Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Research-based Practice

Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Research-based Practice
ISBN-10
1433817977
ISBN-13
9781433817977
Category
Education
Pages
313
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
Amer Psychological Assn
Authors
Benjamin J. Lovett, Lawrence J. Lewandowski

Description

Deciding whether to grant test accommodations for a student with disabilities is challenging and controversial. Current accommodations practice is seldom research based, and professionals charged with such decisions often reach different conclusions. The result can be either unnecessary accommodations that compromise test validity or the denial of accommodations to a student who needs them. In this book, Benjamin Lovett and Lawrence Lewandowski draw on research to offer clear, specific guidelines for deciding when accommodations are appropriate for a student with disabilities -- depending on the test being taken, the accommodations being considered, and the student's functional skills. The book also explains how laws and practices differ for K-12 accommodations versus postsecondary education and workplace accommodations, as well as how universal test design might lessen the need for test accommodations.

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