Assessment and the Special Education Student

Font
Good ascenders (b, d, f, h, k, l, t, and all capitals;) and descenders g,

j, p, q, y)
Rounded g as in handwriting. Most dyslexics surveyed liked rounded

a, although perhaps some felt that it may be confused with o.

Dyslexie Font explained

Font
b and d; p and q distinguished, not mirror images.

Different forms for capital I, lowercase l and digit 1.

Letter-spacing, e.g. r, n together rn should not look like m. 6 and 9 distinguished, as well as 4

Font Recommendations
Choose a plain, evenly spaced sans serif font Standard fonts (Arial,

Comic Sans, Century Gothic, Verdana,

Trebuchet)
Free Fonts designed for dyslexics

Lexia Readable downloadable at http://www.k-type.com/?p=520 Open-Dyslexic downloadable at

dyslexic.font http://www.dafont.com/open-

Delicious downloadable from http://www.exljbris.com/delicious.html

Font size of 14, no less than 12

Headings
Avoid underlining and italics: these tend to make the text appear

to run together. Use bold instead.

Use larger font size in bold, lower case. (AVOID TEXT IN BLOCK

CAPITALS: this is much harder to read.)

Boxes and borders can be used for effective emphasis.

Layout
Use left-justified with ragged right edge. Do not force justify.

Avoid very narrow or very wide columns: Lines should be kept to

around 60 or 70 characters.
Use a single space after a period Line spacing of at least 1.5

More white space, leave at least double the workspace you think is

needed
Single sided copies so there is no bleed through of text Single column (or mark work boundaries between columns/probs)

Wash out

River effect

Swirl Effect

Directions
Use short, simple sentences in a direct style

Avoid long sentences of explanation

Use active rather than passive voice Avoid double negatives Be concise Directions should be at the start of each test section Repeat directions if you continue onto a second page Highlight key words in bold

Directions
Not this
Directions: Each of the 30 multiple-choice questions is followed by five possible answer choices. Choices A through D will provide answers, while Choice E is for none of the above. Scoring will be as follows: 5 points for a correct answer, 0 for a wrong answer, and 1 for a blank answer (for a maximum possible score of 150). Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. Do not choose incomplete answers: if a question has more than one solution, do not select a choice that only provides one of the solutions! Calculators are not permitted. Multiple Choice (30 questions)

This

Circle the best, most complete answer for each question.

Scoring: Correct 5 points, Skipped 1 point, Incorrect 0 points No Calculators

True/False
Avoid T/F tests whenever possible

Never use double negatives

Dont use trick words like: always, sometimes, never, mostly, few,

etc.
Have students circle the words True or False rather than writing

T or F
Avoid wordy questions

True/False
Not this
Unit 1

This
Lesson 3

T r ue or False? Direct ions: Circle t rue if t he st at ement is correct . Circle f alse if t he st at ement is incorrect .

1. True/ False

Bot h angles in a pair of complement ary angles can be obt use.

2. True/ False

Two perpendicular lines creat e congruent , adjacent angles.

3. True/ False

Two vert ical angles always have a common vert ex.

4. True/ False

A segment bisect or creat es t wo congruent segment s.

5. True/ False

Two complement ary angles always have a common vert ex.

6 . True/ False

Two vert ical angles can be obt use.

Multiple Choice
Ask questions in complete sentences

Align questions and options vertically

Limit the number of options (3 to 5 max) Avoid all of the above, some of the above, none of the above

Circle the correct answer rather than filling in the blank with a

letter or number.
Provide work space to work out the problems

Multiple Choice Not this

Multiple Choice Questions(Volume and Surface Area)

This

Not this

Multiple Choice - This

M ult iple Choice Q ue st ions Volume and S ur f ace Ar e a
Dir ect ion: Cir cle t he be st choice f or each quest ion

