Special Education & Accommodations Flashcards
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A student approved for a scribe on the ACT dictates an answer that the scribe believes is incorrect. What should the scribe do?
Answer: Record exactly what the student dictates without any correction or suggestion
The scribe must record the student's dictated responses verbatim without providing any feedback, corrections, or suggestions that could influence answers.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of a 'distraction-reduced environment' accommodation on the ACT?
Answer: To place the student in a quieter setting with fewer visual or auditory distractions than the main room
A distraction-reduced environment places the student in a quieter, less stimulating setting than the standard testing room, but does not necessarily mean a private room.
A test coordinator receives a student's ACT accommodation approval letter the morning of the test. The approval grants 100% extended time, but the coordinator had scheduled the student for the standard-time room. What is the correct action?
Answer: Move the student to the extended-time room and administer the test with the approved accommodation
A valid approval letter must be honored; the coordinator should immediately place the student in an appropriate extended-time setting to fulfill the accommodation.
When a student using a word processor for the ACT Writing section's essay is approved for this accommodation, what restriction must be enforced?
Answer: The computer must be disconnected from the internet and all spell-check/grammar tools disabled
Computers must be offline with all autocorrect, spell-check, grammar-check, and predictive text features disabled to maintain test integrity.
A student with Type 1 diabetes requests the ability to have snacks and medication accessible during the ACT. Under which accommodation category does this typically fall?
Answer: Medical device/health-related accommodation
Snack and medication access for medical conditions like diabetes falls under medical device or health-related accommodations, not test format or timing changes.
If a student's ACT accommodation approval has expired and the student needs to retest, what must happen before the student can receive accommodations on the next test date?
Answer: The student must submit a new accommodation request with updated documentation
Expired approvals require a new request submission with current documentation to verify the ongoing need for accommodations.
During ACT testing, a student approved for extended time attempts to use an unauthorized electronic device. What should the proctor do first?
Answer: Confiscate the device, document the incident, and allow the student to continue testing pending review
The proctor should confiscate the device, document the incident on the irregularity report, and allow the student to continue while the matter is reviewed by ACT.