spelling rules or word 3. Spell-check function on a word processor or as
and STAAR Spanish patterns to written responses. an online embedded support on STAAR
4. Pocket spell-checker
5. Word-prediction software
6. Text-to-speech software or devices
7. Speech-to-text software, applications, or
devices
8. Speech-to-text available as an online
embedded support on STAAR and STAAR
Spanish
Content and Language Allows for various types of Available to students who routinely and Content and Language supports are available only
Supports assistance (e.g., scaffolded effectively use content and language in an online administration as pop-ups, rollovers,
directions, assistance with supports in class* and have a Section 504 prereading text, and supplementary materials.
Available for: tracking, graphic organizers, committee, ARD committee, or an LPAC for
• STAAR simplified language, graphic an English learner taking STAAR in English. Please visit the Accommodations Resources page
• STAAR Spanish representations of vocabulary for more information on how to provide Content
and concepts) to support a and Language Supports during a paper
student’s understanding of administration.
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