Accommodations

Read more about the supports that allow students with disabilities to learn at their full potential
Special Education Accommodations in Oregon: A Juried Process
Students with disabilities often take state tests with accommodations, so that the exams more accurately measure what they know and can do.
Lynn Olson, January 8, 2004
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Special Education All Means All
Under orders to test every student with a disability, states are pondering how to do so fairly and accurately.
Lynn Olson, January 8, 2004
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Special Education Enveloping Expectations
Federal law demands that schools teach the same content to children they wrote off a quarter-century ago.
Lynn Olson, January 8, 2004
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Special Education Court Ponders 'Reasonable Accommodations' Under ADA
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 continues to funnel a steady flow of appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week, the justices heard oral arguments in a case that will help define what constitutes a "reasonable accommodation" for workers with disabilities.
Mark Walsh, December 12, 2001
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Education Testing Experts Urge Caution on Assessment Accommodations

Testing experts are building a case against giving teachers and principals wide discretion over what accommodations to offer test-takers with disabilities or limited proficiency in English.

September 23, 1998
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Education NAEP Will Defer Special Accommodations for the Disabled
Washington
Efforts to include more special-needs students in large-scale testing programs ran into a setback this month, when the governing board that oversees the "nation's report card" voted not to allow any nonstandard administrations of the exam.
Lynn Olson, May 24, 1995
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