This broadcast provides an overview of state approved EL Accommodations based on Part 2 of OSSE’s Testing Accommodations Manual.

Participants will learn:

• The rationale for providing accommodations to ELs
• The contents of Part 2 of the OSSE Testing Accommodations Manual
• The difference between OSSE’s testing accommodations for ELs and those provided by PARCC and WIDA
• Ideas for assembling an EL Accommodations Team
• Guidance for selecting EL accommodations for testing and instruction
• Considerations for amending and discontinue EL accommodations

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