In a recent article about students with disabilities taking high-stakes tests, Matthew Bowers of the PilotOnLine (Hampton Roads, VA, US) communicated an important concept: Not all students with disabilities need accommodations in all areas of assessment. Bowers described a wide range of accommodations to illustrate the individualization of these aspects of special education services.
A talking computer is how some students who have problems deciphering written language are taking their Virginia Standards of Learning tests now under way. It’s just one in a menu of accommodations available to eligible students.
Such aids can be as simple as a quiet seat in the back of a room. They can be as involved as a helper writing down answers represented by pictures a student points to. All are intended to help students bypass learning or physical disabilities that get in the way of showing what they know.
Later in his article, Bowers provides some local data and quotations illustrating this important point. Parents and school officials provide first-person experiences.
Link to Bowers’ story.
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