This report updates and summarizes what is known from research on the effects of test
accommodations for students with disabilities and also provides direction to the design of …

This article reviews current accountability policies pertaining to students who receive special
education. The 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Title …

Why do we assess reading? What do we assess when we assess reading? How, where,
and when do we assess reading? Reading instruction and assessment expert Peter …

Despite expectations for accommodations in inclusive classrooms, little guidance for
effective practice is available. Most accommodations policies and evidence-based practices …

This book constructs a historical narrative to examine the social consequences of testing
faced by language-minoritized bilinguals in the United States. These consequences are …

State assessment systems continue to evolve as federal requirements change and more
students are included in the assessment systems. An examination of states' participation and …

Universal design is a concept that began in the field of architecture, but has been quickly
expanding into environmental initiatives, recreation, the arts, health care, and now …

Objective: The number of students with a disability requesting test accommodations has
been steadily increasing in higher education settings. The present study examined the …

This study compared the performance of students with and without learning disabilities (LD)
on a mathematics test using a standard administration procedure and a read-aloud …

Word reading accommodations are commonly applied in the general education setting in an
attempt to improve student comprehension and learning of curriculum content. This study …