1 Guidelines for the Read Aloud Accommodation The purpose of this document is to outline the guidelines for a test administrator who is providing the read aloud accommodation to a student during statewide assessment for Mathematics. Test administrators must thoroughly review the examples on the following pages prior to testing students and must fully understand how to implement each example. If a test administrator has questions or needs further guidance, contact the district testing coordinator. Accommodation is a specific team relative to the Oregon Statewide Assessment System. The Accommodations Panel defines accommodations as practices and procedures in presentation, response, setting and timing or scheduling that, when used in an assessment, provide equitable access to all students. Accommodations do not compromise the learning expectations, construct, grade-level standard, and/or measured outcome of the assessment. In Oregon, accommodations are available to all students, although the decision to apply accommodations must be based on an assessment of individual student need. NOTE: To ensure that the Math read-aloud accommodation is validly administered, the text and numbers in figures must be read as shown in the following tables. ODE has adopted the following guidelines for how to read various math problems to students. No additional description or information should be provided to students during statewide assessment. NUMBERS General 0 Zero (not oh ) Numbers 99 and under 23 Twenty-three Numbers greater than 99 579 Five seven nine 4,000 Large whole numbers 632,407,981 Decimal numbers 0.056 4.37 0.4 45,000,689,112 Four comma zero zero zero six three two comma four zero seven comma nine eight one four five comma zero zero zero comma six eight nine comma one one two zero point zero five six four point three seven zero point four, with a bar over the four Fractions - common,,, one half, one fourth, two thirds, four fifths (other common fractions include sixths, eighths, tenths )
2 Fractions - improper 7 2 seven over two Fractions - not common - read as numerator over denominator When lists include both common and uncommon fractions, read all consistently (e.g., as uncommon fractions) Mixed numbers - read with and between whole 14 25 487 6972 3½ 57¾ number and fraction Percents 62% 7.5% 0.23% Money - if contains a decimal point, read as dollars AND cents Negative numbers - do NOT read negative sign as minus. $4.98 $0.33 $5,368 3 fourteen over twenty-five four eight seven over six nine seven two three and one-half fifty-seven and three fourths sixty-two percent seven point five percent zero point two three percent four dollars and ninety-eight cents thirty-three cents five comma three six eight dollars negative three the fraction negative five over eight Note: the fraction should only be read in cases where the negative symbol only applies to either the numerator or the denominator. - negative five eighths the negative of fourteen over twenty-five Negative uncommon 7.56 fractions Dates (years) 1987 2005 Roman Numerals I II III IV negative seven point five six nineteen eighty-seven two thousand five Roman one Roman two Roman three Roman four
3 Series 1, 3, 5,?,?, 10, 15 one comma three comma five comma question mark comma question mark comma ten comma fifteen SYMBOLS Operation symbols + X or or * Powers and roots 7 2 Parentheses - read as the quantity 5 3 2 4 10-4 4 4 3(x + 2) (y 5) 6 Ratios the ratio 2:3 the ratio 3:5:9 Absolute value 3 plus minus times divided by seven squared or seven to the second power five cubed or five to the third power two to the fourth power ten to the power of negative four the square root of six four square root five four times the square root of the quantity five x two times the cube root of the quantity x minus two three times the quantity x plus two the quantity y minus five (pause) divided by six the ratio two to three the ratio three to five to nine the absolute value of three 6 x + 2 Dashes 3-7 3-4 3301-13-05 the absolute value of negative six the absolute value of the quantity x plus two three through seven three and four three three zero one dash one three dash zero five
4 Measurements 6 3 2cm 2 cm 2 Miscellaneous 2 cm 3 13 M 7.5 ml = < > AOB m ABC = 60 A B F C ~ # 10 th six inches three feet two c m two c m squared two c m cubed thirteen em seven point five em l pi is equal to or equals is approximately equal to is less than is less than or equal to is greater than is greater than or equal to angle A O B em angle A B C is equal to sixty degrees A prime B prime degrees F degrees C is congruent to is similar to is parallel to is perpendicular to number tenth FIGURES and GRAPHS x-intercept y-intercept DESCRIPTION x intercept y intercept READ AS: OPERATIONS Addition Vertical 13 +27 Thirteen plus twenty-seven equals Horizontal 13 + 27 =
5 Subtraction Vertical Horizontal Multiplication Vertical 487-159 487-159 = 63 x 49 Four eight seven minus one five nine equals sixty-three times forty-nine equals Horizontal Division Vertical or Horizontal The answer choices to questions such as Divide: 121 4 63 x 49 = 120 15 = 8 Math division answer choices or math expressions that contain the letter R such as 30 R1 one two zero divided by fifteen equals eight Thirty R one (do not read the R as remainder ) Operations with boxes or shapes 3 + = 15 Three plus box equals fifteen EXPRESSIONS Expressions containing variables (any letter may be used as a variable) N plus four eight x minus three four times the quantity y minus two (pause) plus five equals seven V equals four thirds pi r cubed the absolute value of the quantity t minus two (pause) over six is less than or equal to fifteen
