Linguistically Accommodated Testing LAT Training for ReadingELA

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Linguistically Accommodated Testing (LAT)
Trainingfor Reading/ELA

• September 25, 2007
• Elia Corona
• Olivia Martinez

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Linguistic Accommodated Testing (LAT)

• LAT is a special administration of TAKS for
  LEP-exempt recent immigrants.
• Linguistic accommodations are made in order to
  assist students in overcoming language barriers
  and provide a meaningful assessment of academic
  knowledge and skills.

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LAT

• Linguistic accommodations are a part of quality
  instruction for all ELLs and should be taking
  place all year long.
• Only those accommodations that have been used
  routinely in instruction and assessment may be
  afforded to students during their LAT
  administration.
• Linguistic accommodations help students learn
  academic content.

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LAT

• No Child Left Behind requires students in grades
  3 through 8 and 10, for whom the LPAC has granted
  a LEP exemption from testing, to be assessed in
  reading, mathematics, and science.
• All LEP-exempt students in grades 3 through 8
  and 10 participate in LAT math.
• All LEP exempt students in grades 5, 8, and 10
  participate in LAT science.
• LAT science is new this year.

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LAT Reading

• Federal law allows for students who are within
  their first year of schooling in the U.S. to
  participate in an English language reading
  proficiency test to fulfill their reading
  assessment requirement.
• For these students, TELPAS Reading participation
  meets this requirement.
• LEP-exempt students in year 2 or 3 in U.S.
  schools, in grades 3 through 8 and 10, must
  participate in LAT reading in order to meet their
  assessment requirements.

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Allowable Accommodations Providing Direct
Linguistic Support for Reading

• Bilingual Dictionary
• English Dictionary
• Reading Aloud Word or Phrase
• Reading Aloud Entire Test Item
• Oral Translation Word or Phrase
• Clarification Word or Phrase

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Allowable Accommodations Providing Indirect
Linguistic Support for Reading

• Clarification of Test Directions
• This includes translating, rewording, and
  repeating the
• directions that are read aloud to students
  before the
• test.
• Breaks at Request of Student
• This refers to flexible scheduling of breaks so
  that a student is able to take breaks as needed.
• 9. Testing Over Two Days
• All students participating in LAT reading and
  ELA administrations will take their test over 2
  days. The test administrator will be given
  explicit information about where to stop on Day 1
  and where to begin on Day 2.

Accommodations 7 9 apply to all LAT reading
examinees. LPAC decisions and documentation are
not needed for these.
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Bilingual dictionary

• Throughout the test, the student may use a
• bilingual dictionary to find the translation of
• words they do not understand. Paper and
• electronic bilingual dictionaries are
• permitted.

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Oral translation word or phrase

• At the request of the student, the test
• administrator may orally translate a word or
• phrase that the student does not
• understand. The test administrator is not
• permitted to translate entire sentences or
• longer portions of text. This accommodation
• applies to passages and test items.

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Reading aloud word or phrase

• The test administrator may read aloud a
• word or phrase to the student at the
• students request. This applies to passages
• and test items. Sentences and longer
• portions of text within a passage may not be
• read aloud.

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Reading aloud entire test item

• The test administrator may read aloud an
• entire test item (test question and answer
• choices) at the request of the student.
• Voice inflection must be kept neutral
• during the reading of test questions and
• answer choices.

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Clarification word or phrase

• At the request of the student, the test
• administrator may clarify the meaning of a
• word or phrase that the student does not
• understand. The test administrator is not
• permitted to clarify the meaning of entire
• sentences or longer portions of text. This
• accommodation applies to passages and
• test items.

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English dictionary

• Throughout the test, the student may use an
• English dictionary, ESL dictionary, or picture
• dictionary. (Note that if the student is taking
• the Gr. 36 Spanish version test, the student
• may use a Spanish dictionary.)

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• Thank You!!!