OISA Accessibility Statement

To help achieve our objective of excellence in research, scholarship and education, and as part of our commitment to serving our customers and users, Oxford University Press is striving to make its products inclusive for everyone, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive, or motor impairments.

In line with these goals, we follow the general principles of web usability and universal design and, where feasible, endeavour to make Oxford International Standardized Assessments accessible to all regardless of physical or cognitive impairment. To help our users take full advantage of the accessibility features provided by their chosen device, operating system, web browser and assistive technologies, we are targeting conformance with level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2.

Ongoing improvements

We are making ongoing improvements to deliver improved accessibility compliance over the coming months and beyond. This programme is based on a cycle of specialist accessibility testing – including the use of a range of assistive technologies – followed by scheduled development to implement fixes and enhancements.

Improvements to date

For students

Test content has been developed to maximise accessibility, including by:

• Minimising cognitive burden for test-takers.
• Designing layouts and visual stimuli according to accessibility standards.
• The test is delivered in the web browser, and test takers can apply filters, magnification and zoom.
• Tests have been designed to give teachers discretion in applying reasonable adjustments for test-takers with additional needs, such as those needing additional time or a scribe.

Certain elements of some tests are not suitable for delivery in alternative modes. For example, some text questions cannot be used with a screen-reader.

This is the case where the mode of delivery is essential to the skill or knowledge being assessed, for example on the English as a Second Language reading test, where a test-taker’s ability to process written text is being measured, and so an audio alternative would not produce results comparable with other test-takers.

OISA is a standardized assessment, meaning that the validity of results relies on the test being administered in the same (standard) way for all test-takers. Scores may not be valid if a test-taker has accessed the test in a different way, including on an unsupported device.

Test questions may not display as intended on smaller screens, and certain types of question may be harder to answer via touchscreen interfaces. For these reasons, tablets and phones are not supported for OISA test-taking.

Minimum device requirements can be found in our Technical Readiness check page.

For teachers and administrators

Accessibility testing of the Reporting and Class Administration areas of OISA has led to:

• Added text alternatives to navigation controls for screen-reader support and focus states indicated by more than colour alone.
• Controls now focusable and can be navigated with Tab/Shift-Tab keys.
• Text and background all meet colour contrast standards.

The teacher interface can be accessed on a tablet; however, it is not optimised for smaller screens or mobile devices, therefore we also recommend school staff use a laptop or desktop for the best experience.

We are aware that some areas of the site are not yet accessible and are working towards improving this, for example with regards to the display of complex data sets in the OISA reporting system.

Supported screen readers

We test with recent versions of JAWS, NVDA, Dragon Voice Control screen readers across a range of devices.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format, please contact us with your requirements and provide your name and email address. Schools with questions about specific adjustments should contact OUP at least two weeks before their testing date.

If you experience any other problems or think we’re not meeting our accessibility requirements, please let us know.

You can contact us in the following way:

Email: [email protected]