M ult iple Choice Q ue st ions Volume and S ur f ace Ar e a

Dir ect ion: Cir cle t he be st choice f or each quest ion

Work Space

1. 1 cm of ir on weighs 8 g. The weight of an ir on hemispher e of r adius 3 cm is appr oximat ely a. 792 g b. 729 g c. 453 g d. 6 93 g e. 396 0 g

1. 1 cm3 of ir on weighs 8 g. The weight of an ir on hemispher e of r adius 3 cm is appr oximat ely a. 792 g b. 729 g c. 453 g d. 6 93 g e. 396 0 g

2. The ver t ical height of a pyr amid wit h volume 84 cm3 and a base 9 cm by 6 cm is a. 4 b. 4 c. 4 d. 4 e. cm cm cm cm cm

Work Space

2. The ver t ical height of a pyr amid wit h volume 84 cm3 and a base 9 cm by 6 cm is a. 4 b. 4 c. 4 d. 4 e. cm cm cm cm cm

Fill-in-the-blank
Dont take off points for spelling

Provide a word bank

The length of the line should mirror the length of the answer* The blank should be near the end of the question

* I personally disagree with this. I prefer to use the same size blanks in all questions, but just make them longer

Fill-in-the-blank
Not This
Maath 20 R Circle Geom.doc

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NAME _____________________

MATH 20 PURE

REVIEW

CIRCLE GEOMETRY

Part A: Fill in the blanks. 1. A chord is a segment both of whose endpoints are points on the circle. 2. An angle inscribed in a semi-circle is a right angle. 3. The measures of a (an) inscribed angle is half the measure of a central angle on the same arc. 4. The longest chord in a circle is called a diameter. 5. The perpendicular bisector of a chord passes through the center of a circle. 6. Opposite angles of an inscribed quadrilateral are supplementary. 7. The angle sum of the interior angles of an octagon is 180(8 - 2) = 1080 . 8. The region bounded by an arc and the radii from its endpoints is called a sector. 9. A tangent is a line that intersects the circle in one and only one point. 10. The sum of the measures of the exterior angles of any convex polygon, with one exterior angle at each vertex is 360 . Part B: Show your work for each of the problems. 1. A is an exterior point to a circle with centre C and B is the point of tangency. AB = 15 cm and CB = 20 cm. Find AC.
B 20 C A 15

AC = 20 + 15 2 AC = 625 AC = 25

2. A circular water pipe has a radius of 17 cm. If the width of the water surface in the pipe is 24 cm, find the maximum depth of the water. (nearest tenth of a cm).

Matching
Avoid having students draw lines to connect the matches

Place the longer part of the match on the left, the short answers

on the right
Do not list more than one match for each question.

Keep all matches on the same page.

Match by categories. Provide a line or spacing to divide the

categories
No more than 10 per chunk

Matching

Essay/Long Response
Give students a choice. Offer more than one long response

question per test.

Keep the question and work space for answering on the same

page.
Provide lined paper, graph paper for answers. Provide a word bank.

Tests without files

Old school copy, cut, and paste

Enlarge on copy machine

Cut Problems apart Tape down

Draw lines or use templates with boxes to separate problems

Break it down
Break assessments (especially long ones) into smaller chunks

Front load your essentials

Hand out one chunk at a time

Works Cited
"Dyslexia Style Guide- About Dyslexia- The British Dyslexia Association." Dyslexia Style GuideAbout Dyslexia- The British Dyslexia Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2013.

Pedley, Mel. "Accessites.org Designing for Dyslexics: Part 3 of 3." Designing for Dyslexics: Part 3 of 3. N.p., 25 Nov. 2006. Web. 23 July 2013.

Stiggins, Richard J., Judith A. Arter, Jan Chappuis, and Stephen Chappuis. "Chapter 5 Selected Response Assessment." Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing It Right -- Using It Well. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2007. N. pag. Print.

"Typefaces For dyslexia." BDA Technology. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2013.