Educational policies mandate the consideration of accommodations so that students with
disabilities become proficient in the objectives outlined by state academic content standards …

Because high stakes are now attached to standardized assessments of student progress,
policy makers, administrators, practitioners, and parents must understand how to most …

Accessibility and accommodations in assessments now are seen as critical elements of an
appropriately designed and implemented assessment of student achievement. The inclusion …

Read aloud is a testing accommodation that has been studied by many researchers, and its
use on K‐12 assessments continues to be debated because of its potential to change the …

State accommodations policies affect the way that students with disabilities are included in
large-scale assessments. This articles uses information collected by the National Center on …

This study examined the academic performance and preference of students with disabilities
for two types of test administration conditions, computer-based testing (CBT) and pencil-and …

States are increasingly using value-added approaches to evaluate teacher effectiveness.
There is much debate regarding whether these methods should be employed and, if …

The use of accommodations for both instruction and assessment continues to be of great
importance for students with disabilities. The purpose of this report is to provide an update …

Au Québec, des ressources considérables sont investies pour assurer la réussite scolaire
des élèves handicapés et en difficulté, tant au plan des apprentissages, de la socialisation …

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the state of the research on testing
accommodations, as well as to identify promising areas of research to further clarify and …