Accommodations
Read more about the supports that allow students with disabilities to learn at their full potential
Federal
Common-Core Group Details Test Accommodations
The PARCC consortium outlines supports to be offered English-learners and students with disabilities on common-core-aligned assessments.
Assessment
Comment Deadline Looms for Test Accommodations Manual
Some learning disability advocacy groups have said that the draft manual developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers is too restrictive.
Federal
PARCC Proposes Common-Core Test Accommodations
The first of two groups of states working to design common assessments has released a draft accommodations manual that outlines the types of test supports that can be used to help ELLs and students with disabilities.
Standards & Accountability
Testing Group Proposes Accommodations For Students With Disabilities
The PARCC accommodations manual, now open for public comment, offers guidance and restrictions on who should be allowed to use accommodations on the new tests coming in 2014-15.
Assessment
Testing Consortium Releases Draft Accommodations Policy
PARCC seeks public comment on its proposed policies governing the common assessments that students are scheduled to take in 2015.
Assessment
PARCC Releases Draft Policy on ELL Accommodations
PARCC will seek public comment for 30 days on its draft policy for testing accommodations for English-learners and students with disabilities.
Federal
Test Groups Weigh Unified Accommodations Policies
The consortia devising new common assessments must navigate many obstacles in making the tests accessible to English-learners and students with disabilities.
Assessment
News in Brief
Input Sought on Test Accommodations
The multistate consortium known as PARCC is seeking input on policies for tests it is creating for the Common Core State Standards.
Assessment
Consortium Seeks Comments on Common-Core Test Accommodation Policy
The Partnershp for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers seeks input on accommodation policies involving use of calculators and reading test questions and answers aloud.
Reading & Literacy
Public Comment Opens on Draft Common-Core Test-Accommodations Policy
One of the two state assessment consortia, PARCC, solicits feedback on two key facets of its proposed accommodations policy.
Special Education
Common Core Testers Unveil Proposed 'Read-Aloud' Accommodations
Two accommodations policies under consideration by an assessment consortium could narrow how many children who qualify for assistance on those tests in some states.
Reading & Literacy
Draft Accommodations for Common-Core Tests Could Narrow Eligibility
Proposed accommodations could make fewer students eligible in some states, and more in others.
Education
Accommodating Gifted Students With Learning Disabilities
In his Washington Post education column, Jay Mathews reports on a mother's frustration in getting teachers to understand and provide accommodations for her gifted children who struggle with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and executive function disorder, an inability to self-organize.
School & District Management
ELL Accommodations Study Gets Top Rating From Federal Reviewers
The What Works Clearinghouse issues highest rating to study on the effects of language accommodations for English learners on math test items.