accommodations and modifications
for CASAS testing
The CASAS order for Community-Based Classes
Order your eCASAS test by noting the correct test on the CASAS tab on your attendance roster
Accommodations and Modifications – The State ABE Office allows formal accommodations for students with documented disabilities. The ABE Office also allows informal modifications for all students without documented disabilities.
The state allows for some accommodations in test administration procedures or in the test environment for students with documented disabilities without contact the state ABE office. Test administrators should complete and file (in the ABE/ESOL office) an accommodation request form for each student tested with an accommodation. Allowed accommodations are: - use of a writer
- providing a sign language interpreter for test administration (directions only)- extended time (must be requested in advance)
- supervised breaks
- large print tests, communication board
NOTE: The test format itself cannot be altered (i.e. enlarged and/or laminated) nor is it allowable to read a CASAS reading test to a learner with low literacy skills or blindness
Programs may provide modifications for
all students during both the appraisal
and pre-/post-tests.
Appraisal
Test Modifications (should not require
learner training to use):
- large-print tests and answer sheets
- reading or magnifying glasses
- straight edges
- earplugs to reduce auditory distractions
- Koosh Balls for test anxiety
- sunglasses and tinted glasses
- plastic visors
- pencil grip
Pre- and Post-test Modifications: may require practice before the student acquires a reasonable level of mastery of the modification. Students who believe they could benefit from these supports should practice with them during the EI or ESOL class.
- calculators (simple, with only whole number add, subtract, multiply and divide, no fractions)
- scribe
- reader (for directions only)
- larger-square graph paper for column addition, making T charts and other organizational strategies
- 3x5 cards with a variety of sizes of cutouts to reduce visual interferences