NCEO Brief: Avoiding Unintended Consequences of Improved Accessibility of State Tests (#35)

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Part of the NCEO Brief series.
Author(s)
Martha L Thurlow, Andrew R Hinkle, Sheryl Lazarus, Kristin K Liu PhD
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There has been a paradigm shift from accommodations to the identification of levels of accessibility (e.g., universal features, designated features, and accommodations). A consequence of this shift is that many students with disabilities who previously were assigned accommodations now access many of them as universal or designated features. This Brief highlights what states and IEP teams can do to avoid possible unintended consequences of the paradigm shift.

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Date
May 2024 
Type
Brief 
Edition
Number 35
Publisher
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)

Topics

  • Educational accountability and assessment
    • Accessibility & Accommodations
    • Students with Disabilities