Text-to-Speech/Read Aloud Accommodations - ELA Reading Passages

Please use the information provided on this page to help determine which students may need text-to-speech (TTS) or human read- aloud accommodations for the English Language Arts (ELA) reading passages.. These accommodations are typically provided to students in Grades 3-8 with a visual or print disability who use this accommodation during instruction.

Text-to-Speech of the ELA Reading Passages:

• Text is read aloud to the student via embedded text-to-speech technology. The student is able to control the speed as well as raise or lower the volume of the voice via a volume control. For ELA and the California Spanish Assessment (CSA), this resource is an accommodation for reading passages. For ELPAC, the resource is an accommodation for the Listening, Speaking, and Writing Domains. BeBecause the CAAs are administered in a one-on-one setting, this resource is not applicable to the CAAs. In addition, this resource is not available with the Alternate ELPAC as an embedded resource.

• This requires the submission of the:

  • • • • Decision Guidelines for Text-to-Speech of the Smarter Balanced ELA Reading Passages

Read Aloud of the ELA Reading Passsages:

• Text is read aloud, including the ELA reading passages, to the student by a trained and qualified human reader who follows the administration guidelines and read aloud protocol. All or portions of the content may be read aloud. This resource is an accommodation for ELA and CSA reading passages. This person should reference the Guidelines for Read Aloud.

• This requires the submission of the:

  • • • • Decision Guidelines for Read Aloud of the Smarter Balanced ELA Reading Passages