UDL Guidelines

Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Session Goal

Apply the Guidelines to Assessment

Expert Learners are Strategic and goal-directed

• Formulate plans for learning• Devise effective strategies and tactics to

optimize learning• Organize resources and tools to facilitate

learning• Monitor their progress• Recognize their own strengths and

weaknesses as learners• Abandon plans and strategies that are

ineffective

Multiple Means of Action and Expression

4. Provide options for physical action

4.1 Vary Methods of response and navigation

4.2 Optimize access to tools and assistive technologies

Multiple Means of Action and Expression

5. Provide options for expression and communication

5.1 Use multiple means of communication5.2 Use multiple tools for construction and

composition5.3 Build fluencies with graduated levels of

support for practice and performance

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6. Provide options for executive functioning

6.1 Guide appropriate goal setting6.2 Support planning and strategy

development6.3 Facilitate managing information and

resources6.4 Enhance capacity for monitoring

progress

Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Grade 9 - 12 ELA (MCAS test item)

DIRECTIONSThis session contains two reading selections with twelve multiple-choice questions and one open-response question. Mark your answers to these questions in the spaces provided in your Student Answer Booklet.

Grade 9 - 12 ELA (continued)‘Let freedom reign’Johannesburg, 10 May 1994by Nelson MandelaToday all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty.Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.All this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well represented here today.To my compatriots, I have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld.Each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal renewal. The national mood changes as the seasons change. …

Grade 9 - 12 ELA (continued)

What is the effect of Mandela’s repeated use of “our” and “we” in the speech?

A. It emphasizes the important role of other countries.

B. It emphasizes the strictness of the country’s new laws.

C. It suggests that everyone is to blame for the problems of the past.

D. It suggests that people must unite to solve the problems of the past.

Grade 7 ELAContext: nonfiction article Chris used triangles to make the first 4 steps of a patternThe pattern continues to grow.

a.What will be the total number of triangles in Step 5 of the pattern? Show or explain how you got your answer.

b. Write an expression in terms of n that represents the total number of triangles in Step n of the pattern. c. Use your expression from part (b) to find the total number of triangles in Step 10 of the pattern. Show or explain how you got your answer.

TN Test ItemsContext: nonfiction article

Directions: Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements).

Read the sentence: In the early 1800s, the word chatelaine came into use women replaced keys with personal items.

What is the best way to write this sentence?A. In the early 1800s, the word chatelaine came

into use, women replaced keys with personal items.

B. In the early 1800s, the word chatelaine came into use. Women replaced keys with personal items.

C. In the early 1800s, the word chatelaine came into use; however, women replaced keys with personal items.

D. correct as is

GRADE 8 NY Test ItemsContext: Social Studies

Directions: Base your answer to question 9 on the illustrationbelow and on your knowledge of social studies.

9 What is the main idea of this illustration?

(1) The colonists were restricted by the laws passed by the British government.

(2) The King of England wanted the colonists to have a greater voice in government.

(3) King George III put many American colonists in stocks.

(4) Repeal of unpopular laws was the only way out of the stocks.

GRADE 4 Missouri Test ItemsContext: Math

Directions: Draw a polygon in the box with at least two lines of symmetry. Draw two lines of symmetry on the polygon.