The rates at which students
receive testing accommodations also vary dramatically by zip code, with well - to - do, empowered parents being able to pressure the system into giving their children extra support.
Not exact matches
Ordinarily, one would anticipate lower
test scores among those
receiving special
accommodations.
By contrast, reports the Los Angeles Times, at ten inner - city schools in the Los Angeles area, none of the 1,439 collective SAT
test - takers
received extra time or other
accommodations.
Although the gap has closed in recent years, those
receiving special
accommodations still score, on average, about 60 points below the level reached by those
tested under regular conditions.
I have blogged previously about how essential it is for parents to ensure that any informal
accommodations received by their child, particularly those related to
testing, are documented in the child's IEP or 504 Plan.
Just because a student
receives extended time on a school exam, is provided with a scribe, or has the
test read to him or her is no guarantee that he or she will
receive these same
accommodations on these high stakes
tests.
asked Russo, referring to the
testing accommodations many special education students
receive when taking exams.
Ensure that ELL and dyslexic students
receive all appropriate
accommodations on high - stakes
testing, including STAAR and Common Assessments, and applying for
accommodations for dyslexic students taking College Board exams;
Sample Constructed Response Area for Student Marks Answers in
Test Book College and Career Readiness Alternate Assessment at Grade 11
Test Administrations Students with the Student Marks Answers in
Test Book
accommodation do not
receive an answer sheet during
testing.
• Provide for our special education students, who
receive extended time on any
test as part of their educational
accommodation?
It would be enlightening to get some data on the number of students
receiving accommodations on these
tests as well as the details of the
accommodations.
Sample Constructed Response Area for Student Marks Answers in
Test Book NC Final Exam
Test Administrations Students with the Student Marks Answers in
Test Book
accommodation do not
receive an answer sheet during
testing.