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Text Reader – Assistive TechnologyK-PREP Grades 3-8

Spring 2014

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Agenda

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Who is eligible to use Text Reader?

When will Text Reader be used?

Where does Text Reader take place?

How do we make it happen?

Who

When

How

What

Where

What is needed to use Text Reader? What does it look like?

Who is Eligible to use Text Reader?

Students with a current IEP, 504 or PSP taking K-PREP grades 3-8 that qualify for a reader accommodation

Should have used other forms of Text Reader prior to spring testing

Should not be introduced just for K-PREP testing

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Improves testing time/logistics for

accommodations.

Provides for consistent

administration of accommodations.

When will Text Reader be used?

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During the regular scheduled K-PREP testing window for spring 2014

Students will take the same sections of the test as all other students at the same time

Can be used during regular testing and make up testing

What is needed to use Text Reader? What does it look like?

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Minimum Requirements

Microsoft Windows XP or higher Apple OSX or higher CD Reader Each operating system must be capable of running Flash version 10 or higher Headphones for each student No dual screen usage No

Tablets

Where does Text Reader take place?

Multi grades per room allowed• One teacher per grade level

With multi grades• Stagger students so they are

not sitting next to other students at same grade level

Headphones for each student at his/her workstation• Instructed not to remove them until

teacher is there to assist them

Should a student request a human reader mid-test• Student accompanied by an adult must leave the area to have a human reader complete the testing in a different environment

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Classroom

Library

Computer Lab

How do we make it happen?

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What is the student accustomed to using? Have they used Text Reader in the past?

After practicing with the Sample CD, is the student comfortable taking the test with Text Reader? Or is Audio better for them? Or a human reader?

Does the school have a workstation with appropriate minimum requirements to meet the need of all students who want to use Text Reader?

Order the appropriate accommodated materials through PearsonAccess for each student: Text Reader, Audio, Braille or Large Print.

Sampler CDs and Ordering

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Sampler Grades 4 and 8 How to use player Mirrors other playersMake copies

OrderingKitsCoded discsPlayer on the CD

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Single or

Double

page viewScreen fit

Start, Stop, FF

and Rewind

Table of

Contents

and

Highlighter

Options:

Voice speed,

highlight color

Page forward

and back

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Scroll bar to go back

and reread