NCEO Brief: Don't Forget Accommodations! Five Questions To Ask When Moving to Technology-based Assessments (#1)

Part of the NCEO Brief series.
Contributor(s)
Jason R Altman, Laurene L Christensen, Kamarrie Davis, Christopher J Johnstone, Sheryl Lazarus, et. al.

Description

A brief -- the first in a series for the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia -- addressing the need to think carefully about accommodations when moving from paper-based assessments to technology-based assessments. It highlights questions to ask and introduces topics needing clarification by the Consortia. Among the topics are determining which embedded features are available and to whom, which embedded features are to be called accommodations, and which accommodations are still needed that cannot be embedded.

Details

Date
April 2011 
Type
Brief 
Edition
Number 1
Publisher
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)

Topics

  • Specific life stage
    • Children
    • Adolescents and young adults
  • Educational accountability and assessment
    • Accessibility & Accommodations
    • English Learners
    • Students with Disabilities