With these requirements came
increased testing accommodation polices to ensure that students with disabilities and English language learners fully participated under fair testing conditions.
Not exact matches
In turn, since 1987, the number of students taking the SAT with
accommodations has grown by more than 300 percent, compared with an 18 percent
increase in the
test - taking population as a whole (according to an analysis of annual reports from ETS.
Up from just 0.5 percent in 1987 (see Figure 1), this reflects an
increase of more than 300 percent in the number of students taking the SAT with
accommodations, compared with overall growth in the
test - taking population of only 18 percent.
Testing accommodations for students with disabilities and English language learners serve to
increase access to exam materials, settings, or procedures without changing what the assessment measures.