6 Coordinate pairs x 2 y 3 = 36 the point (-1, 2) x squared y squared is equal to negative thirty-six or x to the second power times y to the third power equals thirty-six the point (pause) negative one comma two Answer choices with no other text the point A is at (6,3) (3, 5) A. (-3, -4) the point A is at (pause) six comma three three comma five A (pause) negative three comma negative four WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SCIENCE Symbol Verbatim Pronunciation Notes 30 F Thirty degrees F 0.6-3 Zero point six through three use "to" instead of "through" depending on context CO₂ C O two MPH MPH RR, Rr, rr Uppercase r, lowercase r beats/sec beats slash s, e, c g/cm² G slash c m squared all "²" and "³" are read "squared" and "cubed", and other powers are read as "to the th power" Na N. A. all elements read as initials, without mention of case () in formula N S E W e.g. Etc. left parentheses, right parentheses N, S, E, W e.g. Etcetera all directions not spelled out are pronounced as a single letter Blank all blanks are pronounced "blank" and boxes are pronounced "box" right arrow precede and succeed arrows with commas left arrow precede and succeed arrows with commas left and right arrow precede and succeed arrows with commas (whichever is
7 Symbol Verbatim Pronunciation Notes on top read first) up arrow precede and succeed arrows with commas down arrow precede and succeed arrows with commas up and down arrow precede and succeed arrows with commas # number ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ABBREVIATIONS and ACRONYMS Read abbreviations and acronyms verbatim (e.g., read MPH as M P H not miles per hour ; read e.g. as e g ; read 60 degrees C as 60 degrees C ; read NAFTA as N A F T A ). Note: this rule applies to math unless explicitly specified otherwise in Math Numbers and Symbols. o Exception: read etc as etcetera rather than as E T C o Exception: read months in their full form (e.g., read Jan. as January ) o Exception: to ensure consistency, read state name abbreviations on a map in their full form in cases where other state names are spelled out in the map (e.g., read MS as Mississippi ). If all state names are abbreviated, then read the abbreviations verbatim. o In limited cases where a pause is needed for understanding (such as a series of letters), commas may be added that do not appear verbatim. Commas are not pronounced (e.g., read 60 degrees N as 60 degrees, N to prevent the N from being added to degrees ; read ABCD as A, B, C, D) DASHES and HYPHENS Between non-consecutive numbers, read dashes as through (e.g., read 3-7 as three through seven ) Between consecutive numbers, read dashes as and (e.g., read 3-4 as three and four ) In numbers, read dashes as dash (e.g., read 3301-13-05 as three three zero one dash one three dash zero five ) In text, never read a hyphen between words (e.g., read self-government as self government, read parasite-host as parasite [pause] host ) DATES and YEARS Read dates using plain language usage (e.g., read 1987 as nineteen eighty-seven and read 2005 as two thousand five ; read March 22 as March twenty-second ) Read abbreviated days and months in their full form (e.g., read Wed. as Wednesday ; read Jan. as January )
8 ELLIPSES A series of three periods (...) signifying missing text at the beginning, end, or in the middle of a sentence should be read as dot dot dot A series of three periods in math phrases indicating numbers continuing to infinity should be entered and read as and so on FRACTIONS Read fractions as the fraction (read the numerator as a digit) over (read the denominator as a digit) PARENTHESES When used in text or as otherwise notes below, do not read or note the inclusion of parentheses When used in math, read parentheses following the specific math read aloud rule provided in Symbols and Equations When used in science, read parentheses following the specific science read aloud rule provided in Symbols and Equations When used to denote possible plural, read parentheses as singular or plural (e.g., read provision(s) as provision or provisions ) QUOTES/QUOTED DIALOG Read quote before the beginning of quoted text and end quote immediately following the end of quoted text ROMAN NUMERALS When used as page numbers, Roman numerals should be read as page Roman six. Do not read as Roman page six or page vee-eye When used as chapter or section numbers, the word Roman is not used When used as text, do not distinguish Roman numerals from Arabic numerals. Read Roman numerals using plain language, context-appropriate usage (e.g., read Henry VIII as Henry the Eighth ; read World War II as World War Two ; read WWII as W W Two ) SLASHES In text, read slashes as or (e.g., read his/her as his or her ) In statements of frequency read the slash (e.g., read beats/sec as beats slash s e c ) SUPERSCRIPT or SUBSCRIPTED WORDS and NUMBERS These should be read as superscript or subscript unless the number is an exponent (e.g., squared or cubed )
9 SYMBOLS and EQUATIONS In the context of Science, Social Studies, and Reading, numbers and mathematical symbols should be read using plain language usage (e.g., read $8,000 as eight thousand dollars ; read the number 1,500 as one thousand five hundred ) Plural numbers should be read as plurals (e.g., 13s should be read as thirteens ) In the context of Mathematics, refer to the tables provided above for specific examples to the various math problems. TIME Read time verbatim using plain language usage (e.g., read 9:00 AM as nine o clock A M and read 9 AM as nine A M ) UNIT ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations (e.g., units such as cm or ft ) should be read letter by letter (e.g., cm should be read as c m, not as centimeters and ft should be read as f t, NOT as feet ). V. and VERSUS Read v if written as Brown v. Board of Ed. Do not read verses Read versus if written as Brown versus Board of Ed.