OAT/OGT accommodations

Allowances for LEP students on statewide tests (in Ohio) if identified as LEP using a formal assessment.  For ALL LEP students, use of a dictionary and extended time (up to a day) to complete a subtest is an accommodation.

LEP students enrolled in U.S. schools less than 3 years and who are at the intermediate or below level in both reading and writing as measured on the OTELA or an approved screener may receive one of the following accommodations on the OGT and OAT:

• An English read aloud accommodation of allowable parts of the test (English audio CD),
• A read aloud accommodation of allowable parts of the test,
• An oral translation of allowable parts of the test (foreign language CD if available in the student’s language or a translator may be hired),
• A Spanish bilingual printed form of the test (for the OAT only).