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Can Students use Don Johnston Assistive Technology
During Standardized Tests?   —Oh Yes They Can!

  
  There’s a lot of confusion out there about what you can do to support your students during standardized tests. The truth is, most states allow the use of AT during testing—you just have to know what your state's rules are. The rules detail the type or category of the technology, not the name of a specific company’s tool. For example, if you have and want to use Write:OutLoud, follow your state’s criteria for using a talking word processor. If you have and want to use Read:OutLoud, follow your state’s criteria for using a text reader. 

Follow these simple steps to meet your state's testing accommodation criteria!

  
 

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  Get Your AT on the IEP

  

Find Your State’s Protocol

 

 Adjust Product for Testing

  
 

All states require that any assistive technology used during state testing must be listed on a student’s IEP, and that the technology is used in their daily instruction.

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Click on your state in the map below to see your state’s testing accommodation policies.  A document will open in a new screen. In some cases, you may need to preview the index to find the section related to AT Accommodations.

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Click on the product name below and you will be taken directly to those instructions! Technology settings for testing scenarios can easily be changed using the step by step instructions we provide in our Knowledge Base.

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