Configure Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports

🔐 Account type(s) with default permissions to manage this: Administrator

💻 Tier(s) this is available for: Foundation, Essential, Pro

Keeping your district's list of Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports accurate ensures the right supports are available to assign to English learners (ELs) for standardized testing. As an Ellevation Administrator, you can view, add, deactivate, edit, and reactivate the Accommodations that appear when assigning supports to students.

ℹ️ Note

Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports are the accommodations assigned to students for standardized tests. Some instructional supports for the classroom overlap with accommodations offered on standardized tests, but the two are assigned to students separately in Ellevation.

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To keep your list accurate, you can:

• View configured Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports
• Add new Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports
• Deactivate Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports
• Edit Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports
• Re-activate inactive Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports

To assign these supports to students, see Assign Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports to Students. To designate which Accommodations are allowed for which standardized tests, see Configure Standardized Tests.

ℹ️ Note

Ellevation preloads a list of appropriate Testing Accommodations for North Carolina and Virginia partners. As a result, the Testing Accommodations configuration page is not available to Ellevation Administrators in those states.

View Configured Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports

To navigate to the Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports settings page:

1. Click the Admin menu (gear) icon at the top right of your screen.
2. Click Ellevation Settings.
3. Select Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports.

Your list of Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports should include all Accommodations available for all standardized tests administered in your district. To designate which Accommodations are allowed for which standardized tests, see Configure Standardized Tests.

By default, only active Accommodations appear on the settings page. To view inactive Accommodations:

1. Click the Active Only dropdown at the top right of your list of Accommodations.
2. Select All to see active and inactive Accommodations, or Inactive Only to see just inactive Accommodations.

Add New Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports

The Accommodations that can be assigned to students in your district are listed on the Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports settings page. This list should include all Accommodations available for standardized tests administered in your district. You can configure an unlimited number of Accommodations.

To add a new Accommodation:

1. Navigate to the Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports settings page.
   1. Click the Admin menu (gear) icon at the top right of your screen.
   2. Click Ellevation Settings.
   3. Select Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports.
2. Click + Add Testing Accommodation/Designated Support.
3. Enter the name of the Accommodation.
4. Click Save.

Once you add a new Accommodation, designate which standardized tests it can be assigned to students for. To do this, see Configure Standardized Tests.

Deactivate Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports

You can deactivate Accommodations on your list that are not, or are no longer, offered on any of the standardized tests administered in your district.

To deactivate an Accommodation:

1. Navigate to the Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports settings page.
   1. Click the Admin menu (gear) icon at the top right of your screen.
   2. Click Ellevation Settings.
   3. Select Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports.
2. Click Edit to the right of the Accommodation you want to deactivate.
3. Toggle the Status switch from Available to Inactive.
4. Click Save.
5. To replace the deactivated Accommodation with a new one, follow the steps to add a new Accommodation.

When you deactivate an Accommodation, it no longer appears as an option when you assign or recommend Accommodations for any standardized tests. Deactivating an Accommodation has no impact on historical records.

Edit Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports

You can edit Accommodation names to best match the terminology your district or state uses.

⚠️ Warning

Any changes you make to Accommodation names will impact historical data. Unless your district has not yet assigned any Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports to students in Ellevation, deactivate the Accommodation you want to change and create a new Accommodation (using the steps above) instead of editing the existing one.

⚠️ Warning

For Texas districts that have set up a nightly update from Ellevation to TestHound, notify TestHound of any changes you make to your list of Designated Supports.

To edit an Accommodation:

1. Navigate to the Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports settings page.
   1. Click the Admin menu (gear) icon at the top right of your screen.
   2. Click Ellevation Settings.
   3. Select Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports.
2. Click Edit to the right of the Accommodation you want to edit.
3. Update the Accommodation name in the input area.
4. Click Save.

Re-Activate Inactive Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports

To re-activate an inactive Accommodation:

1. Navigate to the Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports settings page.
   1. Click the Admin menu (gear) icon at the top right of your screen.
   2. Click Ellevation Settings.
   3. Select Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports.
2. View inactive Accommodations.
   1. Click the Active Only dropdown at the top right of your list of Accommodations.
   2. Select All to see active and inactive Accommodations, or Inactive Only to see just inactive Accommodations.
3. Click Edit.
4. Make any appropriate changes.
   • To change the Accommodation name, update the name in the input area.
     • Any changes you make to Accommodation names will impact historical data if the Accommodation was ever assigned to students.
     • Unless your district has not yet assigned any Testing Accommodations/Designated Supports to students in Ellevation, create a new Accommodation instead of editing and re-activating an inactive one.
   • To re-activate the inactive Accommodation, toggle the Status switch from Inactive to Available.
5. Click Save.