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Wednesday, 28 November 2012
OAKS Online Braille Interface Training for Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Test Administrators

OAKS Online is available to students who use Braille. Accessing OAKS Online through a Braille interface, students who use Braille have access to the adaptive OAKS Online test and have the same number of testing opportunities as general education students. ODE collaborated with Oregon educators and content experts, vision teachers and Braillists from around Oregon, the Oregon Textbook and Media Center (OTMC), and ODE's test vendor, American Institutes for Research (AIR) to adapt the OAKS Online test for presentation in Braille.

In partnership with the Vision Workgroup of Oregon's eight Regional Special Education Programs, ODE used funding support from the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund (BVI) to provide each Oregon student who uses Braille with access to the supporting Braille technologies that are used with the Braille interface of OAKS Online.

The following links provide information to help districts prepare for the transition to an online administration of OAKS for students who use Braille.

	Online Test Administration		Training Resources		Supporting Braille Technologies
	May 2011 Proof of Concept Pilot		Preparation of Test Items

Related Pages

Test Administration Manual
The Test Administration Manual outlines policies and procedures that all school and district staff involved in administration of the Oregon Statewide Assessments are required to know and understand before administering any Oregon Statewide Assessment.
Assessment Accommodations
For statewide assessments, there are accommodations tables for all Multiple Choice assessments and for the Writing Performance assessment. These tables explain and regulate the allowable accommodations for all students during the administration of assessment tests.
Children with Disabilities
Resources for parents/guardians of a child with a disability.