MCAS Accessibility and Accommodations

Accessibility and Accommodations Manual for the 2025 Test Administrations

• Manual — EL8 on pages 33 and 38 updated February 7, 2025

Excerpts for Accessibility and Accommodations Manual

• MCAS and ACCESS for ELLs Accessibility Features and Accommodations at a Glance (Appendix A)

• Decision-Making Tool for MCAS Participation by Students with Disabilities (Appendix B)

• Procedures for Scribing and Transcribing Student Responses (Appendix C)

• Procedures for Providing the Human Read-Aloud (Appendix D)

• Guidelines for Using Assistive Technology as an MCAS Test Accommodation (Appendix E)

• Procedures for Creating Test Administrator Logins for Human Read-Aloud and Human Signer (Appendix F)

• Policy on Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries/Glossaries for ELs during MCAS Testing (Appendix G)

Resources for Testing Students with Disabilities

• Approved Graphic Organizers and Reference Sheets for Students with Disabilities on MCAS, and Cover Sheet to Request Customized Reference Sheet

• MCAS Nondisclosure Acknowledgment for Test Administrators Administering Certain Accommodations

• Student Accommodation Refusal Form

MCAS Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Disabilities

• MCAS Alternate Assessment webpage

Resources for Testing EL Students

• Expansion of Bilingual Spanish/English MCAS Tests in 2025

• Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries and Glossaries Authorized for Use by English Learners on the 2025 MCAS Tests — updated November 2024

• Biology Glossary — English/Portuguese

• Documentation of MCAS Accommodations for an EL Student

Additional Resources

• Procedures for Students Who Use a Cell Phone or Smartwatch to Monitor Medical Information

• Guidelines for Participation of Students Diagnosed with Concussions

Last Updated: February 12, 2025