ERIC Number: ED617920
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul-16
Pages: 106
Abstractor: ERIC
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Accessibility Strategies for Remote Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Teachers to Support Students and Families
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
One of the foundational principles of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) system is accessibility for students -- multi-tiered resources and strategies that ensure equitable and valid access for students to instructional and assessment content. This Guide includes 54 accessibility strategies that can be used by teachers, students, and families to support direct/synchronous and indirect/asynchronous remote teaching and learning. The accessibility strategies described here are based on accessibility resources available on the Smarter Balanced summative and interim assessments and detailed in the "Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines." The purpose of this document is to provide a description of what accessibility resources look like in direct/synchronous and indirect/asynchronous teaching and learning environments. [For the "Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines," see ED617375.]
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education, Access to Education, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Assistive Technology, Calculators, Dictionaries, Reference Materials, Glossaries, English Language Learners, Visual Aids, Sign Language, Braille, Instructional Materials
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. e-mail: info@smarterbalanced.org; Web site: http://www.smarterbalanced.org
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Students; Parents
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
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