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ParaPro Assessment

Credential Source Contact Information

Source Company Name:: Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Contact:: Malik McKinley, Client Relations Director, Virginia
Email:: mmckinley@ets.org
Website:: ets.org

Credential Contractor

Credential Contractor:: Same as source
Contact:: Same as source
Phone:: Same as source
Email:: Same as source

Test Administration

Test Site:

School: Online
Testing facility

Paper & Pencil

Yes

Can the instructor take this test?:

No

Number of Test Items:

90 (No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Time Allowed (minutes):

Test takers have two and a half hours to complete the test.

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Passing Score (percent):

455

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Cost Per Test:

At-home testing: $91; in-person cost: $51

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Test Specifics:

https://www.ets.org/parapro

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Additional information:

ETS makes every effort to provide approved accommodations for any test taker.

(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2023-24 or 2024-25.)

Possible Preparatory Courses

Timing

Multiple test sessions:: Yes
Time of day: Yes
Order of tasks: Yes
Planned breaks during test: Yes
Is extended time an option for the test-taker?: No

Setting

Test location: Yes
Adaptive or special furniture: Yes
Special lighting: Yes

Presentation

Written directions accompanying oral directions: Yes
Specific verbal prompts: Yes
Visual aids: No
Amplification equipment: Yes
Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs: Yes
Large-print test: Yes
Braille test: Yes
Read-aloud test: Yes
Audio test: Yes
Interpreting/transliterating testing directions: Yes
Interpreting/Transliterating the test: No

Response

Enlarged copy of the answer document: Yes
Communication board or choice cards: Yes
Examiner records responses: Yes
Brailler: Yes
Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text: Yes
Augmentative communication device: No
Word prediction software: No
Spelling aids: No
English dictionary: No
Dictation using a recording device: Yes
Dictation to a scribe: Yes
Read back student response: Yes
Calculator and arithmetic tools: Yes
Calculator with additional functions: Yes
Math aids: Yes
Dry erase board: Yes
Additional writing implements: No

Audio test: Yes
Bilingual dictionary: No
Dictation to a scribe: Yes
English dictionary: No
Examiner records responses: Yes
Flexible Schedule: Yes
Is extended time an option for the test-taker?: No
Multiple test sessions: Yes
Read-aloud test: Yes
Test directions delivery: Yes
Visual aids: Yes

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