What accommodations are available in Progress Learning?
Updated
by
Gayle McKee
Progress Learning offers many ways to accommodate the many needs of your students.
Student Settings
Enabling accommodations in the Student Settings feature is a default (global) setting that will apply to all activities in Progress Learning.
- In your teacher dashboard, click on School Settings, then select Student Settings.
- You will then select one of your classes from the drop-down menu.
Text to Speech
- You can toggle on or off the Text to Speech setting for individual students for the core subject that you teach.
- You have the ability to turn off Text to Speech for Readable Passages. By toggling the Readable Passages/Shared Stimulus button to the Off position, students will not have the passages read aloud.
Language Settings
- We support Spanish language translation with three options: Toggle English Default, Toggle Spanish Default and English Only
- Selecting either of the Toggle options will trigger a pop up window to appear at the beginning of the activity asking if the student wishes to complete the assignment in English or Spanish. (English Default has the English radio button selected and Spanish Default has the Spanish radio button selected.)
- Selecting either of the Toggle options will trigger a pop up window to appear at the beginning of the activity asking if the student wishes to complete the assignment in English or Spanish. (English Default has the English radio button selected and Spanish Default has the Spanish radio button selected.)
- For K-5 students, you have the option to enable their dashboard in Spanish Only. Enabling Dashboard in Spanish will provide Skills Practice in Spanish as well.
Study Plan Calculator
Teachers can select one of three types of calculators, all powered by Desmos.
The Default option automatically provides students with the calculator permitted by their state for the selected content area.
Examples:
Four Function
Scientific
Graphing
Timer Settings
Timer Settings are currently available for ACT®/SAT® Premium Assessments only.
- To select a timer accommodation, click on the dropdown menu next to the student's name and select the appropriate accommodation. The student's individual timer is automatically set according to the accommodation assigned to them.
- Example: The standard time for the ACT® Math test is 50 minutes. If you select the Time + 1/2 accommodation, the student's timer will automatically be set to 75 minutes.
ACT/SAT Settings
Select the ACT/SAT Settings tab to set accommodations for Text to Speech and Pause Assessment Settings. These settings are available for ACT®/SAT® Premium Assessments only.
Text to Speech
- If a student receives the Text to Speech accommodation, set the toggle button to the Enabled position for that student.
Pause Assessment Settings
- Enabling this feature allows students to Pause and Resume their timer from their dashboard.
Assignment Settings
Eliminate an Answer Choice
Eliminate One Answer for Single-Answer MC Questions is available for students on single-answer multiple choice question assessments, generated tests, and practice questions.
- From the teacher dashboard select Assignment Bank.
- Select the edit icon for the Assignment you'd like to change the settings for (you can also assign this accommodation when creating a new Assignment when you get to the settings screen).
- Go the the Classes tab.
- Expand the class and tick the box next to the students' names to assign the accommodation. Click Save & Continue.
Multiple Attempts, Minimum Score Requirements or Retry Missed Items
- Assignments can be set to allow for Multiple Attempts, Minimum Score Requirement, or allow a Retry for Missed Items in the Assignment Settings tab.
Print Accommodations
- You have the ability to print assessments for student who require a paper copy of tests.
- Navigate to the Assessment Bank from the side menu.
- Find the Assessment you wish to print and click on the hamburger menu in the Action column.
- Select Print.
