文档介绍：Summative Test: 2015 Accessibility System OverviewSouth Carolina ACT Aspire PresentationSpring 20151Understanding Levels of Accessibility SupportWhy are we using the term “accessibility” instead of the word, “modations”? Allstudents have tools they need and use every day to engage in the classroom and municate effectively what they have learned and what they can do. In fact, so do you and Aspire subject tests are designed to level the playing field universally for all studentsby acknowledging that there are different levels of support (not just ‘modations’) that students needto show us what they really do know and CAN DO on state ACT Aspire, “modation-level supports’are just one of several possible levels of support available. All these levels of support, taken together, are called: The ACT Aspire Levels of Accessibility Support2. Accessibility supports that are permitted during ACT Aspire testing simply level the playing field by removing unnecessary barriers that have nothing to do with demonstrating the content, knowledge and skills that are being measured on ACT Aspire assessments. Before reviewing the levels of support, you must know and understand the following: accessibility supports that are permitted,fully honor and measure exactly the academic content that was originally intended by the test developers. 4The academic content that is measured by ACT Aspire assessments is the information that each and every student must bring to the test and be prepared is not supports do not do anything academically for the student that he or she should be doing independently, they just munication possible and fair for each student. The ACT Aspire Levels of Accessibility SupportThe ACT Aspire Levels of Accessibility SupportDEFAULT EMBEDDEDEmbedded System Tools are mon supports that are made available to ALL users upon launch/start of test by default. No advance request is needed. These tools are either