This article describes how accommodations, such as text-to-speech, are defined and assigned. The ADAM player supports Text To Speech (TTS). For TTS to work, 1) the student must be assigned the TTS accommodation, and 2) the form used for the test must include TTS (see Authoring a New Form).

The TestNav player supports multiple accommodations; see the list at the bottom of this page.

Admins Select Client Settings

Admin roles with the appropriate permissions can access System > Client Settings > Accommodations. On this page, they select the accommodations that are available to students in ADAM. Accommodations that are not selected do not appear in the user interface for student records. Go to 

Certain accommodations, such as Text To Speech, are available for online testing. Other accommodations, such as Braille, are paper-based or local accommodations that are noted in the student record.

Accommodations available for ADAM and TestNav testing platforms vary.

For each accommodation you select, you can select Limit Editing to prevent certain roles from changing that accommodation on students (this applies only to roles with the Role Configuration > Limit Role Assignments set to On).

Admins Assign Accommodations to Students

Roles with the appropriate permissions can assign accommodations to individual students as follows:

  1. Select Rostering, and then Users.
  2. Use the search filters to find the appropriate student. 
  3. Select the Edit icon from the Actions column.
  4. Select Accommodations.
  5. Select the appropriate accommodations, and then select Save.
To upload accommodations for multiple students, see Update Accommodations for Multiple Students.

Teachers View/Assign Student Accommodations

Teachers can view or edit their students' accommodations as follows:

  1. Go to My Classes.
  2. Click a class.
  3. Click the more menu for a student, and then click Accommodations.
  4. You can change the accommodations if you have permission to do so. 

Proctors View Online Accommodations

Proctors can view student accommodations (for the ADAM player and TestNav) in the Proctor Dashboard by hovering over the accommodations bubble for a student. The number in the bubble indicates the number of accommodations. Proctors can change the Text To Speech accommodation from the Proctor Dashboard if their role has permission.

See Proctoring a Test or Proctoring a TestNav Test.

List of Accommodations

Text To Speech is available for the ADAM test player.

  • Text To Speech 
  • Text To Speech plus Graphics 
  • Text To Speech (ELA) 
  • Text To Speech plus Graphics (ELA) 

Form-based accommodations are paper or screen-based accommodations driven by the test form.

  • Braille
  • Braille plus Tactile Graphics
  • Closed Caption
  • Language
  • Large Print
  • Paper
  • Screen Reader
  • Sign Language

The following accommodations are available in the TestNav online test platform.

  • Add Time
  • Answer Eliminator 
  • Answer Masking 
  • Color Contrast 
  • Dictionary 
  • Dynamic Text to Speech 
  • Enable Extensions 
  • Highlighter 
  • Keyword Translations 
  • Line Reader 
  • Magnifications 
  • Notepad 
  • Online Calculator

Local accommodations are provided at the testing location, not by the test delivery platform.

  • Color Overlay 
  • Double Time 
  • Extended Time 
  • Handheld Calculator 
  • Human Signer 
  • Read Aloud / Human Reader 
  • Scribe 
  • Temporary Accommodation 
  • Time And A Half 
  • Unique Accommodation

Custom accommodations are provided at the testing location, not by the test delivery platform.

  • Alternate Aids/Supports (Support) 
  • Answers Recorded 
  • Bilingual Word Glossary for MLs (Support) 
  • Communication Assistance Script 
  • Directions in Native Language 
  • Extended Time (Support)
  • Frequent Breaks (Support)
  • Individual/Separate Setting (Support) 
  • Kurzweil 
  • Mouse Pointer
  • Native Language Word-to-Word Dictionary
  • No Accommodations
  • Recorded Voice File
  • Small Group Setting (Support)