Provincial Examinations - Adjudication

The adjudication process provides equity and accessibility to students with special needs who qualify for adaptations on provincial exams. The adjudication policy is reviewed each year and current information on the adjudication process is located in Chapter 8 of the Handbook of Procedures found at: www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/handbook/.

Reader and Scribe Update

Commencing September 2011, decisions to provide non-technological supports (readers and scribes) should be made based on the learning needs, learning styles and special needs of the student. Educators, in consultation with parents and other support team members, are best positioned to make a decision when it has been tried, measured and documented that reader/scribe technologies are not effective tools for the student.

All students should have access to the learning tools which best support their educational needs. Technology will continue to play a key role in communication, access to information, and representation of knowledge in school, post secondary, the workplace, and in life. Technological tools should be incorporated into a student’s IEP as soon as practically possible, and effectiveness of its use should be monitored.

The following framework (PDF, 73KB) could be applied to more than one software application. Monitoring should take place over time to identify areas of progress and further need. If, after a number of attempts, evidence shows that technology is an impediment rather than a support, the school based team may determine that non-technological supports are more appropriate for the individual.

Information

Students receiving adaptations (Appendix 3) (PDF, 52KB)
Request for Special Format Exams (PDF, 270KB)
Important Due Dates (PDF, 205KB)
Guidelines for Readers and Scribes.
e-Exams

See schedule (PDF, 40KB) for adaptations available in each session.
Students are encouraged to do a practice e-Exam prior to writing a live e-exam. Practice e-exams with Spellchecker and Text Reader are available at: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/.
Students who qualify for electronic adapations may access the adaptations on the day of administration by logging on to the Secure e-Adaptations site at: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/eassessment/adj_secure.htm.
E-exams are available at: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/eassessment/eexams.htm. If a provincial exam is not available electronically, students may use a word processing document for their open-ended responses. The student's responses must be printed and pasted or stapled under each question of the exam booklet.